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NIMASA launches reviewed minimum wage document for seafarers
Maureen Aguta
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched the reviewed minimum wage document for Nigerian Seafarers, developed in line with the provisions of the Maritime…
NIMASA DG, Mobereola assures maritime stakeholders of inclusive regime
Maureen Aguta
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola has assured stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector of inclusivity, towards the…
Safety of Navigation: MOWCA SG implores maritime training institutes to participate in hydrographic…
Maureen Aguta
The Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has called for increased participation of the Regional Maritime University in Accra and the Regional…
Presidency deletes fake post that claimed it secured $600m seaport investment deal from Maersk
Maureen Aguta
The Nigerian presidency found itself embroiled in controversy after a tweet from Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, falsely claimed a significant investment deal…
Calabar Port has not received container vessel in 25 years–Official
Joseph Irikefe
The Manager of Calabar Port, Olumati Festus, has said that the port has not received any container vessel in the past 25 years.
Festus made the statement on Friday in Calabar during an investigative…
After gulping billions, ITF thumbs down NIMASA’s NSDP scheme
Maureen Aguta
Despite over one and half decades of the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) which has gulped several billions of naira in foreign training seafarers, the International Transport Workers…
MOWCA SG, Adalikwu secures new Sierra Leone Transport/Aviation Minister’s support
Maureen Aguta
The Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) , Dr Paul Adalikwu has received additional support from the government of Sierra Leone in the organidation's drive to…
Why relocation of NIMASA headquarters should be reviewed
BY Enyeribe Anyanwu
Until March 2023, the headquarters of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) was No. 4 Burma Road Apapa, Lagos. That is where the headquarters of the apex Nigeria maritime…
Ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi goes home a saint as court discharges, acquits him of N8.5bn fraud…
Maureen Aguta
At last, the former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi has become a free man as a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi,…
President Tinubu inaugurates committee on implementation of national single window project
Maureen Aguta
In a determined move to burst the red tape evident in administrative bottlenecks and allied bureaucracies that have constituted impediments to maximizing the comparative advantages that Nigeria’s maritime…