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No fewer than 701 persons have lost their lives in 53 boat accidents in the country between January 2020 and October 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. The fatalities, which involved the passengers and the boat operators, were attributed to overloading, ...

…Rejects N25m bribe The pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to Tantita Security Services Limited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to assist curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the country, appears to be yielding targeted results. Tantita ...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Saturday, said the agency will embark on a fact-finding mission to the Philippines to engage the school where its Cadets of the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) are studying, over their ...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the insistence of the Federal Government to pass the repeatedly rejected Waterways Resources Bill into law as another instance of how the government is often hell-bent on going ahead with what the majority ...

In this piece, ANOZIE EGOLE looks at several challenges bedeviling the Nigerian maritime industry and how to fix them to attract more patronage. Before the idea of port concession was conceived precisely in 2006, many stakeholders and players believed that ...

Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has given assurances that two special mission aircrafts in the deep blue project fleet of the agency will be deployed to fight oil theft and protect ...

A general cargo vessel has berthed in the Calabar Port with 204 heavy-duty trucks, 22 cubic meters of mostly pipes and other containers. Speaking after the arrival of the vessel on Friday in Calabar, Mr Olumati Festus, Port Manager, Calabar ...

The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo yesterday said the Nigerian Navy arrested 117 suspects and seized six vessels over alleged theft of petroleum products Gambo said the arrests and seizures were made in the last ...

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel has restated the commitment of his administration towards the actualisation of the Ibom Deep Seaport project. He also expressed the readiness of his administration to do all that is necessary to ...

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has denied responsibility for a gunboat that reportedly sank in Lagos on Sunday. The NIMASA/Barugu, a gunboat reportedly in the fleet of Global West Vessels Specialists, was alleged to have been parked at ...