The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has stated that inter-agency collaboration is critical to sustaining the efforts to curb criminal activities in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Receiving the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd) at the headquarters of the …

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it intercepted and rescued a Motor Tanker (MT) Monjasa Reformer hijacked by pirates around 144 nautical miles (nm) South-West of Pointe-Noire, Democratic Republic of Congo. The vessel with 16 crew members which was hijacked around 10: 39 pm on 25th March, while it was about 95nm off the Etame Terminal; was rescued adrift on the …

The Federal High Court, Lagos has granted an order of interim forfeiture of N725 million and a property located in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi allegedly diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Both are to be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice Tijjani Ringim gave the order following an exparte application filed …

The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) a “Silver Level” organisation classed as Level 2, with a performance level of 74 percent. This implies that the agency’s performance meets expectations in essential areas of responsibility, resulting in an overall quality of work that is generally good, with most critical organisational …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have agreed to work closely with relevant stakeholders as the former inches closer to developing a regulatory framework to provide operational guidelines for submarine cable and pipeline operators in Nigeria. Officials of both organs of government reached this agreement at a pre Audit meeting on submarine …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has provided technical support to Instituto Marito e Portuaruo IMAP in São Tomé and Príncipe. While making the presentation at an event in São Tomé, with the Nigeria’s Ambassador to São Tomé, Ambassador Gambo Hamza in attendance, NIMASA’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh said that the Federal Government of Nigeria is committed …

The Nigerian Navy has handed over a tanker vessel, MT Sea Eunice, which was arrested last 11 August, to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The vessel is presently located along Escravos River, close to the Aroton community. The Base Operation Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship, Delta (NNS, DELTA), Commander Samuel Musa noted that the vessel was …

Seven distressed workers have been saved by the prompt response of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following a distress call to the Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh. The call, which came in at about 11.30 pm from the Safety Officer on MT ALIMA last Thursday reported that, while cleaning the tanks of the vessel by a private …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) took a bold step on Wednesday towards the implementation of the Presidential directive on disbursing the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF), as announced by the Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo late last year. Led by its Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, the NIMASA management met with Executive Management teams of …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has said that international collaboration to attain standardised digitalisation is essential for maritime administrations across the world and all stakeholders in the maritime sector to effectively communicate in line with provisions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), and the International Association of Marine Aids to …