By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Founder of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised freight forwarders not to fall victims of being father when making cargo declarations to customs. Aniebonam made this call in a press statement he issued recently where he lamented that “It is unfortunately disheartening that most freight forwarders…
Ahead of the forth-coming 8th Annual Maritime Students And Youth Conference (AMSAY), the Continental Vice President, Women In Maritime Africa (WIMA) Chief Carolyn Akum Ufere has offered to gift the sum of Fifty Thousand Naira (#50,000:00) as Cash Prize to the Winner of Best Graduating Maritime Students Award (BEGMASA) for “Maritime Security and Safety Management”…
The Management of Platforms Communications has commended and congratulated the National President, Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA), Comrade Bob Yousou as well as the President- General, Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju for emerging victorious and clinching leadership positions at the keenly contested elections during the…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Dr. Mobereola…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The outgoing Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, on Monday handed over the affairs of the Agency to Honorable Chudi Offodile, the Agency’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration. This is coming on the heels of the expiration of Jamoh’s tenure on March…
The Nigerian President of Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria), Mrs Eunice Ezeoke wishes all women around the world a happy women’s day as she celebrates the strength and endurance of women in all spheres of life and most especially in maritime. In a press statement issued in Lagos on Friday in commemoration…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA today signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Sternula Denmark on full-scale Very High Frequency (VHF) Data Exchange System (VDES) space capabilities between the Agency and Sternula. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, who signed on behalf of the Agency noted…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In a second leg of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for year 2024, the Nigerian chapter of Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria) has donated another fishing boat to the women of Sagbokoji, a fishing community in Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos state. Recall that earlier last week, WISTA Nigeria…
By Monica Uzenwoke In furtherance to its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria has donated a fishing boat to the women of Osoroko community in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. This is even as the association also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the community in a bid to support…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, on Wednesday handed over the ultra-modern complex housing the Institute of Marine and Transport Technology to the Management of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Jamoh, the building which is a donation from NIMASA to the University,…
