BEARS & BULLS

BEARS: Image Faeces In Maritime Agencies

Government agencies lately now shun events organized by maritime media associations with excuses but with a singular intent to avoid sponsorship or financial support.  What they fail to realize is that these events are an advocacy platforms for their needs.  It is …

Read More »
NAGAFF Members Organize Pray Sessions For Peace In NNPP

BULLS: Spirit of  Obi Cubana In NAGAFF

The Nigerian maritime media is arguably the most active in Africa if not in the world but the least in terms of appreciation.  They live and operate in the midst of plenty yet walk and work like paupers in their hundreds. …

Read More »
BEARS: Lagos Ports Access Chaos Heightens

BEARS: Lagos Ports Access Chaos Heightens

The mayhem witnessed at Tin Can and Apapa port access roads last week proves that the notorious Lagos Port access crisis has returned and it is looking worse than ever observed in the port environment. Touts and security agencies have …

Read More »
FG Clears Air Over NSC Regulatory Status

BULLS: Jime’s Executive Palm Sandals

If you want to find the most executive trendy palm sandals in the Nigerian maritime sector, you only have to become studious of the feet of the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hon. Emmanuel Jime. His palm sandals …

Read More »
BEARS: Allow Me 'Drink my Drink'

BEARS: Allow Me ‘Drink my Drink’

At the MMS Business Roundtable last week, the Customs representative stressed that health concerns was one of the factors behind the proposed re-introduction of excise duty collection on non-alcoholic drinks. This position, though thoughtful and altruistic, didn’t sway a section …

Read More »
BULLS: Anaroke Marks New Year

BULLS: MMS Plus Celebrates

On Friday, the Chief Executive Officer/ Editor-in-Chief of MMS Plus newspaper, Mr. Kingsley Anaroke turned a year older with an avalanche of birthday cakes from various industry stakeholders and organizations. MMS Plus team celebrates its exemplary leader, even as we …

Read More »
BEARS: Lagos Beggars Strike

BEARS: Lagos Beggars Strike

The recent initiative of the Lagos State Government to rid Lagos State of beggars who are taken rehabilitation center for proper care medically and physically; has become a huge burden for the state government workers. Several misinformed sympathizers have been …

Read More »
BULLS: Happy birthday Mary!

BULLS: Happy birthday Mary!

On Tuesday, a former President of Women’s International Shipping and Trading (WISTA) Nigeria, Mrs. Mary Hamman turned a year older Congratulations ma! Madam, you’re welcome to a new level of success and notable accomplishments like never before.

Read More »
Customs intercept 80,000-litre tankers carrying dirty diesel

BEARS: Customs Officer Found Dead

The corpse of a customs officer, who was abducted in Ogun State on Tuesday has been found. Suspected smugglers had ambushed a Customs patrol team at Yewa South Local Government Area of the state and abducted two customs officers in …

Read More »
We’ll use Nigeria’s vast gas resources as transition fuel – NNPC

BULLS: 1million Gas Vehicles

Recently, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) revealed that the Federal Government had commissioned a team to convert one million vehicles from fuel to gas power. The move is part of efforts to key into the new global trend of …

Read More »
BEARS: Craze for Estacode

BEARS: Craze for Estacode

Last week, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe stressed that the yearnings for estacode and other benefits from traveling abroad has made government agencies unwilling to patronize indigenous learning institutions for human capital development. …

Read More »
BULLS: Congrats Osakwe-Ogo!

BULLS: Congrats Osakwe-Ogo!

Mrs. Blessing Ngozi Osakwe-Ogo recently emerged the Vice Chairperson of the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN). Osakwe-Ogo works at Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) where she is rated as one of the best accountants in the organization. She is …

Read More »

BULLS: Tribute to Ubong!

  A full page tribute was dedicated to honour the late Dr. Ubong King in the brochure of the Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN) 2021 Annual General Meeting last week. MASPAN members would take the tribute a notch …

Read More »
BULLS: Happy birthday Bola!

BEARS: Bola Muse Goofs

MMS Plus observed an unsportsmanlike conduct by the immediate-past President of WIMA-Nigeria, Hajia Bola Muse during the last elections which ushered in a new administration last week. Hajia Bola failed to show up for the elections to carry out the …

Read More »
BEARS: MC Wahala

BEARS: MC Wahala

  There are some leverages that being a Master of Ceremony (MC) could avail one. This leverage could include having a go at the celebrants or chairpersons at an event and getting away with it. The gala at the Nigeria …

Read More »
BULLS: Customs Promo

BULLS: Customs Promo

When the Zone A Zonal Headquarters of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) decorated Customs officers on Thursday, an ambience of ecstasy with infectious joy and laughter. Not even the scorching sun could get the celebrants or their loving families and friends …

Read More »
BEARS: Public Holiday For World Maritime Day

BEARS: Public Holiday For World Maritime Day

The World Maritime Day(WMD) 2021 has come gone but the good and the bad memories remain like a sore thumb.  It is a day set aside by International Maritime Organisation(IMO) to  celebrate seafarers  for their professionalism. It is not a …

Read More »
BULLS: Happy Birthday Nana!

BULLS: Happy Birthday Nana!

Mrs. Nana Yakubu, a former General Manager, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Division at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) marked her birthday on Friday last week which was also unique as Nigeria celebrated 61 years of independence. MMS Plus newspaper celebrates Nana, who is a …

Read More »
BEARS: Chinwe Ezenwa Loses Mum

BEARS: Chinwe Ezenwa Loses Mum

Chief Mrs. Chinwe Ezenwa, Chief Executive Officer, Le Look Nigeria Limited  is bereaved. The former acting Managing Director of National Inland Water ways Authority(NIWA) lost her mother, late Mrs. Theresa Nwamaka  Ofodu(nee Molokwu) recently.  Aged 87 years old, she is survived by  her children  and …

Read More »
NIWA Commissions Three Patrol Boats, Taskforce For Lagos Waterways

BULLS: NIWA Going Digital

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has unveiled plans to go fully digital with electronic registration of boat operators to commence on January 1st, 2022. Doing such registrations manually isn’t in sync with the ease of doing business mandate of …

Read More »
× Get News Alert