NIWA – Shipping World News Magazine

Jun262023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

3 Medical Students Confirmed Dead in boat mishap in Calabar….

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA has confirmed that three medical students lost their lives in a boat mishap which occurred weekend in Calabar, Cross River State. The deaths which were confirmed by Engr Stanley Onuoha, Calabar Area Manager of NIWA, revealed that no fewer than 14 medical students who were on their annual conference were onboard the Passport 19 pleasure boat when the accident occurred. A statement by NIWA spokesman, Jubril Darda'u, explained that Safety and security measures were thrown to the wind as both the jetty and the boat which was used for the cruise had no prior approval and certification by NIWA. Dardau' explained further that the boat was overloaded and that it has capacity for 9 passengers, whereas 14 medical students were on board at the time of ...

Jun12023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

MU’AZU SAMBO WAS WORKERS’ FRIENDLY…Comrade Adewale Adeyanju.

Maritime, News Feature

Minister of Transportation, Engr Muazu Jaji Sambo has been a wonderful person, one that grew from grass to grace, a professional to the core. Before becoming Minister of Transportation, he had previously worked with the Nigerian Ports Authority and National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA. Sambo is an exceptional leader, compared with other Transportation Ministers we have had over time .He is blessed with wisdom and knowledge. He is upright and very straightforward, a leader you could trust.We have worked with him severally and Labour will definitely miss him. He is a man of wisdom, a knowledgeable person, a man that believes in objectivity, a straightforward person. A man that believe in his yes. I've worked with him severally and we are going to miss him. We will miss him because...

May302023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

MUAZU SAMBO TOOK NIWA TO ITS ZENITH….. Dr George Moghalu

Maritime, Port News

Muazu Jaji Sambo is a boss anybody would like to have. His grasp of the Industry is amazing and dont forgot we are talking about an Industry man, having been around previously. Don't forget that he had stint at the Nigerian Ports Authority, while he spent a longer time at the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA . So for us at NIWA, he is one of our own. Here is a boss who does not privatize his achievements as if it was a solo effort, he is certainly a team player and believes that the accolades should go to the entire team. But the truth still remains that he's a good boss who is always appreciative. He listens to you, he is willing to hear you out, willing to assist to make sure you succeed. He's somebody, who from my knowledge of him, sees every success as a collective effor...

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...

Aug72022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

DR GEORGE MOGHALU:WHEN A LOKOJA BOY COMES TO LAGOS.

News Feature

Dr George Moghalu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, is one out of the few Nigerians who 'benefited ' from the late passage of the electoral Act. This is because the electoral Act currently in force requires that public office holders must quit their respective offices at least three months before seeking to contest an elections. Luckily or unluckily for George , he lost the race for Anambra Government House and yet retained his seat as the Chief Executive Officer at NIWA .But those of us close to George Moghalu know him as a man who hardly gives up . Moghalu comes from a clan of very successful and accomplished technocrats. His appointment two years ago as helmsman of NIWA, therefore , did not come as a surprise to th...

Sep172020 by Asu BeksNo Comments

MARITIME AGENCIES TO HARMONIZE OPERATIONS – MOGHALU

Breaking News

Host CEO, Dr George Moghalu The Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Dr. George Moghalu has stated that all Maritime Agencies in the country are set to harmonize their operations. Dr Moghalu made the disclosure while briefing the Press at the end of All Heads of Maritime Agencies Monthly Meeting hosted by NIWA at the Authority’s Headquarters, Lokoja, Kogi State.The monthly meeting is the third in the series. All the CEOs at the meeting According to the NIWA boss , the meeting discussed issues concerning maritime Security and Safety, as briefings were presented by both NIMASA and NIWA. Dr Moghalu disclosed that efforts made so far in the area of trade, development of manpower, enforcing the protocols to reduce the carnage on our Waterways, and the rem...