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INTERNATIONAL MARITIME BUREAU CONFIRMS PIRACY DECLINE IN THE GULF OF GUINEA.

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME BUREAU CONFIRMS PIRACY DECLINE IN THE GULF OF GUINEA.

Misc
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its half-year report of 2022 has lauded the reduction in piracy in the globe and expressed optimism that it is a new dawn for the shipping community globally. This is coming on the heels of the Bureau receiving the lowest number of reported incidents for the first half of the year since 1994, evidencing its efforts in raising awareness to make the waters safe globally. The Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy has confirmed that there has not been any case of Seafarers kidnap one year after the May 2021 declaration. This is considered commendable progress in comparison to the 2020 statistics when 130 seafarers were kidnapped. The status report from the GoG declaration also confirmed that there has not been any case of kidnap for r...
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NIMASA RESPONDS TO SENATE QUERY ON $12B CRUDE OIL THEFT SUIT.

NIMASA RESPONDS TO SENATE QUERY ON $12B CRUDE OIL THEFT SUIT.

Maritime, News Feature
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,NIMASA, has responded to a query issued by the Nigerian Senate over its propriety in the disbursement of $5m as legal fees in respect of a suit instituted against some International oil Companies (IOCs) by the Federal Government in November 2013. Following a steady decline in its hydrocarbon exports revenue due to ineffective monitoring , the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation had on the directive of the Presidency , directed the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to Institute legal action against the affected IOCs who were involved both in under declaration and under remittance of crude oil exports. According to official sources at the Agency,upon the strength of the said approval, on January 29 , 2014 ,...
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AGGE DEEP PORT CITY: WHAT GOV DOUYE DIRI MUST DO NOW…Omonibeke

AGGE DEEP PORT CITY: WHAT GOV DOUYE DIRI MUST DO NOW…Omonibeke

Misc
A Maritime expert ,Engr David Omonibeke, has taken a retrospective look at the chequered history of the Agge Seaport Project and concluded that Gov Douye Diri should take the bull by the horn and ensure that the dream of an Agge Port City in Ekeremor Local Government Area is realised. Engr Omonibeke who spoke exclusively with Shipping World weekend at his Lekki home in Lagos, said the benefits of an Agge Port city are so overwhelming and mouthwatering and therefore, should not be jettisoned or abandoned. Ominibeke, a former Executive Director, Marine and Operations at the Nigerian Ports Authority , said the completion and the likely commencement of Lekki Deep Seaport before the end of this year should serve as huge challenge to the Bayelsa State government . " Successive administrations...
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Gov. Diri Hails Victorious State Basketball Teams

Gov. Diri Hails Victorious State Basketball Teams

Sports
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has congratulated the two state teams that emerged champions of the just-concluded Nestle Milo National Secondary Schools Basketball Championship in Lagos. The St. Jude’s Girls Model School, Amarata-Yenagoa won in the female category for a record seventh time while in the male category, Bishop Dimieari Grammar School, Ovom-Yenagoa, became champions for the first time. Governor Diri, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, described the lads as worthy sports ambassadors of the state. The Bayelsa helmsman said their victory was very heartwarming and encouraging as it was in line with his administration’s renewed policy of promoting sporting excellence and building the capacity of youths of the state. He said his adm...
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Jubilation in Bayelsa as Fashola flags off Nembe /Brass Road

Jubilation in Bayelsa as Fashola flags off Nembe /Brass Road

News Feature
There was celebration in Nembe and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa State on Thursday as the long-awaited road project linking both riverine councils was flagged off by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at Nembe. The project, which is one of the three senatorial roads in the state, had been on the drawing board of successive administrations in the country from the colonial era in the 1940s. The Governor Douye Diri administration, which made it one of its campaign promises to people of the area, revived the project with the first phase of 21km and 10 bridges awarded to Setraco Nigeria Limited for N54.1billion. The road when completed will open up the Brass Island, which has key national economic assets such as the Agip oil export terminal, the ongoing...
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The Big Story: Kunle Oloyede, A Change Agent at Tin Can Island Port

The Big Story: Kunle Oloyede, A Change Agent at Tin Can Island Port

News Feature, Port News
History is replete with leaders who are called upon at times of crisis to take the gauntlet. Such challenges come with huge responsibilities and a trust factor. It took the helmsman at Customs House, Hameed Ali ,wide consultations to arrive at the decision to deploy Comptroller Kunle Oloyede to the second most powerful area Command. The task for a change of guard at the Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service came at a time the incumbent, Compt MBA Musa, was taking the nation by storm. If MBA Musa was not clamping down on drug and arm traffickers, he was raking billions of naira monthly to the Federation Account. If it was on the strength of competence,performance and public perception, MBA Musa would have continued to hold sway as Area Controller. But ironically, the o...
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Sylva yet to resign as petroleum minister – Aide

Sylva yet to resign as petroleum minister – Aide

News Feature, Politics
There are conflicting signals from the Presidency as to whether Petroleum Minister , Chief Timipre Sylva, is still a member of the Federal Excutive Council. Timipre Sylva was among the ten Ministers who last Friday attended a valedictory session at the Presidential Villa having indicated their interest to vie for the office of the President under the platform of the APC .But an aide to the Minister said he is yet to resign his position. His Media Assistant, Julius Bokoru, told Daily Trust that his boss has not resigned from his position. Sylva was among the serving ministers that purchased N100 million APC presidential form to succeed President Buhari during the 2023 election. Though it was not clear if the Sylva, a former Governor of Bayelsa State has withdrawn from the president...
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