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- 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…
- 4 Sept 2013
NIMASA Boss Urges Shift to Maritime to Reduce Oil Dependence
Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, director general, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that a strong regulatory institution is a basic requirement for the sustained…
- 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…
- 17 Jul 2015
Buhari Sacks NIMASA DG
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi as director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). According to a…
- 5 Aug 2014
NIMASA Welcomes Plateau State on NSDP Sponsorship
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced that the government of Plateau state is the latest to join the list of state governments partnering the agency on its…
- 2 Apr 2013
NIMASA Ready to Execute Offshore Reception Facilities
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it’s ready to execute offshore waste reception facilities later this month. Following the declaration made during a meeting between…
- 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…
- 28 Feb 2012
FG, Lagos in Face-off Over Wrecked Vessels
The Federal Government and Lagos state are headed for another showdown, this time on the rights and obligation to save the Lagos coastal shoreline from the constant threats of the Atlantic Ocean.…
- 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…
- 2 May 2014
President Jonathan Commissions Maritime University, Dockyard
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Saturday, May 10 flag-off Nigeria’s first specialised university for the maritime sector as part of his tour of the facilities of the Nigerian Maritime…
- 14 Jun 2014
Nigeria now Fully Compliant with ISPS Code
The U.S. Government on yesterday confirmed that 13 more port facilities in Nigeria were now fully compliant with the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code. This is contained in…
- 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…
- 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…
- 31 Jul 2012
NIMASA Acquires Fastest Boats for Patrol
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the nation's apex maritime regulatory organ, has taken delivery of four new patrol boats to strenthen maritime security. The boats…
- 15 Feb 2013
NIMASA Trains Staff on Implementation of FOI Act
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has trained some of its staff on information handling under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2011 regime. Hajyia Lami Tumaka, deputy…
- 1 Sept 2013
ISPS: US Coast Guard Backs NIMASA on Ports Security
The United States Coast Guard has declared that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is on the right path to the successful implementation of the International Ships and…
- 2 Apr 2013
EFCC Investigates MT Green Dolphin
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is to begin investigation and possible prosecution of MT Green Dolphin for alleged involvement in oil theft. The prosecution will begin following a…
- 9 May 2013
Osamgbi Replaces Tumaka as NIMASA Deputy Director, Head PR
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has appointed Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, a renowned journalist and public relations expert, as Deputy Director and…
- 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…
- 23 Oct 2013
Nigeria Losing $6bn Annually in Maritime Sector
Patrick Ziakede Apkobolokemi, director general and chief executive officer, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said that the Agency went into the National Seafarers…