By Innocent Orok The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has exonrated one of his chieftain, Otunba Sunday Oyebola as the consignee of the seized drug ( colorado) at the Tin Can Island Port, by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) few weeks ago. Sunday Oyebola who is the PTML Chapter Chairman of the association was recently arrested by the ...

By Innocent Orok   The Federal Republic of Nigeria has signed an Exchange of Note(E/N) with the Japanese Government for an Economic and Social Development Programme involving the acquisition of High-Speed Boat to reinforce services for coastal security in Nigeria, with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) as the implementing partner. The Honorable Minister of State, Federal Ministry ...

By Innocent Orok The National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC) and the National Council for Women Society (NCWS) have reached an agreement to evolve a new brand that will empower vulnerable Nigerian women and create a platform that will enable them contribute their quota to national development. This agreement was reached when the newly elected executive of the ...

By Innocent Orok The Nigerian Shippers’ Council under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute is set to host the 16th edition of the International Maritime Seminar for Judges under the chairmanship of His Lordship, Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour CFR, retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The event, aptly described ...

– Receives IMO commendation for Maritime Bank initiative Dr Paul Adalikwu Secretary General, Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) has commenced strategic alliance talks with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London This was a major fallout of his first formal visit to Kitack Lim, Secretary General of IMO in London after about a decade of MOWCA’s absence ...

– As Jamoh promised to sustain Tempo By Innocent Orok The Honourable Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki has embarked on a tour of facilities and assets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Assets inspected includes the NIMASA Command, Control and Computer Centre (C4i), the NIMASA Modular Floating Dockyard, the NIMASA E-library and Vessels ...

By Innocent Orok The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday in Lagos, destroyed substandard electric cables, engine oil, LPG cylinders, stuffed new tyres, unapproved cigarettes and low grade roofing sheets. Mallam Farouk Salim, Director General of SON, noted while destroying the substandard products that they affected the nation’s economy negatively. He said all the products destroyed were imported into ...

By Innocent Orok The Acting National President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Dr. Kayode Farinto has called on the Ministry of Finance to address the challenges of persistent breakdown in the operations of the National Vehicle Registry (VREG) at the seaports which averages 48 hours every week. Dr. Farinto made this call during a press briefing in ...

(Continues from Saturday) Q: From where we’ve landed now, how are you preparing to assist Nigeria through this committee? Are they prepared to assist those countries ( India Bangladesh etc) that need it, are they consulting for help or they just make the statement and go? Well they made a statement, and the chairman of ICPC and the ES of ...

By Innocent Orok The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) has commenced preparatory works to deploy high-resolution magnetometer to validate the on going wreck removal exercise of all identified wrecks listed for removal along the Badagry Creek in Lagos State. The agency’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh who disclosed this during a review session of the ongoing wreck removal ...