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NIMASA DG Commiserates With Ogbuagu’s Family

NIMASA DG Commiserates With Obuagu's Family

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh has expressed deep sadness over the death of Engr. Oliver Ogbuagu, a former Executive Director, Operations at the Agency. Dr. Jamoh who noted this while …

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AMCON, EFCC Engage Real Estate Surveyors For Ship Valuation – ICS

AMCON, EFCC Use Real Estate Agents For Ship Valuation - ICS

By Kenneth Jukpor The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) Nigeria has condemned the practice of contracting real estate surveyors for valuation and management of ships seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Assets Management Corporation of …

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NPA To Establish 10 Export Promotion Terminals

Half Year Report: NPA Rakes In N172Bn In 6 Months, Remits N78.5bn

By Kenneth Jukpor The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is working towards setting up ten export promotion terminals as part of efforts to ease export business in the country. NPA’s Managing Director, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko revealed this in Abuja on Thursday, …

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Japan Donates $2.4million To Support Deep Blue Project

Japan Donates $2.4million To Support Deep Blue Project

By Kenneth Jukpor The Japanese government has joined the war against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) with a pledge of 300million yen which translates to about $2.4million to support the leading security infrastructure ‘Deep Blue Project’. Director General …

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Q1 2022: Apapa Customs Collects N264bn, Records 65% Increase

Q1 2022: Apapa Customs Collects N264bn, Records 65% Increase

By Kenneth Jukpor Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected N264,536,201,293 in the first quarter of 2022 at Apapa seaport. The Command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Yusuf Malanta revealed this in a press briefing earlier today, noting that the 2022 figure represents …

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Global West Reveals Distress Letter On NIMASA/BARUGU In January

BEARS: NIMASA’s Excuse

We weren’t legally bound to rescue sunk gun-boat – NIMASA By Kenneth Jukpor While controversies on the ownership of the marine assets under Global West Vessels Specialists (GWVS) lingers since the gunboat, ‘NIMASA/Barugu’ sank at the weekend, Global West has …

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Only Nigerian Seafarers Pay Taxes Globally – NSML

Only Nigerian Seafarers Pay Taxes Globally - NSML

By Kenneth Jukpor Despite the paucity of seafarers in Nigeria, the nation is the only country in the world where seafarers are subjected to compulsory taxes and pension before receiving their salaries. The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, Ship Management Limited, …

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Customs Gets 34 New Comptrollers, Promotes 3,466 Officers

Customs Gets 34 New Comptrollers, Promotes 3,466 Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has released promotion of 3,466 officers including that of 34 Comptrollers of Customs. The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) at its 54th Regular Meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 approved the promotion of 3,466 General …

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ANLCA Wants Leadership Of MDAs To Take Drug Tests

BULLS: ANLCA Rewards Tardiness

NDLEA partners ANLCA to curb Drug Trafficking By Kenneth Jukpor The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has tasked the helmsmen and leaders of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the country to undergo drug tests and publicize their …

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OMIS Awards: Akerele, Blede, Others Listed As International Panel Of Judges

OMIS Awards: Akerele, Blede, Others Listed As International Panel Of Judges

By Kenneth Jukpor Preparations for the inaugural Maritime and Offshore Award (The OMIS) has taking a higher gear with the unveiling of an international panel of judges. The panel of judges include; the Pioneer Director-General of Nigerian Chamber of Shipping …

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Freight Forwarders Shutdown Clarion Bonded Terminal Over 19 Missing Containers

Freight Forwarders Shutdown Clarion Bonded Terminal Over 19 Missing Containers

By Kenneth Jukpor Aggrieved freight forwarders shut down Clarion Bonded Terminal at Alakija, Lagos over missing 19 containers believed to be fraudulently cleared and another 14 vehicles seized by the terminal management since 2021. The National Association of Government Approved …

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EFCC Litigation: Nigeria Loses Maritime Security Asset ‘NIMASA/Barugu’

BEARS: NIMASA’s Excuse

By Kenneth Jukpor One of the gun boats in the fleet of Global West Vessels Specialists (GWVS), NIMASA/Barugu sank at the weekend at the Kirikiri Terminal, behind the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Resource Center. According to reports, …

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Shippers’ Council Launches Service Charter, Customer Care Policy Handbook

Shippers' Council Launches Service Charter, Customer Care Policy Handbook

In a bid to boost effective service delivery, the Servicom Unit of  the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), on Wednesday 30th March, 2022 launched the agency’s Service Charter and Customer Care Policy Handbook. The launching held at the NSC’s Headquarters in …

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Barging Critical To Reducing Gridlock On Port Access Roads – Jamoh

Barging Critical To Reducing Gridlock On Port Access Roads - Jamoh

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has stressed that a well-regulated barge operating industry in the maritime sector is critical to ending gridlocks on ports access roads in Nigeria. The NIMASA …

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APM Terminals Apapa Unveils New Smart Office Building

APM Terminals Apapa Unveils New Smart Office Building

Nigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa has commissioned a new digitalised administrative building as part of its $438 million investment in port development in Nigeria. The commissioning of the new smart building, which took place at the terminal in …

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CIoTA Condemns Kaduna Airport Invasion, Train Attack

CIoTA Condemns Kaduna Airport Invasion, Train Attack

…Inaugurates Interim Committee for Lagos State By Kenneth Jukpor The Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) has condemned the recent terrorist attacks at the Kaduna Airport and bombing of a train along the Abuja-Kaduna railway. Describing these developments as …

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ANLCA President Rues VIN Valuation, Extends Olive Branch To Warring Members

Customs Automation Process Has Some Loopholes - Nwabunike

By Kenneth Jukpor The President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Hon. Tony Iju Nwabunike called for peace while stating that no genuine member of the association would have participated in the attacks at the national secretariat and …

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Women To Unearth Root Causes Of Gender Imbalance In Nigeria

Women To Unearth Root Causes Of Gender Imbalance In Nigeria

  As part of efforts to address the fundamental issues responsible for gender disparity, Nigeria women intend to set-up a think-tank group to study and unveil the factors responsible for gender imbalance in the nation. This approach was mooted at …

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Transport Ministry Moves Against 12% NIMASA Revenue To Maritime University

Transport Ministry Moves Against 12% NIMASA Revenue To Maritime University

The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed reservation about the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) funding the Nigerian Maritime University Okerenkoko. Amaechi, ho was represented by the Director, Legal Service of the Ministry, Paul Oteh, however …

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NIMS To Hold 2022 Annual Summit In July

NIMS To Hold 2022 Annual Summit In July

The second edition of the annual Nigeria International Maritime Summit (NIMS) is scheduled to hold from 5th to 6th July 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. After extensive consultations across the industry, the Governing Board of the Maritime Summit revealed this in …

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