The Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC) at its Quarterly Meeting at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday 25th January, 2024 unanimously elected Mr. Bolaji SUNMOLA as its Chairman to replace Otunba Kunle Folarin who passed on to glory on November 8, 2022, on a motion by Mr. A.O. Vincent of Maritime Researchers and…
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adewale MFR, has further deepened the collaboration between the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian Ports Authority. The CGC visited the MD of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, on Thursday, January 25, 2024, to explore areas of improving port efficiency to facilitate trade. According to the CGC,…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The year 2023 may have come and gone but the programs and activities of Platforms Communications still reverberate the entire sector with its impacts. Lets take a cursory summary look of these programes and how they impacted the Nigerian maritime sector in 2023. 1. Immediately after the 2023 Presidential and Gubernatorial…
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group and the newly-appointed Chancellor of the Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-Ijebu, Ogun State, has commended the university for the quality of infrastructure at the institution’s campus. Afolabi, who was appointed the first Chancellor of the institution recently, expressed his delight that the university, which will welcome her…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR, says the Agency is committed to ensuring that the business of the Dangote Ports and refinery are not hindered by the implementation of the regulatory instrument under the provisions of the Cabotage law. Dr. Jamoh, who…
By A.O Vincent, Lagos Another maritime icon – an institution per excellence – is gone! We have again lost another doyen of the NIgerian Maritime Industry to the cold wicked hands of death! ENGINEER Akinsoji was Nigeria’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom; former Rector, Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron; the brain behind the establishment…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In pursuit of its commitment to continuous improvement, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has unveiled its revamped e-auction platform on Tuesday, 16 January 2024. This strategic move aligns with the guidelines outlined in the newly enacted Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023, showcasing the agency’s dedication to efficiency and fairness. Platform Reporters gathered that the…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, says the academia has a major role to play in the development of the Blue Economy in Nigeria. Dr Jamoh, who stated this during a courtesy visit by the Management team from the University of Lagos…
By ISA SAIDU, Dutse. Member’s of the Jigawa State House of Assembly has slashed the allocations for the education sector in the state’s 2024 budget, while making generous provisions for the purchase of a new vehicle for the speaker, a new guest house in Abuja, renovation of members’ guest house in Kano State and construction of imams’…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. Mr. Pius Ukeyima Akutah (MON), the newly-appointed Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council has expressed satisfaction over the impact Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, the flagship company and subsidiary of SIFAX Group has had on the nation’s maritime sector. Speaking during his maiden courtesy visit on the management of the terminal,…
