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 the next four years. Mobereola’s appointment follows the exit of Dr. Bashir Jamoh, whose…
NIWA, NPA, NIMASA clamp down on illegal barge operators
Federal Maritime Agencies Committee on Activities of Barge Operations on Lagos Waterways, has clamped down on illegal barge and jetty operators around the Kirikiri light Terminal notorious as hide outs for deviant elements. In a show of massive enforcement led…
NigerStar 7 Adaba set to transform logistics in Nigeria’s oil, gas industry (DailyTimes)
The launch of NigerStar7 Adaba by a frontline operator in the services section of the oil and gas industry, NigerStar 7, has been tipped as a game changer in the industry. The N7.2 billion vessel is the most powerful Nigerian…
2019: I’ve not resigned as NIMASA DG, says Peterside (Nation)
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that ahead of the 2019 governorship race in Rivers State, he has not resigned as the helmsman of NIMASA. Peterside, the 2015 governorship candidate…
Alleged N2.6bn fraud: Appeal Court acquits ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi (Punch)
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has discharged and acquitted a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. In a lead judgment on Friday by…
I’ll vote Buhari again and again by FEMI ADESINA
The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would seek a second term in office next year. And naturally so. Desire by any President, whether positive or negative, should…
Buhari is working painstakingly to right Nigeria’s wrongs – Peterside (Nation)
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is working painstakingly to right the wrongs of the past and put the country on a sure footing. He also…
Amaechi ignores presidential directive on NPA, NIMASA dollar charges (SUN)
Despite a presidential directive to Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to suspend further collection of petroleum products imports charges in dollars, Daily Sun findings have revealed the two agencies have continued to disregard…