ELDER ASU BEKS – Shipping World News Magazine

Jan212025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

I Will Not Let You Down..Dantsoho, NPA MD Assures Tinubu. *** Receives Nomination as Most Promising Maritime CEO.

News Feature

Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has promised not to relent in his efforts to reposition Nigerian Seaports for greater efficiency in line with the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He has promised not to let Mr President down at ensuring that Nigerian Seaports become the first port of call for goods destined for the West and Central African sub region. Dr Dantsoho gave the pledge in his office , Monday when he received a letter from the Publisher of Shipping World Magazine, Elder Asu Beks, on behalf of the the Editorial Board of Maritime Media Ltd, organizers of the annual Maritime industry MERIT AWARDS, MIMA, nominating him as the Most Promising Maritime CEO in 2024. The NPA helmsman was full of praises for the Minister of Marine a...

Jan192025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

ASU BEKS TO OYETOLA: Compel NIMASA to disburse CVFF, deploy floating dock. By Sylvanus Ekpo.

Maritime, News Feature

Fiery rights activist and Convener of the elite Maritime Elders FORUM, Elder Asu Beks, has challenged Marine and Blue Economy Minister , Chief Adegboyega Oyetola, to compel the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to immediately commence the disbursement of Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund. He also wants Oyetola to compel NIMASA to deploy the N50b floating dock which has been laying idle for years. In open letter to the Minister over the weekend, Asu, who is Publisher of Nigeria's flagship Maritime journal, Shipping World, said it is completely unacceptable that the current leadership at NIMASA has not offered any timeline for disbursement of the CVFF, neither has there been an official explanation as to the reasons behind the inability to put the multi billion faci...

Jan52025 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Most Outstanding Seaferer Award: Adeyanju Felicitates with Comrade Francis Bunu…

Maritime

Praises his sterling Leadership Traits President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju ,has felicitated with the Deputy President General of the Union, Comrade Francis Bunu, on his nomination as recipient of the Prestigious ADEWALE ADEYANJU PRIZE as Most OUTSTANDING Seaferer , 2024 by Maritime Media Ltd, organizers of the Annual Maritime Industry Merit AWARDS, MIMA. Speaking after presenting the letter of nomination to Comrade Francis Bunu in Lagos on Saturday , Comrade Adeyanju described Bunu as a tested and trusted professional who he said was worthy of the AWARD. He described the Deputy PG as a man of Integrity who he said has the capacity and leadership skills to take the Union to a higher level. He paid glowing tribute to Comrade Francis B...

Aug232024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

One Year In Office: An Open Letter To His Excellency, Adegboyega Oyetola*

News Feature

Your Excellency, Adegboyega Oyetola CON, Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, I trust that this letter meets you well. First, let me use this opportunity to thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The creation of this Ministry was a dream come true for maritime stakeholders who over the years had yearned for specialized Ministry for the maritime sector. Your Excellency, sir, please convey our best wishes and warm appreciation to His Excellency, the President. Tell him we will not take this gesture for granted. As pioneer Minister of this Ministry, the burden on you to deliver Mr. President's vision in the Marine and Blue Economy is better imagined. This has been made worse, Mr Minister,due to the fact that you have little or no background in this sector prior to your appointment...

Aug152024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

CHIEF MICHAEL ONUOHA TO NDIGBO MEDIA FORUM: The Economic and Political Emancipation of Ndigbo lies on your shoulders…. wins Most Outstanding Oil and Gas Personality Award

Maritime

Chairman of AILES GROUP, Chief Michael Onuoha , has charged the South East Media Forum, to champion the crusade for the economic, political and social emancipation of Ndigbo . Chief Onuoha made the call in Owerri Wednesday at the maiden edition of the South East Media Summit, presided over by him. The event which had the Imo State Governor, Sen Hope Uzodinma, as Special Guest of Honour had as its theme" The Media, Ethical Responsibility and Democracy : South East in Perspective" . Chief Onuoha who is on the board of Champion Newspapers and Maritime Media Ltd, charged media practitioners of south east extraction to spearhead the Vanguard in the crusade for a paradigm shift in how best to market the challenges and prospects of Ndigbo. He urged Ndigbo to invest in the establishment of the ...

Nov52023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

IJAW MEDIA FORUM APPEALS TO DONOR AGENCIES TO FUND PAP

News Feature

As the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, gets to the most critical stage of re integration of ex agitators into mainstream society, a group, the Ijaw Media Forum, has urged international donor agencies to assist the PAP in achieving its set objectives. President of Ijaw Media Forum, Elder Asu Beks, made this call during a Live Radio interview in Lagos weekend. The Presidential Amnesty Programme , the brain child of Late President Umaru Yaradua, was introduced on September 16, 2009. The PAP was initiated by the late President at the peak of the agitations by Niger Delta youths on account of marginalization and environmental degradation following decades of oil exploration by the Federal Government. The program was aimed at disarming, demobilization and reintegration of ex agitators...

Nov112022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

TOMPOLO IS MARITIME MAN OF YEAR 2022….

Maritime, News Feature

Gov Douye Diri to Chair Invesiture at Oriental Hotel SHIPPING WORLD, Nigeria's flagship Maritime journal , has named High Chief Government Ekpomupolo , aka Tompolo, the Maritime Man of the Year 2022. A statement signed in Lagos on Monday by the Chief Executive Officer of Maritime Media Ltd, Publishers of Shipping World magazine, Elder Asu Beks , stated that High Chief Government Ekpomupolo was nominated for the coveted award by the Advisory Board of Maritime Industry Merit AWARDS, MIMA, after a careful appraisal of his uncommon leadership as Chief Executive Officer of TANTITA Security Services Nigeria Ltd where he has demonstrated an uncommon leadership mandate after Federal Government awarded his Company, TANTINA SECURITY SERVICES , to provide crude oil and petroleum products pipeline-...

Oct142022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BAYELSA IS SINKING: AN SOS TO UN, FG, NIWA, NEMA ETC

News Feature, Press Release

The recent flood disaster that is being felt in various states in Nigeria is taking an alarming dimension in Bayelsa State, according to a statement by the Ijaw Media Forum. A statement by its National President, Elder Asu Beks, has appealed to the United Nations, the Federal Government of Nigeria and and the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA , to move in swifty to avert the ravaging calamity. Said Elder Asu Beks: "As we speak, speak most of the communities in the state are under water. Never before has flooding been so devastating in the history of Bayelsa State and the entire Niger Delta as currently being experienced. Properties worth billions of naira have been destroyed while thousands of families have been rendered homeless , as Bayelsa State have been cut off from the ne...

Feb22022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

AGGE WILL BE AFRICA’s LARGEST PORT CITY…Sen Douye Diri

Misc, News Feature

As Bayelsa State Unveils plans for one of the World's most ambitious Port City Development Models, the State's helmsman, Sen Douye Diri, has thrown it's doors open for investors to take advantage of the unlimited opportunities open to prospect investors. Governor Douye Diri who was speaking in Yenagoa when he received in audience the Agge Port City Development Committee , said the magnitude of the project was such that could not be handled single handed by the Bayelsa State Government. " I must acknowledge the reality that this project is beyond what we can handle alone as a state government, considering the huge budgetary implication. I therefore call on investors to take advantage of the huge benefits the project offers’, he said. Gov Diri who was responding to a call by the Coordina...

Nov162021 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

Doyen of Maritime Journalism, Asu Beks, drops landmark case against Hadiza Bala Usman, Adesoye

Breaking News, Maritime, Port News

Backdropped against the rising tide of appeals by well-meaning Nigerians, both home and abroad, the Doyen of Maritime Journalism and Publisher of foremost maritime journal, Shipping World, Elder Asu Beks, yesterday formally withdrew the case against suspended Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman and the Chairman of the NPA Board, Chief Emmanuel Adesoye. In the Suit No: FHC/L/CS/485/2021- Elder Asu Beks & 2 Ors V The President Federal Republic of Nigeria & Ors, they had prayed the court to quash the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman for a second term in office without having served out her first term. It also asked the court to quash the appointment of the NPA Board which negated the provisions of the NPA Act. In a letter dated 15th November, ...