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- 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…
- 31 Jul 2012
Maritime Industry Benefits Most in e-Payment Regime-Shittu
Prince Olayiwola Shittu, president, National Presidency of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) is a patriot. As the head of the oldest and biggest body of clearing and forwarding…
- 13 Sept 2024
NIMASA, BOI Partner to Grow Capacity In Maritime Sector
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Bank of Industry (BOI) have initiated discussions on strategies for capacity building in the maritime industry. Dr. Dayo Mobereola,…
- 9 Mar 2012
NIMASA Allays Stakeholders’ Doubts on Concession
The Nigerian maritime industry is reaping bountifully from the application of ICT in coastal surveillance following the outsourcing of the specific function to a private firm. Nigeria…
- 20 Feb 2022
NIMASA Renews MoU with World Maritime University
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Maritime University (WMU), Malmo, Sweden, to boost capacity building.…
- 4 Sept 2016
NIMASA Boss Suggests Careful Planning for Good Maritime Security
Dr Dakuku Peterside, director-general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said that good security in the maritime industry requires careful planning and strict…
- 21 Jan 2017
Media, Key Nation’s Economic Growth– NIMASA DG
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has charged the media on fair and balance reportage of economic activities, noting that they…
- 14 May 2014
Presidency Sets November Deadline for New National Carrier
The Federal Government has given a nod to the Nigerian Maritime Admimistration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to float a new national shipping line. Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, director general of…
- 8 Jun 2009
Nigeria Loses over N150bn to Foreigners in Maritime Sector
Dr. Shamsudeen Dosunmu, director general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (Nimasa) has said that Nigeria lost over N150 billion to foreign seafarers operating in the…
- 31 Mar 2023
NIMASA, NCC Close Ranks on Submarine Cable Regulation in Nigeria
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have agreed to work closely with relevant stakeholders as NIMASA…
- 20 Jun 2016
NIMASA to Automate Payment Process
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to automate its payment collection processes to engender greater efficiency and eliminate revenue leakages. Dr. Dakuku…
- 9 Jan 2023
‘Standardized Digital Communication Key to Effective Port, Flag Administration’
Dr Bashir Jamoh, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has stated that international collaboration to attain standardized digitalization is…
- 12 Jun 2014
NPA Fully Prepared for Emergencies, Disasters- MD
Mallam Habib Abdullahi, managing director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has assured Port users and other stakeholders in the maritime industry that the Authority was now fully prepared to combat…
- 31 May 2016
National Shipping Line Underway, says Amaechi
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, minister of Transportation, has said that the federal government is marshalling out ways of encouraging the establishment of a National Shipping Line to ensure maximum…
- 24 Jan 2013
Group Seeks Immediate Disbursement of Cabotage Fund
Ports Consultative Council (PCC) has charged Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), nation’s maritime apex body, on speedy processing of disbursing the Cabotage Vessel Financing…
- 24 Jul 2012
Chaotic Transport Policy Hurts Economy - Bello
Alhaji Adeshina Bello, chairman and chief executive officer, Asha-Sea Traffic Agencies, a subsidiary of G.Morufat (Nigeria) Enterprises, had worked in various government agencies and public bodies in…
- 24 Jul 2012
Nigeria Losses $5B to Cabotage Act Flaws - Afolabi
The non-implementation of the Nigerian “Cabotage” law is negatively impacting on the nation’s economy as over 90 per cent of earnings in the maritime industry are cornered by foreign firms, Nigeria…
- 24 Jul 2012
Nigeria Losses $5B to Cabotage Act Flaws - Afolabi
The non-implementation of the Nigerian “Cabotage” law is negatively impacting on the nation’s economy as over 90 per cent of earnings in the maritime industry are cornered by foreign firms, Nigeria…
- 23 May 2013
NIMASA Grants Scholarship to 100 Marine Cadets
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has granted scholarship to 100 newly recruited seafarers under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programmes (NSDP) students to embark on…
- 10 Apr 2016
Amaechi, Jamodu, Others To Draw Leadership Road-Map On Transport
Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, minister of Transport, will be leading a team of maritime and transport captains and icons to design a road-map for responsive and accountable leadership in the transport agencies…
- 22 Oct 2013
DG NIMASA, Chief of Naval Staff Address Piracy Issues @ OTL Africa 2013
The increasing tempo of piracy in Nigeria’s coastal waters has become a serious security threat requiring urgent attention by all relevant stakeholders in the maritime industry, the threat posed by…
- 9 Aug 2012
Maritime Challenges: Nigeria Requires Multidimensional Approach
Stakeholders in the maritime have called for inter-agency collaborations among other multidimensional approaches to tackle the multifaceted challenges facing the nation’s industry. They believe that…
- 1 Jan 2014
NIMASA Opens Online Portal to Fight Forgery among Seafarers
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is not leaving any stone unturned on the fight against fake seafarers, as the Agency recently launched an online portal for…
- 26 Oct 2009
NIMASA Outlines Measures for Cabotage in Oil & Gas Sector
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has come out with a raft of new measures to boost the country's shipping tonnage. The measures will also address concerns that majority of…
- 27 Oct 2014
Nigeria Lost N21.6trn to Piracy in Three Years-Ukeje
The increased activities of the pirates in the Nigeria’s coastal and territorial waters, cost the nation a whopping sum of N21.6 trillion in last three years, according to Professor Charles Ukeje.…
- 24 Jul 2012
NigComSat, Nimasa to Fight Pirates with Satellite
The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) has offered to deploy it NigComSat-1R satellite, the super hybrid, high power, quad band geo-stationary satellite to arrest Nigeria’s sea…
- 18 Feb 2014
NIMASA Boss Says NSD Programme Tackles Dearth of Seafarers
Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, director general, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has highlighted that the underlying principle of his administration through the Nigerian…
- 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…
- 17 Mar 2012
Onitsha Port Due for Commissioning- Umar
Federal Government has said the Onitsha port would be ready for operation in the second quarter of the year to ease transportation stress and reduce the sufferings of importers in the South-east zone…
- 24 Apr 2014
Why Confab Committee Summoned Customs, NPA, Others
The Public Finance and Revenue Committee at the ongoing National Conference on Tuesday summoned some top government functionaries associated with port operations in Nigeria to give explanations on…