LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Briefing Journalists after the FEC meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi explained that the N2.8bilion contract would facilitate sitting of some of the Deep Blue Projects in the coastal towns. Amaechi said: “Another one that was approved is the licensing of Oracle E Business Suite in the sum of N955.5…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced total digital manifest management regime for all vessels calling at all Nigerian Ports. The Physical transactions concerning Sailing Certificates and cargo manifest processing are being phased out completely as stakeholders are encouraged to fully embrace the Agency’s initiative by visiting the NIMASA…
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…