Steve Azaiki – Shipping World News Magazine

Oct182025 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

The Technocrat’s Dilemma: Can Dakuku Peterside’s Rational Vision Transform Nigeria?

News Feature

sits at an interesting intersection of politics, public administration and management practice. Best known to many as the turnaround Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and a former federal lawmaker, Dr. Peterside in October 2025, amid Nigeria's 25th year of uninterrupted democracy marked by both triumphs and tremors, unveiled two seminal works: Leading in a Storm (published by Safari Books) and Beneath the Surface: Essays on Nigeria’s Chequered Journey (under Masobe Books' Makere imprint). Launched in high-profile events across Lagos, Abuja, London, and Chicago, these volumes distill decades of frontline experience into actionable wisdom, appraising leadership not as charisma but as calibrated competence.. Taken together they are less self-p...

Oct162025 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

BOMBSHELL! FMR DG NIMASA to FG: Scrap CVFF , Refund Contributions . BY ASU BEKS.

Misc

Amid growing concerns by stakeholders over the seeming uncertainty over government's real intentions in disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund,CVFF, which has suffered several setbacks, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to refund all such monies to the contributors. The former NIMASA helmsman who spoke exclusively to Shipping World, on condition of anonymity, said " the time has come to call a spade by its name. This government , like previous administrations before it, doesn't seem to have the political will to disburse the fund. You can't be collecting someone's money for over 22 years and refuse to disburse the money ". The CVFF, under the Cabotage Act was signed into law by f...

Mar12025 by Steve AzaikiNo 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...

Nov242024 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

PIUS AKUTAH, Shippers Council boss,Celebrates Lady Elohor Asu Beks

News Feature

It is a privilege to stand here today as we gather to celebrate a truly special milestone - the 40th birthday of an incredible woman, Lady Eloho Asu Beks. Forty years is no small feat . It covers a journey filled with experiences, growth, and countless moments of joy and resilience. Today, we honour not just these years but the remarkable person our celebrant has become. A woman of grace, wisdom and strength. For us in the maritime industry, the beauty in the life of Lady Asu Beks reflects around the contributions of her husband, Asu Beks, to the growth and development of the nation's maritime industry. We see a shining example of a supportive spouse who have provided kindness, generosity and motivation towards the advancement of her husband's career. They say life begins at 40, a...

Aug172022 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

JAMOH TO CHAIR MARITIME EDITORS’ CONFERENCE

Maritime, News Feature

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh will chair the the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers (LOMEP) One-day workshop/seminar scheduled to take place at the Administrative Staff Colleage of Nigeria (ASCON), TOPO, Badagry on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 by 11am promt. In the same vein, the sole lecture of the day will be delivered by Mr Charles Okerefe, a time tested maritime resource person, writer, publiher and maritime teacher at the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State. Okerefe will be speaking on, "The role of technology in trade facilitation and smuggling suppression." Other guests at expected at the occasion include Otunba Kunle Folarin, Chairman of the National Seafarers Welfare Board o...

Jun72022 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

SHIPPING WORLD CEO’S DAUGHTER GOES MISSING

Breaking News

IT IS EXACTLY A WEEK SINCE THE DAUGHTER OF SHIPPING WORLD CEO, FAITH TAREBI ASU BEKS DISAPPEARED FROM HER RESIDENCE IN LAKEVIEW ESTATE AMUWO ODOFIN, LAGOS. ANYONE WITH A USEFUL INFORMATION CONCERNING HER WHEREABOUT SHOULD CALL 07012079913 OR THE NEAREST POLICE STATION.

Jun22022 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

FG APPROVES 11bn FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES & ACCES ROADS TO BRASS LG AND 3.8bn FOR a SWITCH-GEAR ROOM FOR OIL & GAS PARK IN BAYELSA STATE

News Feature

The minister disclosed this to State House Correspondents shortly after the over three-hour FEC meeting presided over by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Presidential aspirant of the APC, Timipre Sylva, the council approved N3.81bn for a switch-gear room for the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park in Bayelsa State for the local manufacture of components. The PUNCH reports that, in February 2022, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Simbi Wabote, said the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022. Sylva also revealed that the Council approved N11bn for the construction of access...

Apr272022 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

Obi Visits Diri, Says I’m Desperate To Make Nigeria Work *Bayelsa Gov Restates Call For Power Shift

News Feature, Politics

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said he is not desperate to be president but eager to see Nigeria work. The two-term governor of Anambra State and vice presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019 stated this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Bayelsa State Government House in Yenagoa. Obi said Nigeria was a great country with untapped potentialities, noting that he is desperate to move the nation away from a consumption economy to a productive one. He stressed that Nigeria was not working because of its unproductive state, which he said was unacceptable to the nation’s young, intelligent and smart population. The presidential hopeful, who reeled out the statistics of agricultural...

Jan192022 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

Breaking News ! Sylvester Oromoni. Ijaw Youths Head to Court. Brief SAN. Despatches Lawyer to Autopsy Panel.

Breaking News, Education

Members of the IJaw Youths Council ( IYC ) Lagos chapter led by its Chairman Comrade Henry Oyobolo in a civilized and peaceful manner withdrew their protest from Dowen college premises which they occupied earlier to the Law Chambers of Anthony George-Ikoli, SAN to brief him over the questionable death of one of their own, Sylvester Oromoni. After series of meetings with a team of Lawyers from the SAN's Law firm in the past week, the Chambers this afternoon officially accepted to take up the matter and immediately despatched a Lawyer to represent it at theAutopsy Panel. During the Dowen protest, concerned elders monitored closely to prevent hoodlums from hijacking it and portray Ijaw people as violent, destructive and lawless. Before vacating the premises the youths warned the School au...

Nov162021 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

Doyen of Maritime Journalism, Asu Beks, drops landmark case against Hadiza Bala Usman, Adesoye

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

Backdropped against the rising tide of appeals by well-meaning Nigerians, both home and abroad, the Doyen of Maritime Journalism and Publisher of foremost maritime journal, Shipping World, Elder Asu Beks, yesterday formally withdrew the case against suspended Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman and the Chairman of the NPA Board, Chief Emmanuel Adesoye. In the Suit No: FHC/L/CS/485/2021- Elder Asu Beks & 2 Ors V The President Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors, they had prayed the court to quash the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman for a second term in office without having served out her first term. It also asked the court to quash the appointment of the NPA Board which negated the provisions of the NPA Act. In a letter dated 15th November, 2021...