By Sylvanus OBASI Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, has called for the immediate review and removal of war risk insurance premiums imposed on Nigerian-bound vessels, describing the surcharge as outdated, unjust, and detrimental to the nation’s economic competitiveness. Speaking at the 3rd Annual Maritime Lecture of the Maritime…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has emphasized the critical role of professionalism in engineering practice as a foundation for Nigeria’s maritime and Blue Economy development. Dr. Mobereola made this remark while receiving the leadership of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), led…
By Sylvanus OBASI Key players in Nigeria’s maritime and allied sectors will on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, gather in Lagos for the 3rd edition of the Maritime Annual Maritime Lecture (MAMAL), organised by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN). The lecture, scheduled to hold at Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos, at 10:00…
By Sylvanus OBASI Members of the newly reconstituted Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) held their inaugural meeting in Lagos on Monday, declaring their commitment to supporting the Agency’s Executive Management in delivering on its mandate. The Chairman of the NIMASA Board, Hon. Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar, assured that the Board…
Face Of Maritime International (FOMI) has auditioned the candidates aspiring to contest in the 2025 edition of the maritime industry pageantry; even as it has also unveiled the central theme of Season 10 as “Beauty For Impacts”. Platform Reporters gathered that Virtual audition which was held on Wednesday featured profiling of contestants, audition pep talks…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) is rallying the Nigerian maritime industry’s creme-de-la-cream, including the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, Tantita Security Services Limited, Engr Greg Ogbeifun, and the Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN), among others. Frontline maritime lawyers are also billed to attend, including Mrs….
The reigning Queen, Face of Maritime International, Queen Roselyn Kanyisola Olanisimi has on July 4th 2025 concluded her statutory pet project by taking the Girls Go-To-Sea Campaign program to the popular Queens College, Yaba-Lagos. Platform Reporters gathered that it was another successful program, thanks to Mrs Eunice Ezeoke, FOMI Role Model Ambassador and Engr Mrs…
Precisely on July 2nd 2025, the Face of Maritime Queen, Miss Roselyn Olanisimi led the Girls Go-To-Sea Campaign team to Anglican Comprehensive High School, Ipaja-Lagos where it held maritime career talk for the students with a view to encouraging them especially their female students to consider taking a career at sea. It was a successful…
By Sylvanus OBASI Engineer Glory Omeaku is a seasoned and accomplished Marine Engineer with over 17 years of hands-on experience navigating and managing the complexities of maritime engineering. Her career is a testament to resilience, technical excellence, and an unrelenting passion for seafaring. Engr.Glory began her educational journey at Montessori International Primary School in Abia…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) has voiced concerns about deteriorating environmental and health conditions around major industrial zones in the Apapa and Tin Can Island axis, particularly in the vicinity of facilities operated by Flour Mills Nigeria Plc, the Dangote Group, Olem Agric, BUA Foods, and Honeywell Flour Mills In…
