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- 23 May 2023
Buhari Reviews 16 Nigerian Navy Warships, Lauds Shipbuilding Efforts
President Muhammadu Buhari has inspected 16 ships belonging to the Nigerian Navy, as well as partnering naval ships from Ghana and Italy onboard the nation’s territorial waters as part of activities…
- 28 May 2013
US to Give Nigerian Navy ex-Vessels
The Nigerian Navy will receive two more ex-United States vessels next year, the US Navy Survey Ship John McDonnell and the US Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin. Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, chief of Naval…
- 25 Apr 2013
Nigerian Navy Launches Website on Oil Theft
The Nigerian Navy has developed a new website on crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism to enable useful information on how to deal with the issue be passed across to relevant bodies and authorities.…
- 13 Feb 2014
NPA Partners Nigerian Navy On Maritime Security
Mallam Habib Abdullahi, managing director, Nigerian Ports Authority, has given an assurance that the Authority will continue to collaborate with the Nigerian Navy on matters of safety and security in…
- 11 Jun 2014
How NIMASA Rescued Hijacked Ship Using Satellite Technology
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) at the weekend launched its satellite surveillance system, which, in conjunction with the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air Force,…
- 12 Nov 2014
Navy Demands N1,000 Recruitment Fee from Applicants
The Nigerian navy has insisted that it would go ahead with the collection of N1,000 recruitment fee from applicants seeking to be enlisted into the Service, even as it warned interested applicants…
- 23 Dec 2013
Navy Installs N2Bn Surveillance System to Tackle Piracy
Nigerian Navy (NN) has installed eight automated, long range camera-equipped surveillance towers in the waters just off the country’s coast, in a move aimed at tackling the surge in sea robbery…
- 10 Oct 2013
Navy Declares War on Sea Robbers
Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, chief of Naval Staff, has said that waging a war against pirates had become imperative, in view of the enormous challenges their nefarious activities posed to the economic…
- 5 Jan 2025
21 Bank Accounts Frozen by Abuja Court Over Alleged Money Laundering
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim freezing of 21 bank accounts across multiple commercial banks over allegations of money laundering. Presiding judge Emeka Nwite also directed the…
- 18 Aug 2019
NIMASA Opens Command Centre for Deep Blue Project
The Command, Control, Computer Communication and information otherwise known as the C4i Centre of the Deep Blue Project has commenced operations on a 24 hour basis at the Nigerian Maritime…
- 24 Oct 2021
Royal Navy Warship Arrives Lagos for Gulf of Guinea Deployment
The British Royal Navyship, HMS Trent, has arrived Lagos State as part of its three months deployment to the Gulf of Guinea. UK’s Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones and Commanding…
- 11 Aug 2017
Nigeria Set To Benefit From Deep Sea Mining – Dakuku
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, director general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has stated that Nigeria is set to benefit from the deep sea mining through effective harnessing of…
- 7 Feb 2017
Reps Uncover $1Bn Forex Racketeering Between CBN, IOCs
House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on the Reduction of Petrol Prices has summoned Godwin Emefiele, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, over alleged irregularities in the sale of $1billion…
- 18 Jun 2013
NIMASA Concessions ISPS Code Execution to Security Outfit
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has handed over the monitoring and coordination of its newly acquired responsibility; International Ships and Ports Security (ISPS) code…
- 9 Nov 2014
FG Re-Appoints Akpobolokemi, NIMASA DG for 2nd Term
President Goodluck Jonathan has re-appointed Mr. Ziakede Akpobolokemi, director general/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), for another four…
- 18 Dec 2012
Air Crash: CSAC Seek Unified Aircraft Operations Supervision
The Civil Society Aviation Coalition (CSAC) non-governmental coalition with focus on aviation safety, has joined the call on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to introduce a legal…
- 9 Jun 2015
How Glo emerged as Nigeria’s No. 1 in Corporate Enterprise Solutions
Globacom has given reasons why it is the preferred telecommunications solutions provider for many of the big players in the corporate sector. The total ICT solutions provider is believed to have…
- 12 Jun 2013
FG in ‘Rat-Race’ to Beat Obama’s Ultimatum on ISPS
Federal government has intensified action to overcome the security huddles of the US Government, especially the US demand that government beef up security in the Nigerian ports, or have ships coming…
- 26 Jan 2026
DHQ Indicts Brigadier General Abubakar Sadiq, 15 Others in Alleged Coup Plot againt Tinubu
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has made public the full names of 16 officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria indicted by a Special Investigative Panel over alleged serious misconduct, including an alleged…
- 23 Apr 2014
Ports Police Pledges End to Pirate Attacks on Fishing Trawlers
Kayode Aderanti, commissioner of Police, Western Ports command, has vowed to put an end to the incessant pirate attacks that have crippled the businesses of Nigerian trawler owners. Aderanti gave…
- 6 Jan 2014
Judicial Sabotage Bane of Marine Criminals’ Prosecution-NIMASA
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), needs urgent intervention of the judiciary to convict marine criminals, Ziakede Akpobolokemi, director General of the Agency said.…
- 9 May 2017
Cisco Nigeria hosts #GirlsPowerTech Day in Support of International Girls in ICT Day
As part of its Girls Power Tech Global Mentoring Initiative and celebrated in support of the annual United Nation’s International Girls in ICT day employees at Cisco offices worldwide spend the day…
- 14 Nov 2023
Interswitch System Glitch: Court Orders Freezing of Accounts in 54 Banks
Justice Peter Lifu (JP) of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order freezing some accounts in about 54 financial institutions in the country where alleged funds from Interswitch…
- 15 Nov 2013
Ngige, Obiano, Others Battle to Succeed Obi in Anambra State
The long awaited 2013 governorship election in Anambra will take place today in 4,608 polling units in 326 political wards in the 21 local government areas of the state, according to Vanguard…
- 29 Jul 2018
Nigeria Security Agencies Laud Global Accelerex Over Cyber Crime Seminar
More than 40 Security officials across 15 Nigerian Security Agencies gathered under one roof in Abuja last week, for the Global Accelerex Cyber Crime Seminar for Nigeria’s Security Agencies. The…
- 23 Jun 2019
Cisco Establishes 200 Networking Academies in Nigeria
Cisco has established 200 Networking Academies in Nigeria, toward boosting digital skills. Olakunle Oloruntimehin, General Manager, Cisco Nigeria and West African Countries, made this known during…
- 5 Feb 2021
Water Transportation: UK Govt, LASG Evaluate Potentials of Hovercraft during Sea Trials
Recognising the urgency to tackle climate change by quickly reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Ben Llewellyn-Jones and the General Manager, Lagos State Waterways…
- 8 Nov 2021
NIMASA Introduces Measures to Forestall Maritime Threats, Stowaways
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new measures to check security threats in the Nigerian maritime domain, as well as deter persons seeking illegal means…
- 2 Jan 2024
2024 Nigeria’s Blue Economy Outlook & Potentials
By Moses Braimah The 2024 budget for the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy focuses on key areas such as ports infrastructural development, modernization of Apapa and Tin Can ports,…
- 11 Aug 2024
TETFUND Researchers want FG to Invest in Technology
The federal government has been urged to invest more in technology such as drones, implementing satellite enhanced surveillance and monitoring of hard-to-reach locations to tackle banditry. These…