The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday, said the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency had not been remitting the revenues generated to the government’s coffers. The immediate past Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolkemi, is currently facing 40 counts of fraud and money laundering to the tune of N34.5bn. Adeosun specifically stated that […]
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A shipowner, Twinstomp Energy Limited, has through its lawyer, Andrias & Co, petitioned the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, against the investigation into a ship collision handled by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. The petition, signed by Mr. Olumide Oyewole, was said to be brought against the Director-General of NIMASA, Mr. Haruna […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has asked for the records of all the contracts that have been awarded since the establishment of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. He said this during a familiarisation tour of the agency, the Nigeria Ports Authority and the Nigeria Shippers’ Council in Lagos on Monday. Amaechi […]
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Security agents yesterday re-arrested a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi outside the Federal High Court premises in Lagos moments after his trial for allegedly defrauding the Federal Government was adjourned. Policemen and plain clothes operatives swopped on him and bundled him into a waiting bus soon after […]
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