A team of Maritime Safety and Seafarers Standard Department (MSSSD) and Marine Environment Management (MEM) Department of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been dispatched to conduct an on-the-spot assessment and detailed analysis of the recent fire incident at a wellhead offshore Ondo State. Also, for their […]
To achieve a safe and secure maritime domain, the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has asked the Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to speed up the completion of the Deep Blue Project being championed by the agency. The maritime security project, also known as the […]
Jamoh stresses need for inter-agency collaboration in maritime security Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft, Commodore Ibrahim Shettima (right), with the Head, Legal Services, NIMASA, Mr. Victor Egejuru, after the suspected pirates were paraded at the NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos Nigeria will begin the prosecution of criminals in international waters […]
To restore industry confidence in, and boost dispute resolution efficiency in admiralty law and practice in the country, the Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA) has constituted a reforms committee to lead the efforts in improving key procedural rules and substantive law. The 16-member body, named “The Nigeria Admiralty Law and […]
Yahaya (left) displaying the smuggled poultry product with another officer Records vehicles, rice, other seizures worth N13b A vehicle bearing Covid-19 sticker and supposedly for the anti-pandemic campaign has been arrested by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) while smuggling frozen chicken into […]
Alleges ulterior motive behind sudden, inconvenient fixture Citing the Federal Government’s movement restriction across states over the Covid-19 pandemic, the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has called for the suspension of the public hearing on the amendment to the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria […]
Oyinloye Effective strategies for survival of businesses post Covid-19 economic crisis will include adopting new business ideas and improved technologies as core components of a comprehensive business processes and operations, SIFAX Group has said. In his review of the impacts of the pandemic on businesses in Nigeria, the indigenous multinational’s […]
Uncertainty continues, as trans-border trade awaits end of Covid-19 pandemic To strengthen Nigeria’s health infrastructure in the anti-coronavirus campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari has granted duty waiver for medical supplies effective May 1, 2020, and directed the immediate evacuation of all imported medical equipment from the ports. In addition, Buhari directed […]
Aniebonam For sanity in the Nigerian ports sector, port policies and lawful presidential orders must be dutifully enforced by the relevant regulators, the founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, has said. In a statement Friday, Aniebonam noted that the nation was fighting […]
Usman ANLCA drops strike, NAGAFF dissociates from action All aggrieved clearing agents allegedly compelled by terminal operators to pay demurrage and storage charges during the Federal Government’s 27-day waiver period occasioned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown have been directed to submit their proof of payments to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) […]
