Tuesday, October 28Nigeria's Authoritative Maritime News Magazine
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Author: Asu Beks

PORTS INFRASTUCRURE: WHEN PETER OBI SCORED AN OWN GOAL: BY ASU BEKS.

PORTS INFRASTUCRURE: WHEN PETER OBI SCORED AN OWN GOAL: BY ASU BEKS.

News Feature, Port News
It is common knowledge that despite the proximity of the ports of Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne and Calabar, to their markets in Aba, Port Harcourt, Onitsha, Owerri,majority of businessmen from the East prefer to patronise Lagos ports for obvious reasons .And for those who are not familiar with port operations, it is pertinent to educate the general public that it is the responsibility of a consignee to decide the preferred destination of his or her consignment. This is against the backdrop of the widely held misconception that the Nigerian Ports Authority usurps the rights of the importers by insisting on the destination of such goods. To lure imports to Eastern Ports, the NPA has in the past announced several incentives for importers who who prefer to take delivery of their cargo at ports o...
Breaking: Mobereola Rejuvenates NSDP …appoints Capt Omotosho to head Scheme. By Asu Beks.

Breaking: Mobereola Rejuvenates NSDP …appoints Capt Omotosho to head Scheme. By Asu Beks.

Maritime, News Feature
Determined to avoid previous flaws and misteps of the flagship Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme, NSDP, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dayo Mobereola, has carried out a major overhaul of the Scheme in line with global best practices. In recent years, the Scheme has come under intense scrutiny by stakeholders who had called for its evaluation in line with current realities to reflect our demands and aspirations as one of the fastest-growing Maritime nations in Africa. While some have called for its scrapping, others have insisted that it didn't make economic sense or logic to send students abroad for diploma programmes when back at home, we even have better institutions to run such programs. Shipping World Magazine can confirm exclus...
Dantsoho: The Youth Corper “First Son” of Oyetola who rose to become NPA MD . By Asu Beks.

Dantsoho: The Youth Corper “First Son” of Oyetola who rose to become NPA MD . By Asu Beks.

Misc
Call him the adopted first son of Adegboyega Oyetola, Nigeria's Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, and you won't be wrong. When after his graduation from the University of Maiduguri with a degree in Public Administration in 1992, Abubakar Dantsoho got posted to the Nigerian Ports Authority to answer his one year call to national service, little did he realise that his bread was being buttered by God. Dantsoho career trajectory in Nigerian Ports Authority dates back to 1992 where he started as NYSC trainee and subsequently as a marketing officer . As some one who took his career seriously, he moved progressively from one unit to the other and in the process, equipping himself with the rudiments of Port Administration. He had held sway as Port Manager, Onne Port ,and at a point, a perso...
Gov Diri Aborts PDP’S 26 Reign in Bayelsa, Dumps Party with 23 Lawmakers.

Gov Diri Aborts PDP’S 26 Reign in Bayelsa, Dumps Party with 23 Lawmakers.

Misc, News Feature, Politics
After months of speculation and rumoured defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, officially announced his resignation from the party over what he described as “obvious reasons.” Governor Diri made the announcement during an expanded State Executive Council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, which had in attendance Speaker of the House of Assembly, Abraham Ingobere, his deputy, Michael Ogbere, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) minority leader, Edward Brigidi and seven other lawmakers. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that he took the decision after extensive consultation with leaders of the state. He expressed gratitude to his supporters, w...
Bayelsa Signs Solar Panel Production Deal

Bayelsa Signs Solar Panel Production Deal

News Feature
Bayelsa State recorded another milestone on Tuesday following the signing of a renewal energy agreement for solar panels manufacturing plant in the state. The tripartite deal between the Federal Government’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA), the Bayelsa government and J Marine Logistics Limited, a subsidiary of the Dubai-based Jampur Group that supplied the state’s 60mw gas turbines, was signed in Abuja during the 2025 Nigeria Renewable Energy Innovation Forum (NREIF) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. Governor Douye Diri signed on behalf of the state while the chairman of Jampur Group, Mr. Mohammed Shafiq, signed for the company in the presence of Vice President Kashim Shettima, who chaired the event, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and the REA Managing Director, Abba Aliyu. ...
Lokpobiri resolves dispute between host community and Oil Museum Contractor

Lokpobiri resolves dispute between host community and Oil Museum Contractor

News Feature
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has appealled to the good people of Otuabagi community in Ogbia LGA, to allow work to resume on the Oloibiri Oil Museum and Research Center project site. The Minister, who appealled to the Community when the President of IYC Worldwide, Sir Jonathan Lokpobiri Snr, the Chairman of Otuabagi Chiefs Council and others met him in Yenagoa on Sunday, to seek his attention on the ongoing disput, urged them to prioritize progress over grievances, noting that Oloibiri's prolonged neglect makes this opportunity too valuable to miss. While emphasizing that Oloibiri area, which oil was first struck in commercial quantity, has faced prolonged neglect and urged the community to seize the current opportunity, rather than lettin...
BREAKING NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

Breaking News, Misc
The committee members of the Abuja MOU ( made up of 22 Countries in West and Central African Countries from Mauritania to South Africa) on Wednesday, 8th October 2025, voted to extend the tenure of *Captain Sunday Umoren* for another four-year term, following his remarkable leadership of the Abuja MOU.
Bayelsa Air Set for Launch as Govt Acquires two aircraft

Bayelsa Air Set for Launch as Govt Acquires two aircraft

News Feature
Bayelsa State has procured two aircraft to commence commercial flight operations at the state’s airport. Governor Douye Diri, who stated this on Monday during the courtesy visit of the Prime Minister of the State of Africa In Diaspora, Dr. Tin Louise-George, to Government House, Yenagoa, said the planes would soon arrive and would operate the Yenagoa, Lagos and Abuja routes. Governor Diri said his administration was determined to make the Bayelsa International Airport more commercially effective for flight operations. While welcoming Dr. Louise-George on his maiden visit to Nigeria and Bayelsa, he described the State of Africa in Diaspora as akin to Doctors Without Borders. He said the state government was ready for partnership in the area of the airport expansion and developme...
Tinubu to inaugrate $400m Rivers crude export termnial

Tinubu to inaugrate $400m Rivers crude export termnial

News Feature
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the $400m Otakikpo Onshore Crude Oil Export Terminal in Rivers State on October 8, the first new crude export facility to be built in Nigeria in over 50 years. The facility, developed by Green Energy International Limited, operators of the Otakikpo field in OML 11, Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, is the first wholly indigenous onshore terminal built in Nigeria. The last such facility, the Forcados Terminal, was commissioned in 1971. The inauguration is expected to attract top government officials, including the Rivers State Governor, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and key stakeholders across the oil and gas sector. According to a ...
GULF OF GUINEA SECURITY: IMO GIVES NIGERIA THUMBS UP

GULF OF GUINEA SECURITY: IMO GIVES NIGERIA THUMBS UP

News Feature
The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Arsenio Domínguez, has lauded Nigeria’s remarkable achievements in maritime security, particularly its success in recording zero piracy incidents for over three years and the groundbreaking Deep Blue Project, which he described as a model for regional cooperation in the Gulf of Guinea. Mr. Domínguez, who arrived in Nigeria on Thursday, made the remarks during a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, CON. He noted that Nigeria’s investment in maritime safety infrastructure and the collaboration of its security agencies, especially the Nigerian Navy, have yielded tangible results in combating piracy and maritime crimes. According to him, these effor...