LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Maritime journalists under the aegis of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) has commended the current efforts of the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh milestone achievement for the development of strategy to confront the hydra-headed problem of maritime insecurity, with the deployment of the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Powerful Pen Media Chapel of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), has concluded plans to examine the much-talked about official launch of the ‘Deep Blue Project’ of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Already, plans are on top gear for President Muhammadu Buhari to officially flag-off the assets under Integrated…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Questions are being raised after a Nigerian Navy chopper (NNJI3) was found in a forest in the South-West region. DAILY POST could not ascertain the exact state but an informant disclosed that locals saw and recorded the helicopter on Thursday June 3. The accuracy of the date is yet to be verified….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mozart was 200 miles off Nigeria’s coast when the pirates made their assault, their speed boat cutting through the Gulf of Guinea’s waters to outpace the container ship. Armed men scrambled onboard as the Turkish crew locked down in the ship’s “citadel” secure area. For six hours, pirates used the ship’s…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years in prison for laundering the sum of N1.5 billion. Justice Ibrahim Buba handed down the sentence on Wednesday, after convicting the former NIMASA…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh facts have emerged on why Dakuku Peterside was not favoured to sit for another four years as Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Besides the inability of Peterside to develop indigenous shipping tonnage, his failure to curb piracy in the nation’s territorial waters and a frosty…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transport Minister, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, Thursday morning said he was not aware of the appointment of Dr. Bashir Jamoh to replace Dr. Dakuku Peterside as the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Jamoh is the Executive Director, Finance and Administration in NIMASA. Online news reported that President…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), TheCable can report. Jamoh will replace Dakuku Peterside who was appointed in 2016 to head the maritime agency. Peterside’s tenure as NIMASA DG ends on March 10, 2020. The newly…