CENTURION University – Shipping World News Magazine

A strongly worded petition from 54 Nigerian students studying various programs at the Centurion University, INDIA, may drag Zenith Bank Plc to court over what they described as "fraudulent , unsolicited deductions and illegal charges "from their various accounts leading to millions of dollars. The aggrieved students in a joint petition which was filed on their behalf by the firm of Joe Ikheloa and Associates, a Lagos based firm of legal Practioners, and addressed to the Director of Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Nigeria, is seeking an expeditious resolution of the impasse or face legal action. The petition titled " Urgent Petition Against Zenith Bank: Unauthorised Deductions, Negligence and Severe Financial Hardship ", the affected students who are cadets under the NIMASA SEAFARER...

Officials of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy are increasingly becoming apprehensive over the delay tactics being adopted by the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dayo Mobereola, over the suspension of payment of tuition fees and upkeep allowances to no fewer than 500 Nigeria cadets in the Philippines, Greece and India, Shipping World Magazine has confirmed. This development is coming on the heels of a marching order from the Minister, Chief Adegboyega Oyetola, to the NIMASA helmsman to handle this issue expeditiously and save the country from a possible national disgrace. While there have been pockets of protests at the NlMASA Corporate headquarters this year by some of the affected cadets from Greece and Philippines, the fate...