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*THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE* A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ELDER ASU BEKS, CEO, MARITIME MEDIA LTD, AT THE MAIDEN IJAW PUBLISHERS’ FORUM WORKSHOP IN YENAGOA

*THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE* A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ELDER ASU BEKS, CEO, MARITIME MEDIA LTD, AT THE MAIDEN IJAW PUBLISHERS’ FORUM WORKSHOP IN YENAGOA

News Feature
Protocol Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to stand before you today. I must thank the organizers for finding me worthy to address this gathering. This is certainly not the topic allocated to me. But in view of the exigencies of the moment and the mood of the nation, I decided to speak on the topic THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE. Yes, this is not what we are. Izon means truth and I grew up to this grand norm that an Ijaw man or Izon keme abhors lies. If you like, put a gun on his head. He will stand by the truth. Growing up as a barrack child, I had the rare privilege of criss crossing the length and breadth of Nigeria depending on where duty took my father to. My late father, Edward Erete Asu, was a police officer having worked briefly as a school teacher before joining...
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Banana Peels Dayo Mobereola Must Avoid at NIMASA

Banana Peels Dayo Mobereola Must Avoid at NIMASA

Maritime, Press Release
Dr. Dayo Mobereola's appointment as the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) signifies a new era for the agency.Saddled with overseeing West and Central Africa’s leading maritime regulatory agency, Dr. Mobereola faces the task of navigating through challenges and maximizing opportunities for growth and development in the region. This article,by Shipping World's ASU BEKS highlights key strategies he can adopt to avoid potential pitfalls and navigate the tricky waters of maritime governance effectively. With his appointment on March 12, 2024, Dr Mebereola became NIMASA’s eighth director general since the agency emerged from the union between the Nigerian Maritime Authority and Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council (JOMALIC). The new helmsman...
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Dakuku Peterside to deliver Lecture at Ijaw Media Forum, IMF,Town Hall meeting.

Dakuku Peterside to deliver Lecture at Ijaw Media Forum, IMF,Town Hall meeting.

Breaking News, News Feature
Gov Douye Diri , Asu Beks during the visit The immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside , will be the Guest Speaker at the Annual Town Meeting of the Ijaw Media Forum billed to hold in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, in November. President of the Ijaw Media Forum, Elder Asu Beks who led members of the Forum on a Courtesy call on Gov Douye Diri on Monday said the theme of the one day Town Hall meeting is BAYELSA,BEYOND OIL. Elder Asu Beks disclosed that with the dwindling receipts from oil, the time has come for oil producing states in the Niger Delta region to think out of the box and explore the bundles of opportunities in the region. An elated Gov Diri told the visiting IMF team that the Bayel...
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Why Bayelsans should stop infighting, support Diri – Asu Beks

Why Bayelsans should stop infighting, support Diri – Asu Beks

Breaking News, Politics
Elder Asu Beks Daniel Kanu  Elder Asu Beks, president, Ijaw Media Forum is a journalist’s journalist. The Niger-Delta activist and publisher of Shipping World has been passionate and involved in the struggle for the emancipation of the Niger Delta region. He has gone through the thick and thin of the struggle told Sunday Sun that there is need for a new narrative in the region.He spoke on the nullification of the election of Bayelsa governor, Douye Diri by an election tribunal, what Bayelsa state needs, assessment of President Mohammadu Buhari’s leadership, 2023, and its strategies by different regions and the need for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023, among other issues. Excerpt:  The election tribunal gave a verdict during the week, nullifying the election of your s...
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