Misc – Shipping World News Magazine

Nov132024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

IMO Category C Election: Oyetola inaugurates Inter-Ministerial Committee. …As Mobereola presents IMO instruments

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, has called for a comprehensive action in Nigeria's bid to be elected into Category C of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council, as he inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to promote the campaign. Speaking at the inauguration held at the Boardroom of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMMBE) in Abuja on Tuesday, Oyetola said the campaign must be all-inclusive, taking into consideration diplomatic and operational strategies in soliciting votes to yield good dividends. He explained that, having lost out three times between 2011 and 2019 after its successful stints in 1975, 2001, and 2005, Nigeria is due to return to the Council to cement its relevance as a strategic Maritime domain and a stron...

Sep62024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

*ANLCA BoT Elections and Matters Arising .By ASU BEKS

Misc, News Feature

The upcoming election into the nine-man Board of Trustees of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents is increasingly getting wide media attention, unprecedented in the 70 years history of the body. This is perhaps the most contentious election in the history of the Association. With a stupendous N1.2 million fee for obtaining the form, there is no doubt that the stakes are very high. But stakeholders are curious about what the eventual winners are likely to benefit from a job with no statutory benefits. Or are we too blind to see the milk and honey which lie ahead of the prospective BoT members? Trust Nigerians, contestants are already making all manner of promises. Some are realistic, while some others are esoteric and laughable. With the elections holding simultaneously i...

Sep42024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NIMASA CRUMBLING UNDER MOBEREOLA’S WATCH?…Stranded Cadets Storm NIMASA HQ Over Non Payment of School Fees…As Mobereola responds to Oyetola’s query. By Asu Beks

Misc

Things have completely fallen apart in Dayo Mobereola's NIMASA who has spent only about six months into his 4 year tenure and it is obvious that the Center cannot hold. Barely 24 hours after Dayo Mobereola, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency , NIMASA and his Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Mr Jibril Abba, replied to a query issued the duo by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Chief Adegboyega Oyetola over allegations of impropriety leveled against them by a Vendor in India, overseeing NSDP program at Centurion University, over 100 cadets mostly from Greece who have been stranded in Nigeria on Tuesday stormed the Agency. The students, were protesting against the non challant manner NIMASA had handled their welfare an...

Jun212024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Creates Marine and Blue Economy Ministry …Says wealth of Bayelsa lies in the Belly of the Atlantic Ocean

Misc

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, swore in additional 15 commissioners bringing the total number of members of his cabinet to 29. The governor also created two new ministries, which are Blue Economy and that of Special Duties (General Services), which is in charge of non-indigene affairs. Fourteen commissioners had been sworn in in the first batch on April 29. Senator Diri also re-assigned the Commissioner for Special Duties (East), Preye Brodrick, to the Ministry of Transport while Mr Mandy Akpalo was assigned the Ministry of Special Duties (Central). Also, Hon Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, who was earlier assigned the Labour, Employment and Productivity portfolio, is now the Commissioner for Information, Strategy and Orientation while Chief Saturday Omiloli is ...

Jun42024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PORTS ECONOMIC REGULATOR BILL: NIMASA,NPA , NIG SHIPPERS COUNCIL MEET TO HARMONIZE POSITIONS….Adeyanju, Akabogu, Hassan Bello, say bill long overdue.

Maritime, Misc, News Feature

Indications were rife weekend that Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Nigerian Shippers Council may have met to harmonize a common position on the proposed Nigerian Shipping and Ports Economic Regulator Agency bill currently before the House of Representatives. Usually dependable sources at the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy who confided in Shipping World said those who attended the meeting last weekend in Abuja included Dr Dayo Mobereola, Barr Pius Akutah and an Executive Director at the NPA who represented Mohammed Bello Koko. Although the outcome of deliberations were not made public, this magazine learned that the meeting was meant to address the perceived inter agency rivalry among parastatals in...

May212024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

JUST NOW! !Victory for the Simplified!

Law, Misc

The Rivers State High Court in suit No. PHC/1320/CS/2024 Between Hon. Enyiada Cookey-Gam & 6 Ors .V The Governor of Rivers State & Ors.by His lordship: Hon. Justice D.G. Kio Ph.D, Judge sitting in High Court Port Harcourt, held that the Local Government law No. 2 of 2024, purporting to extend the tenure of Local Goverment Chairman for 6 months after the expiration of their tenure is invalid as it is inconsistent with the 1999 constitution and section 9 (1) of the Rivers State Local Government law No. 5 of 2018. The Court further held that the applicable law in the circumstances is the Rivers State Local Government law No. 5 of 2018 that fixed three years tenure for local Government chairmen and councillors and not the local government law No 2 of 2024 which was enacted to un...

May112024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Rivers Bridge Initiative Congratulates Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo On His Emergence As Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly. _…calls on INEC to initiate the process for bye-elections in 28 constituencies_

Law, Misc, News Feature

The Rivers Bridge Initiative, a non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting good governance and sustainable development in Rivers State, has congratulated Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo on his emergence as the new Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement signed by Tonye Barcanista, the National Publicity Secretary, the organization praised the lawmakers for their wise decision in electing Oko-Jumbo, who represents the Bonny Constituency, as the new Speaker. The statement read: "We believe that Rt. Hon. Oko-Jumbo's wealth of experience, leadership skills, and commitment to the welfare of the people of Rivers State make him an excellent choice for this position." The Rivers Bridge Initiative expressed confidence that Oko-Jumbo's leadership will foster a collabor...

Dec312023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

“Reflecting on 2023: Asu Beks Wishes for a Prosperous and Peaceful 2024”

Misc

2023 is slowly easing out. It roared. It bared its fangs on us as a people but we are still standing. May afflictions NEVER arise a second time. I wish you the very best in 2024

Nov12023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Declining Oil Receipts: Apapa Customs Comes to the Rescue?

Misc

Indications are rife that the Nigeria Customs Service under the leadership of Adewale Adeniyi may have risen up to the challenge as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu intensifies his effort to bolster the revenue base of Nigeria's finances. This cheery news came to the fore yesterday when the Customs Area Controller of the premier Port of Apapa, Compt Jide Jaiyeoba told Maritime Editors that his Command would rake in at least N1.5tr into the Federation account by the end of December. Compt Jide Jaiyeoba who spoke yesterday in Apapa revealed that this feat was on account of the pragmatic leadership put in place by CGC Wale Adeniyi. He put the monthly revenue generated by the Command at average of over N110b. In past couple of months, receipts from the NNPC has continued to dwindle on account...

Oct302023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Poll: PDP Calls For MacIver’s Arrest Over Inciting Comments

Misc, Politics

The Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police and Director-General of the Department of State Services to immediately invite a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Joshua MacIver, for questioning. Chairman of the campaign council’s Publicity Directorate, Hon. Ayibaina Duba, in a statement issued in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Monday, said Mr. MacIver made inciting comments capable of truncating the peace of the state in a video now in circulation. MacIver, who is running mate to his party’s disqualified governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, made the incendiary comments during a rally in Twon-Brass on Saturday. In the video that has gone viral on social media, the former...