Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia on Monday granted bail in the sum of N500,000 to a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Raymond Omatseye, who was convicted of contract scam. The judge had on May 20, 2016 convicted Omatseye of severally awarding contracts above the threshold stipulated by the Bureau of Public Procurement […]
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A Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday heard how the sum of N11, 316,295,549.29 was allegedly diverted from Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) into accounts operated by a staff of Niger Delta University (NDU), John Simon Adomene. Adomene was named in the testimony of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Orji […]
Read More The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced a former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director-General Temisan Raymond Omatseye to five years imprisonment over N1.5 billion contract scam, The Nation report. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia convicted him on a 27-count charge bordering on bid rigging and contract splitting. It is the first major high […]
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The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday heard how a former acting Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Calistus Obi, allegedly converted over N378 million to his personal use. Obi, a former NIMASA Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Service, took over from Patrick Akpobolokemi, who is facing five separate charges […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the privatisation of the maritime institutions in the country. He made the call at the opening of a two-day maritime stakeholders’ conference hosted by the Ministry of Transportation and its agencies in Lagos on Monday. Obasanjo said, “The institutions that are important in the country, which have not […]
Read More An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Mrs. Olamide Odusanya, yesterday testified that ex-Nigeria Maritime and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA’s) Director-General Patrick Akpobolokemi approved N498,200,000, which was paid into various accounts. According to The Nation, Odusanya, a NIMASA assistant director in the Financial Services Department, testified before Justice Raliat Adebiyi in a N754,740,680 fraud suit […]
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THE Former Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday went through fresh grilling in detention with a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. It was learnt that Air Chief Marshal Badeh was moved from Abuja to Lagos to join Akpobolokemi in responding to […]
Read More THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday called its first witness in the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi. He was arraigned with nine others, including two companies, before Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is different from […]
Read More FEDERAL High Court in Lagos Friday heard more tales of alleged cash bazaar by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The fifth prosecution witness, Mr Emeka Emelano, said his company was paid N72 million from NIMASA even though it was not awarded any contract. This is coming three days after a lawyer and […]
Read More WITNESS, Uche Obilor, narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday how he got a N905.8m contract from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency without bidding for it. Obilor claimed that the contract was awarded by the agency to his three companies – Seabulk Offshore Limited; Southern Offshore Limited; and Ace Prosthesis […]
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NIGERIAN Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says it has remitted over N42 billion into the Federation Account and Federal Government special projects. Briefing the Senate Committee on MarineTransport in Lagos yesterday, its Acting Director-General, Pastor Haruna Baba Jauro, said the money was remitted by the agency between 2011 and 2015. In the breakdown of […]
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JUSTICE Raliat Adebiyi of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday granted a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, and four others bail of N20 million each in a N754,740,680 alleged fraud case. Akpobolokemi and six other employees of the agency were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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