Press Release – Page 7 – Shipping World News Magazine

Dec92021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Wodu, A Homegrown SAN, Says Gov. Diri

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described Barr. Kemasuode Wodu as a 'homegrown' Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Wodu, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, is among 72 legal practitioners in the country conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking at a reception in his honour in Abuja, Governor Diri said he had always referred to Wodu as a SAN in waiting. The Bayelsa chief executive noted that unlike other SANs the state had produced, Wodu largely practised in Bayelsa and Rivers states and showed that he also had the qualities for the exalted rank. He said: "At 25, Bayelsa has now produced five SANs. One is however late. "I had always called Wodu a SAN in waiting. But I see him as a hom...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nembe Oil Spill And Kabiru Yusuf’s Vexatious Meddlesomeness By Daniel Alabrah

News Feature, Port News, Press Release

Reading one Mallam Kabiru Yusuf's diatribe against the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the current spillage in Nembe community (also in Bayelsa State) leaves you with a feeling of shock, nausea, outright revulsion or all of these. Since November 5, 2021 when it was first reported, hydrocarbon resources of gas and crude oil have been spewing unabated into the Santa Barbara River from the damaged Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited's OML 29 Wellhead 1 platform in Nembe. Mallam Yusuf, who claims to be President, Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Convener, Association of Northern Youth Groups, might not have visited the spill site to see the wastage, the pollution and environmental disaster at first hand. He might also not have been to the oil-producing Ni...

Dec12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri assures Corp Members of their Safety in Bayelsa State

News Feature, Press Release

Corps Members Begin Orientation At New Site In Bayelsa *Governor Diri Assures Of Safety No fewer than 1,800 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, commenced orientation at the permanent orientation facility at Boro Town, Kaiama, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area. The orientation exercise was the first at the new site being constructed by the state government. The project, which is almost completed, was conceptualised in 2006 but was started by the immediate past Senator Seriake Dickson administration and inherited by his successor, Senator Douye Diri. Speaking during the swearing in of the 2021 Batch C Stream 2 corps members at the permanent orientation site, Governor Diri assured them of their wellbeing and safety during t...

Nov302021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Again, Gov. Diri Tasks FG On Nembe-Brass Road

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has restated the significance of the road from Nembe to the Brass Island in Brass Local Government Areas of the state to the country's economy. Governor Diri restated this on Tuesday while declaring open the 10th Practical Nigerian Content Conference with the theme “Driving the Nigeria Content in the Dawn of Petroleum Industry Act.” The three-day conference is organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at its headquarters in Yenagoa. The governor re-echoed his call to the Federal Government following President Muhammadu Buhari's Executive Order 7 of 2019 on the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme to construct roads across the country. A statement by his Chief P...

Nov252021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Uranta: Nigeria, Niger Delta Lost A Committed Activist – Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the death of Mr. Tony Uranta, executive secretary of foremost advocacy group, United Niger Delta Energy Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), as a painful loss to Nigeria, Niger Delta and indeed the Ijaw nation. Mr. Uranta, who was a member of the defunct Federal Government Technical Committee on Niger Delta, the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) among others, passed on Wednesday after a protracted illness. Governor Diri, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, on Thursday, said Uranta was a committed activist and advocate for environmental justice and good governance not only in his Niger Delta region but also in Nigeria. The Bayelsa governor noted t...

Nov122021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

We have resolved all Cases involving the Concessionaire Agreement of Ibadan Dry Port – , Jime

News Feature, Press Release

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers' Council ( NSC), Hon. Emmanuel Jime has said all outstanding issues in the Full Business Case( FBC) and the Concessionaire agreement that would drive the development Ibadan Inland Dry Port have been resolved Jime, made the declaration when he led the agency's Management team on a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Seyi Makinde at the Government House, Ibadan, Oyo State. He commended the State Government for the pivotal role it has played towards the actualisation of Ibadan Inland Dry port, revealing that the host state has agreed to provide necessary infrastructure that would assist the successful take-off of the project; a critical one being a link road from the entrance/...

Nov92021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Dr Bashir Jamoh Dedicates Award to Nigeria’s BLUE ECONOMY

Maritime, Press Release

I DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO NIGERIA's BLUE ECONOMY....Bashir Jamoh's Acceptance Speech at the Zik Prize for Leadership. I am truly honored Honoured to be in the Class of Recipients of the Prestigious Zik Prize in Leadership for Public Policy I grew up hearing and watching the great Zik of Africa on TV. Back in those days in school, we were taught about Zik as one of our founding fathers. I could never have imagined that I will be receiving this recognition in his name. To be in this class is very humbling. So, let me thank the organizers of this award; the trustees of the PPRAC, and those who nominated me for this honour. Also, I want to especially appreciate Mr. President, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari for giving me the opportunity by appointing me as the Director-General of the N...

Nov32021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

NPPM’s Advisory Committee meets Jime

News Feature, Press Release

…Says the manual has aided port operations Advisory Committee of the Nigerian Ports Process Manual (NPPM), has said that it has recorded landmark achievements in port operations since the introduction of the manual at the nation’s seaports. Chairman of NPPM’s Advisory Committee, Prince Olayiwola Shittu stated this when he led the committee on a courtesy visit to NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday. ‘This is a Committee that was set up to work pro-bono to assist Nigerian Shippers’ Council to achieve the mandate as contained in the NPPM. The manual is to support the Ease of Doing Business initiated by federal government. “The CEO has invited us to brief him about our activities in-order to enable him know what is going on in the NPPM’s committee’’, he said. He affirmed thei...

Nov12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

200 CADETS SET SAIL AS AMAECHI FLAGS OFF NIMASA’s NSDP-3

Maritime, Press Release

…We will Sign Bilateral Agreements on CoC Recognition – Jamoh Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has flagged off the third phase of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP). During the flag-off ceremony organised by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in Lagos, Amaechi urged the 200 NSDP-3 cadets to be of good behaviour and represent Nigeria well while commending the resilience of NIMASA in ensuring the success and expansion of the programme since its commencement in 2009. “The doggedness of NIMASA in ensuring the success of this programme is commendable, but I would like the Agency to include is more local training institutions that meet the standard required for the training,” Amaechi said. To the cadets, t...

Nov12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri Condemns Raid On Justice Odili’s Home, Urges Probe

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned the raid by security operatives on the Abuja residence of Supreme Court jurist, Justice Mary Odili. Describing it as an ill-advised sting operation,Governor Diri said it was an attempt to intimidate the judiciary, which is an independent arm of government. He called on the Federal Government, which controls the security agencies, not to only investigate the incident but to also ensure that those found culpable are brought to book and properly sanctioned. The Bayelsa governor reasoned that such condemnable acts by security agencies make a mockery of our country's democracy and the principle of separation of powers. He said the world was watching to see how the Federal Government handles the incident, which according to h...