President Bola Tinubu has signed the instruments of accession for six Conventions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The action paves the way for Nigeria to officially deposit these instruments of accesion at the IMO headquarters, which serves as the repository for such conventions. This move is expected to enhance Nigeria’s maritime governance and align its practices with international standards, …

There was serious disagreement between the Navy and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. (NIMASA), over the proposed law on maritime security by the Senate. In its bid to strengthen maritime security, the Senate drafted a bill to repeal and amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Act of 2007, which when passed into law, would empower …

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle has declared the Federal Government’s commitment to integrating the operations of the Command Control Computer Communication Information System (C4i) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the surveillance facility of the Nigerian Navy, known as the Falcon Eye system for the security of the Nigerian Maritime space to …

The acting Chairman of the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, Hon. Uduak Odudoh has called for seeking alternate sources of funding for the Federal Government Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure Project (also known as the Deep Blue Project), which is domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy and currently funded by the …

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday discharged and acquitted former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Ziakade Patrick Akpobolokemi of an alleged N8.5 billion fraud brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ayokunle Faji discharged and acquitted the former NIMASA chief while delivering ruling on …

The Senate is probing the financial records of 774 federal agencies including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), based on the queries raised against them in the 2019 report of the Auditor General for the Federation. The Chairman of the Senate Public Account Committee, Aliyu Wadada, disclosed this on Friday …

The outgoing Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh, on Monday, handed over the affairs of the agency to Hon. Chudi Offodile, the Executive Director (Finance and Administration). This is coming on the heels of the expiration of Jamoh’s tenure on the same day. During the handover ceremony at NIMASA Towers in Victoria …

The director general, of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh has told the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to work towards reviewing its enabling law, which he says is not in tandem with modern reality. Speaking when the executive secretary of NSC, Pius Ukeyima Akutah, paid a working visit to NIMASA, Dr Jamoh, noted the role enabling …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed six new executive directors in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Both agencies are under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. At the NPA, …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh has congratulated the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on his installation as the Gbobaniyi of Ijebuland by the Awujale, his Oba Sikiru Adetona. Jamoh wrote: “The fact that His Excellency @El-Rufai is the first person outside the South West to be …