DG NIMASA meets Korean Ambassador on maritime development …Assures global community of security on Nigeria’s waters
From Left: The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside , the Consular-General of the Korean Embassy in Nigeria, Kim In-Taek and the…
NIMASA begins strict enforcement of Cabotage regulations …Forecloses issuance of waivers
Peterside DG NIMASA BY FRANCIS EZEM Reprieve may have come the way of indigenous shipping companies more than 15 years after the enactment of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Cabotage…
Shippers’ Council moves to stop proposed $400 congestion surcharge …As Group condemns arbitrary charge
BY FRANCIS EZEM Worried by the hues and cries generated by a recent notice given by CMA CGM to relevant stakeholders of its plan to impose the controversial $400 congestion…
Update: First Attempt to Separate Collided Ships Fails
The first attempt to pull apart the Tunisian Ro-Ro ship Ulysses from the hull of Cyprus-flagged containership CLS Virginia was unsuccessful, the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the Mediterranean…
International community, Agbakoba seek action against death penalty …As 2,285 convicts await execution in Nigeria
BY FRANCIS EZEM The Human Rights Laws HURILAWS of the Olisa Agbakoba Chambers as part of activities to mark the 2018 World Day against the Death Penalty has joint the…
ICD: Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Gambia rallies support for SIFAX Group
From left: Nigeria’s High-Commissioner to The Gambia, Ambassador Oluwasegun Ibidapo-Obe, Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi during the visit in Banjul, recently. BY FRANCIS EZEM Nigeria’s High-Commissioner to The…
Africa’s economy can be deepened through free trade, says Dangote
Aliko Dangote BY FRANCIS EZEM President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has made a strong case for the deepening of Africa’s economy by investors and governments through the region’s…
CJN, Appeal Court President propose ADR for AMCON’s N5.4tr debt recovery
From left: Managing Director/CEO, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON, Mr. Ahmed Kuru President, Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen at…
Apapa gridlock: Group proposes $1,000 fine on Maerskline, others over empty containers
BY FRANCIS EZEM Worried by the worsening gridlocks on seaport access and adjoining roads and street, the Shippers’ Association Lagos State has proposed stringent punitive measures including a $1,000 fine…
Nigeria may remain world’s poverty capital, Emir Sanusi warns
Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II BY FRANCIS EZEM THE Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, has warned that…
