By: Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In the year 2016 during the early reign of Right Hon Rotimi Amaechi as the Transport Minister, he organised a maritime submit where all the who is who in the Nigerian Maritime sector attended. Amongst all myraids of issues raised and discussed at the occasion, the need for Mentorship and Succession…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State joins Customs formations all over the World to celebrate International Customs Day in high spirit. This is even as the command has surpassed its January revenue target with 5 more working days to spare. Speaking in Onne while addressing stakeholders…
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…
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 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…
