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BASHIR JAMOH: MARITIME LIVING LEGEND OF THE WEEK

BASHIR JAMOH: MARITIME LIVING LEGEND OF THE WEEK

Breaking News, Maritime, Profile
Dr. Bashir Jamoh is no doubt many things to many people. An evolving persona dramatis, Jamoh has in the past couple of years appealed to authorities, corporate and institutional personalities, veterans, thinkers, policy and decision makers, chieftains of industries, fellow technocrats, profile engineers to name but a few. Naturally, many have conceded many different titles to him, despite that many see him first and foremost as one of the finest and youthful manager of men and resources, others see him as an emerging transportant with an unusual patriotic national appeal, seemingly eager to    begin the process of purposeful and corrective national renaissance, especially in the maritime and transport sector where he presently holds forth. And in actual fact, Jamoh hav...
COMRADE ADEWALE ADEYANJU TO GOV WIKE: YOU LIED ON FG’s ABANDONMENT OF EASTERN PORTS.

COMRADE ADEWALE ADEYANJU TO GOV WIKE: YOU LIED ON FG’s ABANDONMENT OF EASTERN PORTS.

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News
BY ASU BEKS Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has come under severe attack from stakeholders in the nation's maritime sector for alleging that management of Nigerian Ports Authority had completely abandoned the Eastern Ports. Wike who spoke weekend at the commissioning of ALCON NIG LTD low voltage plant in Port Harcourt had blamed the NPA for deliberately abandoning the Eastern Ports. But in a swift reaction, President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju said there was no such a policy as ' deliberately abandoning Eastern Ports". He explained that it is a global practice that an importer reserves the right to choose where he wants his cargo delivered. Comrade Adeyanju explained that majority of ibo traders and importers p...
Namibia inaugurates new port terminal, As Nigeria Struggles with Old Sinking Ports

Namibia inaugurates new port terminal, As Nigeria Struggles with Old Sinking Ports

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature, Port News
By Hauwa Mustapha Namibian President, Hage Geingob has inaugurated a new $200 million dollars’ port terminal at Walvis Bay, an extension that will double the country’s port capacity from 350,000 containers to 750,000 per year. The inauguration ceremony was held on the 40-hectare platform reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. “Namibia has now joined countries such as Australia, Brazil, Dubai and the Netherlands in the utilisation of reclaimed land for port expansion,” said Geingob. Namport director, Nangula Hamunyela said the terminal not only increases Namport’s assets to N$7,6 billion dollars, but also launches the company’s goal to become a logistics hub for the southern African region. Namibia has now joined countries such as Australia, Brazil, Dubai and the Netherlands in t...
NPA’s Abandonment Of Eastern Seaports Deliberate – Gov Wike

NPA’s Abandonment Of Eastern Seaports Deliberate – Gov Wike

Breaking News, Maritime, Politics, Port News
The Executive Governor, of Rivers State Chief Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of deliberately abandoning Nigeria’s Eastern Seaports of Porthacourt and Onne. Wike, who spoke during the official opening of Alcon Nigeria Limited’s low-voltage products assembly factory in Port Harcourt, observed that deplorable state of the ports in Rivers was worrisome. Nyesom Wike Represented by his deputy, Dr Ipalibo Harry, the governor attributed the decline of industries in Port Harcourt to the weak operations at the Rivers ports. He said, “The body language of the Federal Government suggests that the ports’ abandonment was deliberate, noting that the Lagos ports currently booming at the moment have been overburdened and manufacturers are paying exorbitantly to use them. “W...
FG to begin construction of dry ports in Abia, Plateau, others – ICRC

FG to begin construction of dry ports in Abia, Plateau, others – ICRC

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature, Port News
By Abbas Bamalli The Federal Government is set to begin the construction of Inland Container Dry Ports in Abia, Oyo, Plateau, Borno and Kaduna states to reduce the pressures on the sea ports. This is even as the government had also received private sector proposals for the construction of similar ports in Dagbolu in Osun State, Lolo in Kebbi State, Onitsha in Anambra State and Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State. Director General (DG) Infrastructural Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah disclosed this when he led the management of the ICRC to inspect some Federal Government projects in Kano, which included the dry port and the Oasis Oxygen Plant project at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Izuwah said that the Federal Government was committed to the speedy comp...
Dakuku Peterside breathes fresh air into NIMASA

Dakuku Peterside breathes fresh air into NIMASA

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature
By Asu Beks A little over three years ago when Dr. Dakuku  Adol Peterside was appointed Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, there was a sharp division of what his coming portends.While some believed that he would make a difference, significant and far reaching, there were also those who expressed some level of reservation and indeed pessimism, based on the consideration that not been an industry person would clearly limit his ability to achieve  the desirable growth index. Three years down the line, so much has taken place that, without equivocation, can be summed up as the striking gains under Peterside’s stewardship in every parameter, which even his worst critics cannot deny. Overall, he has been able to secure the levers of the...
MARITIME LIVING LEGEND OF THE WEEK: Admiral Festus Porbeni (Rtd) mni, cfr

MARITIME LIVING LEGEND OF THE WEEK: Admiral Festus Porbeni (Rtd) mni, cfr

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature, Profile
Perhaps, it’s about time we fit in the word AWESOME as his middle name. Rear Admiral Festus Porbeni is by all historical account one of the foremost  retired Nigerian Military General, who has not shown any trace of tiredness and is still solidly active in nation building part of which is the mentoring of youths and creating opportunities for their dreams and career. A professional navigator and diver, boardroom player, ambassador and human capital builder, Rear Admiral Porbeni was born May 28, 1946 at Abari, Delta State. After his primary and secondary education which ended at two most prestigious colleges of that time, Hussy College Warri and Government College Ughelli, between 196-64 and 1965-66, respectively, the young Porbeni enlisted in the Nigerian Military in 1967. He train...
Nigeria Customs Service receives hard knocks for primitive cargo examination method

Nigeria Customs Service receives hard knocks for primitive cargo examination method

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature, Port News
Management of the Nigeria Customs Service has received hard knocks for insisting on 100 percent physical examination of cargo at the nation's, seaports, airports and border stations. Comrade Tony NTED, a former President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria gave the thumbs down while speaking weekend with Shipping World. Comrade Nted wondered why after 100 years of its existence, the Nigeria Customs Service has refused to adopt globally accepted norms in the clearlance of goods. The frontline union leader says he is at a loss as to why the Nigerian Customs Service has opted for the most primitive method of cargo examination at a time cargo clearance has gone digital. Said he : " Why can't the Nigerian Customs Service deploy scanners at seaports, airports and...
Harnessing Nigeria’s Marine Biodiversity for Accelerated Economic Growth

Harnessing Nigeria’s Marine Biodiversity for Accelerated Economic Growth

Breaking News, Maritime, Misc, News Feature
FG To Integrate Blue Economy In ERGP * As NIMASA hosts maiden edition of African Day of Seas and Oceans As part of efforts to ensure the maritime industry plays a significant role in the growth of Nigeria's economy, the Federal Government has initiated steps to inject blue economy concept into its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). While this can be seen as an avenue to correct the previous jettisoning of the maritime sector in national planning, the government also intends to setup a strategic Blue Economy committee under the leadership of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Alhaji Sabiu Zakari revealed this earlier today, during a ceremony to mark the maiden edition of Africa's Day of Seas and Oceans scheduled f...
Gbajabiamila: Nigeria Looks to Marine Resources for Economic Recovery

Gbajabiamila: Nigeria Looks to Marine Resources for Economic Recovery

Breaking News, Maritime, News Feature, Press Release
·        As NIMASA  hosts African Day of Seas and Oceans ·        Forwards 6 international instruments on blue economy for ratification Nigeria’s rich maritime resources represent a vital economic safeguard and vehicle for the successful implementation of the President Muhammadu Buhari government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), which must be sustainably tapped, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has stated. Gbajabiamila said this on Thursday in Lagos at a ceremony hosted by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to mark this year’s African Day of Seas and Oceans, with the theme, “Harnessing Nigeria’s Marine Biodiversity for Accelerated ...