By Sylva OBASI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has commissioned the NIMASA Museum, located at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre (NMRDC), Kirikiri, Lagos, marking another milestone in the preservation and promotion of Nigeria’s rich maritime heritage. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, who was…
Momentum is building for the 10th edition of the Taiwo Afolabi Annual Maritime Conference (TAAM) as the Maritime Forum, University of Lagos, in partnership with SIFAX Group, prepare to host what has become West Africa’s largest student-led maritime conference, bringing together more than 2,000 participants from government, academia, the maritime industry, corporate organisations and the…
By Sylva OBASI The one week activities marking the 40th Anniversary of Starzs Investments Company Ltd ended last Friday with a Symposium and Gala Night held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The week-long activities which started with Church Thanksgiving Service on Saturday, July 4, concluded with a symposium and gala night on Friday, July 10,…
By Sylva Obasi The Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, GCON has lauded the business acumen of the Founder and Chairman of Starzs Investments Company Ltd, Engr Greg Ogbeifun and that of the Managing Director and Cheif Executive Officer, Ms Iroghama Ogbeifun for achieving a remarkable milestone of…
…As CEO, Iroghama Rehabilitates Schools, Commissions Projects By Sylva OBASI The STARZS Investments Company Ltd (SICL), an indigenous shipping company, in continuation of its 40th Anniversary activities, on Wednesday, began a campaign for Environmental awareness and sustainability, beginning with planting of trees in some schools. The company also, in association with the Nigerian Environment Society,…
By David Oladimeji In a move aimed at supporting the career advancement of young Nigerian seafarers and cadets, a leading indigenous shipping and logistics company, Sea Transport Services Nigeria Ltd has pledged to provide sea-time opportunities for the best graduating maritime students produced through the Annual Maritime Students and Youth (AMSAY) Conference organised by Platform…
By Sylva OBASI The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer CEO, STARZS Investments Company Ltd. (SICL), Iroghama Ogbeifun on Saturday strongly commended her father for laying a solid faith-based foundation for the Company, stressing that that important gesture had not only paid off, it has also become a credible guiding beacon. “We’re a faith-based company….
…Prepares To Host The World On Friday By Sylva OBASI The Starzs Investments Company Limited (SICL) on Saturday painted Port Harcourt, the oil rich state with blue as it commenced a week-long programme of activities to celebrate its 40th anniversary, with a Thanksgiving Service with the Chairman, Engr. Greg Utonwem Ogbeifun stressing that the SICL…
By Sylva OBASI Established on October 22, 1999 with regional Secretariat in Lagos, the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control operates under a cooperative agreement with the International Maritime Organization as an inter-governmental organization dedicated to harmonising port state control procedures, eliminate substandard shipping operations and protect Marine environment across the West and Central African…
By Sylva OBASI In continuation of it’s nation-wide coastal community women empowerment program in Nigeria, the African Marine Environment Sustainability Initiative (AFMESI) has taken the program to Tarkwa Bay, a notable coastal community in Lagos state, South West, Nigeria. PLATFORM REPORTERS who covered the event gathered that the empowerment program held Wednesday in Lagos reinforces…
