By Sylva OBASI The Area Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Calabar Area Office, Mr Stanley Onuoha has bagged a doctorate degree from the University of Calabar, Cross River State. Dr Onuoha earlier served as Head of Marine at the Lagos Area Office of NIWA before his promotion and deployment to Calabar where he currently…
By Sylva OBASI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola has been honoured with an Award of Recognition by his alma mater, St. Patrick’s Grammar School, Ibadan in appreciation of his impactful mentorship and commitment to the development of younger generations. PLATFORM REPORTERS learnt the recognition was…
The Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (MAAN), Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) as well as Akabogu Law and Associates have all renewed their collaborative commitment with Platforms Communications in hosting the 2026 Maritime Career Mentoring Program (M-CAMP) for maritime law students. The Maritime Career Mentoring Program (M-CAMP) is an interactive mentorship platform and capacity building initiative…
By Sylva OBASI The Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation, the CSR arm of the SIFAX Group, in partnership with the World Bank, has trained over ninety students of the State Senior Secondary School, Oyewole, Agege in Orile Agege Local Government Area, Lagos State, as part of its series of ongoing Community Connections Campaign Projects in Nigeria….
For a decade now, the Annual Maritime Students and Youth Conference (AMSAY) also known as ‘A Day With Nigerian Maritime Students’ has remained a rallying point for dialogue, policy advocacy and youth-driven engagements in Nigeria’s maritime space, steadily shaping conversations around reforms, capacity building and industry growth. From its inaugural theme in 2016 titled, “The…
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has reiterated the Service’s dedication to impactful community-based projects under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. Speaking at the commissioning of renovated facilities at Methodist Primary School, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos, undertaken by the Lilypond Export Command, Adeniyi emphasized that education remains the bedrock of…
Frontline maritime media company, Platforms Communications has Inaugurated a 12 man Central Planning Committee (CPC) for the 10th Anniversary of the popular maritime industry youth advocacy program, ‘A Day With Nigeria Maritime Students’ also known as the Annual Maritime Students and Youth Conference (AMSAY). In a press statement issued on Monday, the Convener of the…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded a high-level, two-day management workshop aimed at accelerating trade facilitation reforms and streamlining the ease of doing business across the federation. Organised in partnership with Reverso Business Services Limited, the training, which ran from 22 to 23 January 2026, reaffirmed the Service’s commitment to digital modernisation and the…
A leading maritime law firm, Akabogu Law, has offered a scholarship for further studies worth Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦450,000) to Miss Adoga Joyce Ohekwuru, the Best Graduated Maritime Student in Nautical Science who was identified and awarded by Platforms Communications during the 9th edition of A Day With Nigerian Maritime Students held…
The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) has concluded all arrangements for the public presentation of its authoritative new book, “50 Drivers of Nigeria’s Marine and Blue Economy,” scheduled to hold tomorrow, Thursday, December 4, 2025, at The Providence Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, by 12 noon. The publication, produced after extensive sectoral research, chronicles the…
