According to the DG, the new postings are expected to reposition the Agency towards meeting its statutory mandate as enshrined in the NIMASA Act and other enabling instruments
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Buba expressed regrets on the adjournment on the grounds that he had ensured his punctuality in court to attend to the sole case on his diary even though the day marked his birthday
The promotions were approved at the 34th meeting of the Board, which held in Lagos from December 20 to 21, 2016 under the chairmanship of General Jonathan India Garba (rtd)
The Agency said these facilities have persistently failed to comply with the ISPS Code, necessitating their closure in order to forestall a situation where security breaches in such facilities will negatively impact the compliant ones
Nted said this at the union’s National Executive Council Meeting and Special Delegates Conference on Tuesday in Lagos
“If we must advance our global economic interest, then we must ensure that we get the maritime industry right, precisely the regulation of the industry,” the DG averred
The DG, who was accompanied on the inspection visit by members of the National Assembly Committees overseeing NIMASA, observed that a modular floating dockyard of the kind NIMASA is building in Netherlands and Romania apart from boosting ship repair capacity, has the potential to transform Nigeria’s maritime industry, generate wealth and create employment
The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said this while addressing Nigerian students under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme in Universitatea Maritime Din Constanta (the Maritime University Constanta), Romania
The Navy immediately sent its vessel, NNS Karaduwa, to the location of MV Colombia River where 16 stowaways were apprehended and one of them sustained an injury on the shoulder while attempting to escape arrest
Amaechi said this while inaugurating the 11-member Board at the Conference Room of the Federal Ministry of Transportation in Abuja
Popularly known as “the oracle of law”, Peterside described the death of Tobi as a huge loss not only to the law profession, but also to the entire nation
Peterside said many of them were participants in the agency’s National Seafarers’ Development Programme
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Omatseye on 27 counts bordering on bid rigging and contract splitting
Peterside said this when he led a delegation of the Management of the Agency to the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters to seek collaborative ways of dealing with the rising cases of piracy in the Nigerian waters
Asoya, in the statement, said Peterside’s vehicle was attacked by gunmen in two utility vehicles on his way from the Port Harcourt International Airport to Port Harcourt town
The witness, who introduced himself as the sole proprietor of O2 Services Plus Nigeria Limited, made the revelation at the resumed trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, the immediate past Director General of NIMASA
The action was taken against both facilities for failing to comply with the provisions of the code after repeated warnings to ensure compliance failed to elicit the desired result
The accused persons are alleged to have fraudulently converted N2,365,600,000 meant for the implementing of the International Ship and Port Security Code, which NIMASA was the designated implementation agency
Tumaka said the collision, involving MT Elixir and MT Tank, occurred midstream about 65 miles from shore, just 10 nautical miles south west of the Bonga FPSO near Warri, Delta State
It can be recalled that when Patrick Akpobolokemi was sacked as the agency’s Director-General on July 16, President Muhammadu Buhari had directed him to hand over the management of NIMASA and all government property in his possession to the most senior officer in the agency