By Innocent Orok The Editorial Board of Transport Day Newspaper, has frowned at the recent hike in Third Party Motor Insurance premium as issued by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). It would be recalled that the commission had in a recent circular issued on December 22, 2022, and signed by L.M Akah, Director, Policy and Regulation, announced increments on Motor ...

By Val Iwuchukwu Sure with the unsealing of the National Secretariat by the Police, this year wouldn’t have ended better. That Judgment of 5th December has far reaching consequences. If their suit was not dismissed. It means that the interim order granted by the same court against NECOM is sustained permanently. This would also mean that everything done by NECOM ...

By Innocent Orok The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko has raised the alarm over incessant blackmail against his person by unknown Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the last two years, stating that he will not succumb to their lies. He said that the faceless individuals under the cloak of unknown CSOs in a desperate bid to defame ...

By Innocent Orok The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR says the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) has a critical role to play for Nigeria to fully harness the potentials of the Blue Economy. The NIMASA DG stated this while delivering a paper titled ‘Opportunities and Challenges in Harnessing the ...

By Innocent Orok The Ozubulu stakeholders Forum comprising of the past and present leaders of Ozubulu, both at home and the diaspora have commended and thanked their son, Sen. ( Dr) Ifeanyi Uba for his philanthropic gesture of donating 300 Solar Streets Light to the community. The Ozubulu stakeholders in a letter of appreciation to Sen. Ifeanyi Uba, the Ozubulu ...

– As AMJON President Calls on FG to tap from Blue Economy Resources By Innocent Orok The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has solicited for comprehensive drug tests to be carried out on every personnel and workers before boarding ship at berth in all the nation’s seaports. The NDLEA Chairman , Big. Gen.Buba Marwa (rtd) stated this on Monday ...

-As MD wins Excellent Leadership Award By Innocent Orok “For Nigeria to maximize the benefits of blue economy, both downstream and upstream operations have to be fully explored. Shipping business must be taken beyond mere vessel and cargo handling at the port but must include other services such as bunkering, insurance, hinterland connectivity etc”, Mohammed Bello -Koko, Managing Director, Nigerian ...

By Innocent Orok The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Lagos Area Office has won the Association of Maritme Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) Most Outstanding Area Office in Nigeria. The award was conferred on the agency on Monday in Lagos at the 2022, AMJON Annual Conference and Awards. The Lagos NIWA Area Office headed by Engr. (Dr) Sarat Briomiah is Standing ...

By Innocent Orok Dr. Paul Adalikwu, the Secretary-General of the Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa (MOWCA) has been honoured with an award of excellence by the Association of Maritime Journalists (AMJON). According to AMJON’s president, Paul Ogbuokiri, Adalikwu, who just completed a year in office, has had a tenure filled with noteworthy achievements, such as reorganizing MOWCA and ...

By Innocent Orok The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo was recognized and honoured by the Federal Character Commission at its first award ceremony held at the Nnamdi Azikwe Hall, Nicon Luxury Hotel, Garki Abuja on Monday, December 19, 2022. The award was in recognition of Minister’s commitment to the infrastructural development in the country’s transportation sector and the ...