LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Springdale Academy of Maritime Education and Training Trust (SAMET) in India has petitioned the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) over alleged breach of contractual agreement with Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services. SAMET in the petition dated July 19, 2024 through its Nigerian legal firm, Kunle Adegoke…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dayo Mobereola has revealed that the Agency have not decided to bring National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) cadets studying at Centurion University in India to back home. Mobereola who made the disclosure at the Eko Hotels in Lagos on…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it has opened a maritime museum, which it said is the first in Africa. The museum is located within the new NIMASA head office building in Victoria Island, Lagos. The agency, in a statement issued weekend, affirmed that “all is set for…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners – CONMMEP has expressed shock that despite Nigeria’s amazing natural endowments and potentials, the country is still struggling in every sector of the economy most especially, the maritime. According to the various publications and information that have put the annual worth of trade within…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sternula Denmark on full-scale Very High Frequency (VHF) Data Exchange System (VDES) space capabilities between the Agency and Sternula. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, who signed on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has offered Nigeria a three-year plan to work with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for the removal of the Condition of Entry (CoE) placed on American-bound vessels from Nigeria. Cdr. Juliet Hudson at the USCG headquarters in Washington DC disclosed this during a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of Maritime Professionals Forum (MARPRO) a seafarers advocacy group, Capt Segun Akanbi has called on the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola to scrap the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) and focus energy on giving credibility to certificates being issued by Nigerian academies, especially the Maritime Academy of Nigeria…