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Feb152025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

VP Shettima Storms Yenagoa to Celebrate Diri’s 5th Anniversary * 60mw Gas Turbines Expected In Two Months

News Feature

The fifth anniversary thanksgiving service of the Senator Douye Diri administration in Bayelsa State, on Thursday, offered a platform for the governor to render his stewardship. The well-attended event had prominent Nigerians, including Vice President Kashim Shettima, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Dame Patience, Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Muftwang, National Assembly members among others in attendance. The thanksgiving service was held at the Ecumenical Centre, Igbogene, Yenagoa, and had renowned Ghanaian preacher, Dr. Otabil Mensah, as the guest speaker. Governor Diri, in his remarks, said Bayelsa was witnessing a transformation with the completion of several impactful projects as well as ongoing and newly-awarded projects. He listed some to include the three...

Feb132025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

GLOBAL TARIFF WAR: NPA’s ABUBAKAR DANTSOHO HITS TARGET By Asu Beks.

News Feature, Port News

When Donald Trump threatened the world, during his campaign for the US top job , especially China, Candada and Mexico that they should prepare for a barrage of tariff increases once he wins the election, only a few took him seriously. Even though our Nigerian born headmistress of the World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, promptly cautioned against the threats which she warned might be catastrophic, she underestimated the swiftness with which Donald Trump struck once he won the November elections. A tariff is a tax on imported goods and services . Tariffs are typically a percentage of the value of the goods. The purpose of tariffs is to raise revenue for government and to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. About a fortnight ago, the Nigerian Ports Autho...

Feb112025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PANDEF Appeals To Tinunu To Sign South-South Development Commission Bill.

Breaking News

The Pan Niger Delta Forum ( PANDEF )has pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign into an Act the bill for the South-South Commission with the same speed he signed others. At the end of an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees in Abuja yesterday, a statement issued by the Chairman of PANDEF, Ambassador Dr. Godknows Igali and read by the Spokesman, Dr. Ominimini stated in part: "The bill after passage by the National Assembly Assembly was submitted at the same time as other geo-political zone's Commissions bill tickets to the President, but ours is yet to be assented to. "We subscribe to the desirability of having a development commission for all the six geo-political zones of the country without exception. "And therefore views the withholding as a grave oversight or erro...

Feb82025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Unauthorized deductions ,illegal Charges: 54 Nigerian Students in INDIA threaten to drag Zenith Bank to Court

Business, News Feature

A strongly worded petition from 54 Nigerian students studying various programs at the Centurion University, INDIA, may drag Zenith Bank Plc to court over what they described as "fraudulent , unsolicited deductions and illegal charges "from their various accounts leading to millions of dollars. The aggrieved students in a joint petition which was filed on their behalf by the firm of Joe Ikheloa and Associates, a Lagos based firm of legal Practioners, and addressed to the Director of Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Nigeria, is seeking an expeditious resolution of the impasse or face legal action. The petition titled " Urgent Petition Against Zenith Bank: Unauthorised Deductions, Negligence and Severe Financial Hardship ", the affected students who are cadets under the NIMASA SEAFARER...

Feb82025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

“Stakeholders Convene to Address Rising Operational Costs in Nigeria’s Shipping Sector, Call for Tariff Review”

News Feature

Today, to further stimulate Nigeria’s economic growth, the Executive Secretary and CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Akutah Pius Ukeyima Esq., MON, FCILT, FInsTA, Ph.D., convened a high-level meeting with industry stakeholders to address the pressing challenges of rising operational costs in the sector prompting the escalating costs that have led to increased shipping expenses, underscoring the call by the operators for a comprehensive review of their tariffs in line with current economic realities. In his remarks, the ES/CEO described the stakeholders’ engagement as a strategic move to foster collaboration among key industry experts, with the ultimate goal of strengthening the sector and positively impacting the national economy. He assured participants that the meeting’s outcome w...

Feb72025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Photoreel: Gov Uzodinma swears in Chief Henry Njoku as Council member of IMO State University of Agriculture

News Feature

Pictures speak as as our own, Chief. Sir. Henry Ifeanyichukwu Njoku (Harritex) was officially inaugurated and sworn in as Member of Board, University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences by His excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma at the State Executive Council Chamber, Government House, Owerri. Ihe eji ámá Nze wu nwa and Ulakwo muru Ikeoha muru Ezigbo nwa. Omebere Ulakwo, may God continue to bless you now and always. Yours truly, A.G.E

Feb62025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

National Single Window Project: Imperatives of a Compliance Task Force. By Asu Beks.

News Feature

Determined to write his name in gold as the only President to enthrone an enduring regime on the ease of doing business at Nigerian Seaports Ports, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on April 16, 2024, inaugurated a steering committee for a National Single Window Project. The Committee made up of critical stakeholders such as the Federal Ministry of Finance, the CBN, Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Shippers Council, among others, remains a bold statement by Mr President to break long standing developmental barriers in advancing the progress, prosperity and well being of every Nigerian.A single window is clearly a trade facilitative measure. It permits the trader or transporter to submit al...

Feb32025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa will deliver on Agge Deep Seaport, Gov Diri assures FG team

Maritime, News Feature

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has restated his administration’s commitment towards actualising the deep seaport project at Agge in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state. Governor Diri gave the assurance on Monday when he received the federal government’s Joint Project Steering Committee and Project Delivery Team on the Agge Deep Seaport in Government House, Yenagoa. The delegation led by the Senior Technical Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Prof. Busayo Fakinlede, presented the committee’s report and recommendations for the smooth takeoff of the project to the governor. The Bayelsa helmsman said the project was conceptualised by his predecessor’s administration and that his government reviewed it and commenced negotiations on partnership w...

Jan312025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BREAKING: ABANDONED NSDP CADETS IN GREECE SEND SOS TO ASU BEKS TO SAVE THEM FROM DEPORTATION.

News Feature

No fewer than 150 cadets sent to Greece under the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, flagship NSDP program risk deportation if by month ending February, 2025, NIMASA fails to meet her statutory financial obligations. In an emotion laden Save our Souls letter sent to the Editor Shipping World tagged " Urgent Appeal for Awareness,Nigerian NIMASA Cadets in Greece Facing Unpaid Stipends and Crisis", dated January 29, 2025, the students alleged that they have been abondonded by their sponsors, NIMASA, which despite repeated appeals, by the prioprietors of the Metropolitan College, Greece, has fallen on deaf ears. They have therefore appealed to the Publisher of Shipping World, Elder Asu Beks, to prevail on Dr Dayo Mobereola, the Director General of NIMASA, to do the nee...

Jan292025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Douye Diri to PANDEF: Concentrate on the the Development of Niger Delta

News Feature

Gov Diri To PANDEF: Focus On Region’s Development Issues Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Development Forum (PANDEF) to focus on issues that border on the region’s development in its advocacy as a voice of the region. Senator Diri gave the admonition on Wednesday when a delegation of PANDEF led by its new chairman, Amb. Godknows Igali, paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa. He expressed his administration's commitment to collaborate with the forum to address issues of development bedevilling the Niger Delta region. The Bayelsa governor stressed that PANDEF needed the collaboration of governors of the region as well as interventionist agencies such as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the pr...