The past Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Babs Omotowa, yesterday revealed that NLNG lost $475 million when Nigerian Maritime And Safety Agency, NIMASA, blocked its export from Bonny Island for 22 days. Omotowa, however, expressed delight over the ruling of the Federal High Court, vindicating his company, but […]
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The country Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has announced a plan to introduce a programme of zero tolerance to non-compliance with maritime safety and security standards in order to eliminate substandard shipping in the country. The agency made this announcement in a communique issued at the end of the harmonised NIMASA stakeholders’ interactive session […]
Read More Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, has commended the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency for its revenue performance in the past one year. Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who disclosed this at a workshop in Abuja on compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Act, noted that poor revenue performance […]
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is set to implement a new maritime security programme. The Director-General, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, stated this when the Shipping Association of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos. He informed the association that a lot of work was being done to ensure security of the maritime […]
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Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has called for increased representation of the continent on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) council and its secretariat. Peterside who made the appeal when he led a delegation of some members of AAMA Executive Committee to meet with the IMO Secretary General, […]
Read More In a bid to give the African continent a competitive edge with other maritime nations in the world, the Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to provide support to the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) through a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The areas being considered for the MoU […]
Read More The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has bagged the “Public Organisation of the Year” Award, organised by TELL Communication Limited to mark the maiden edition of its yearly Awards for Excellence. Its Director-General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, received the award at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The promoters of the event said NIMASA […]
Read More The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has said that it will soon take delivery of the fifth largest modular floating dockyard in Africa. The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who disclosed this on Tuesday during a press conference to mark his administration’s one year in office, added that the dockyard would save […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned further proceedings till March 7, 2017 in the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and five others for an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. The presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, adjourned on Tuesday till March 7 for the cross-examination […]
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The President-General, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Tony Emmanuel Nted, in this interview with journalists says the union will have no other option than to embark on street protest, if government fails to heed its plea to stop implementation of some its alleged anti-people policies. STANLEY IHEDIGBO brings the excerpts You were quoted […]
Read More Investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kanu Idagu, told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday that a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and seven others defrauded the agency to the tune of N1.15bn within 19 months. According to Punchng, Idagu told Justice Saliu Saidu […]
Read More The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has expressed its willingness to partner the Chinese Maritime Administration in ship breaking and recycling. In a report by Punchng, the Director-General of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, made this known during a courtesy visit by the Acting Chinese Consul General, Li Yong. He said, “Cooperation among the […]
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