March 2025 – Shipping World News Magazine

Mar102025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BEST CUSTOMS AREA CONTROLLER AWARD: OLOMU Dedicates Award to Officers/ Stakeholders.

Misc, News Feature

The Customs Area Controller of Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Dr Babatunde Olomu, has dedicated his nomination as Most Oustanding Customs Area by Maritime Media Ltd, to his hard working Officers and Men of the Command as well Stakeholders. Dr Olomu who was speaking in his Office Monday when he received members of the Local Organizing Committee of the 2025 Maritime Industry MERIT AWARDS, MIMA, said but for the understanding and support of Stakeholders, the Command would not have achieved the successes it recorded. " We must commend the the Stakeholders for their overwhelmingly support and encouragement without which we would not have recorded the feats we achieved in 2024. I also which to dedicate this AWARD to the hard working officers and men of the Command for their dedication...

Mar52025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

COUNTDOWN TO MIMA ’25

Maritime, Misc, News Feature

Sen Douye Diri is Nigeria's Most Maritime Friendly Governor. He is not only nicknamed a miracle Governor, he has also brought prosperity to his people. As a man from the Creeks of the Niger Delta, he is very passionate about his ENVIRONMENT. He has led various campaigns to draw the attention of Nigerians and the global community ,to the massive pollution which oil exploration and exploitation by IOCs have visited on the region. And when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu created the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy at the Federal level, he didn't hesitate to have Bayelsa align with the vision of Mr President by being the first and only State to create a Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. He is ready to tell anyone who cares to listen that " the prosperity of Bayelsa State lies in the bel...

Mar32025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

MIMA 2025: Oyetola nominated for Marine & Blue Economy Pacesetter Award

Maritime, Misc, News Feature

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has been nominated as the recipient of the "Marine and Blue Economy Pacesetter Award" by Maritime Media Limited, organisers of the Annual Maritime Industry Merit Awards (MIMA). The award, according to the organizers, is in recognition of Oyetola's painstaking efforts to midwife the new ministry through his innovative leadership skill. In a letter signed by Elder Asu Beks, on behalf of the Editorial Board of Maritime Media Limited, Oyetola was commended for his engagement with critical stakeholders to develop a robust legal and policy framework, essential for navigating the complexities of the marine and blue economy sector. "As a thorough bred and a renowned technocrat, you have also been strategic in your drive to ensur...

Mar12025 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

I’m Excited About Bayelsa Nine-Storey New Secretariat – HoS Walson-Jack *Project Will Be Completed In 24 Months, Says Gov Diri

Misc

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame Didi Walson-Jack, on Saturday, expressed delight over the construction of a new nine- storey civil servants secretariat by the Bayelsa State government. Mrs. Walson-Jack said when completed, the iconic structure would go down in her memory as an exciting legacy of the Governor Douye Diri administration. She stated this when she performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the project in Yenagoa. According to her, the event was a special, significant milestone to her as she had served in the Bayelsa public service and felt a sense of nostalgia to witness the historic foundation-laying ceremony. She said: "The civil service is the engine of government, providing the expertise, structure necessary for effective governance. A well-motiv...