Senate urges FG to deploy more coaches to Kaduna-Abuja train service
File PhotoThe Senate on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to deploy more coaches to the Abuja-Kaduna train service, to ameliorate the plight of passengers.The resolution followed a motion by...
View ArticleCSR: MAN Oron provides community schools with ICT Centre, other learning...
An ICT Centre at MAN OronThe Maritime Academy of Nigeria located in Oron Community in Akwa Ibom Sate, has expressed some goodwill as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) to its host...
View ArticleNIMASA donates relief materials to Cross River flood victims
The Director, Planning, Research and Data Management Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mrs. Moronke Thomas (R) & The Head, Corporate Communications, NIMASA,...
View ArticleSIFAX Group donates clinic, hall to Isade-Ijebu Community
L-R: Barrister Talabi Adekitan, Senior Manager, Legal Services and Claims, Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited; Major General Samson Odunsi (Rtd), Baba Ijo, St. Mark’s Anglican Church,...
View ArticleBuhari declines assent to NIWA, NTDA Bills, pushing rejected Bills to 41
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assenting to the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Bill and that of the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority (NTDA), thus bringing the number of...
View ArticleFerry carrying 350 people stranded off Croatia
The 1980-built ferry Aurelia, carrying almost 350 people aboard, has been stranded off the coast of Split, Croatia.According to local media reports, one of its engines malfunctioned in the early...
View ArticleMD LADOL, Amy, joins UNICEF Advisory Group
MD LADOL, Dr. Amy JadesimiThe Managing Director of LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, is one of the distinguished global leaders recently invited to join the inaugural Advisory Group for United Nations...
View ArticleLaying of track reaches 123km out of 156km on Lagos- Ibadan rail project
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said 123km of the 156 km stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project has been completed.Amaechi made the disclosure on Friday during his...
View ArticleRelief Materials: EL-RUFAI urges corporate organisations to emulate NIMASA
…We share in your challenges-Dakuku PetersideKaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El- Rufai (middle) in a handshake with the representative of the Director General, Nigerian Maritime...
View ArticleAmaechi directs audit of NRC property in Apapa as rail project to seaport...
The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, cross-checking a design of some NRC property at Apapa Rail StationThe Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has directed...
View ArticleRenewable Energy: NIMASA preparing for Nigeria beyond crude oil, says Dakuku
L-R: NIMASA DG, Dr. Dakuku Peterside presenting plaques to Dr. Ernest Nwapa. With them are Chief Operating Officer, Upstream Of NNPC, Alh Bello Rabiu, and Bank Anthony Okoroafor of PETAN at the...
View ArticleFEC approves N970m for Customs’ Barracks, Communication equipment
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N970m to enable the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) build barracks and acquire necessary communication equipment.The Minister of Finance, Mrs...
View ArticleLeague of Maritime Editors urges Buhari to appoint career officer as Customs CG
* Seeks removal of CG’s Strike Force at Ports President Muhammadu BuhariAs President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to begin his second term in office after a successful poll in his favour, the League of...
View ArticleMAN Oron gets more teaching staff this week
The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi(Middle) with the Rector, MAN Oron, Cmmdr. Emmanuel Effedua(rtd)(on the minister's immediate left) and other guests during the commissioning of...
View ArticlePort of Oakland in talks to return to its bulk shipping roots
California’s Port of Oakland could soon see the return of bulk shipping operations at the site for the first time in 20 years.The port has entered into negotiations with Vancouver-based Eagle Rock...
View ArticleNigeria did not mortgage property for China loan – Amaechi
File Photo: Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi AmaechiThe Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi said on Monday that the Nigerian government did not mortgage any property to secure...
View ArticleIMO Members urged to reduce shipping’s black carbon emissions
The Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA) has called on IMO member states to reduce the impact of black carbon emissions from international shipping on the Arctic environment.The non-governmental organization...
View ArticleEra of sustainable globalisation and exchange-based trade just beginning- MD...
EU Commissioner for Trade, European Parliament, Ellen Cecilia Malmstroem; Chief US Economist and Managing Director Morgan Stanley, Ellen Zentner; Managing Director/Chief Economist Asia-Pacific Vanguard...
View ArticleAmbode commissions Bariga jetty, ferries, Ilaje road
***says it will ease traffic on Lagos roadsLagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday commissioned a world-class Waterfront Jetty in Bariga, and Ferries as well as the Ilaje road in Somolu...
View ArticleNIMASA generated N22.9b in 2018, proposes N112.1b for 2019 Budget
DG NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku PetersideThe Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has said it generated over N22.9 billion to the consolidated revenue fund in 2018.According to the Director General...
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