Esther Komolafe

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NIMASA Collaborates NCC On Submarine Cable Regulations Guidelines

NIMASA Collaborates NCC On Submarine Cable Regulations Guidelines

  The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), are in synergy to work closely with relevant stakeholders so as to develop a regulatory framework to provide operational guidelines for Submarine Cable and Pipeline Operators in Nigeria. This information was released to the media through a press statement from the Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, Mr Edward Osagie. According to the statement, the agreement was reached at a pre-audit meeting on submarine cable regulation that took place recently in Lagos. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR, chaired the occasion that also…
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Maritime Stakeholder Princess Kosoko Solicits for Proper Harmonization of the Sector

Maritime Stakeholder Princess Kosoko Solicits for Proper Harmonization of the Sector

  The Chief Executive Officer of Employment Clinic in the maritime sector Princess Aderonke Kosoko has called on the president elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo Olu to look into the maritime sector with keen interest has the bulk of nation’s wealth emanates from there. The CEO said that proper harmonization and harnessing of Nigerian Maritime infrastructure, employment, appointments and policy frameworks for the sector will fully achieve its potentials. The Employment Clinic Boss Princess Kosoko, made this call during a News Conference recently in Lagos. She tasked the President-elect, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to…
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ANLCA Resolves Long time crisis sets for Fresh Election

ANLCA Resolves Long time crisis sets for Fresh Election

  In what seems like mission impossible for a long while now, through an Annual General Meeting AGM today , organized by the Association of Licensed Customs Agents ANLCA settles their 5years old crisis and embrace peace in order to progress and recover lost glory . The peace broker event was chaired by the Chairman of the Council For the Regulation Of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria Alhaji Abubakar Tsanni at Eko Hotels and suites in Lagos. The Chairman of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Alhaji Abubakar Tsanni angrily withdrawn the license of the Association…
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SON Tops PEBEC List in Ease Of Doing Business In Nigeria

SON Tops PEBEC List in Ease Of Doing Business In Nigeria

  The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has announced Standard Organizations of Nigeria SON as number one foremost government agency amongst the rest who has performed excellently by efficiently promoting and facilitating transparency in business environment inside Nigeria. This achievement was brought to the fore in the PEBEC 2020/2021 Business Made Easy Report and the 2021 Executive Order 1 compliance report published recently. According to the Special Adviser to the President on the Ease of Doing Business and Secretary, PEBEC, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole. The published report is in line with the Council’s commitment to continuously measure compliance to the…
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Jamoh’s Three Years of Meritorious Achievements still counting at NIMASA

Jamoh’s Three Years of Meritorious Achievements still counting at NIMASA

  The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is celebrating achievements the agency has recorded and still on through the man at the helms of the affair of NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh in the past three years that he assumed office. In a statement issued and signed from the table of the Assistant Director, Public Relations, Mr Osagie Edwards, the agency has pointed out achievements in security on the nation’s waters and Gulf of Guinea (GoG) with piracy and armed robbery attacks going down. The agency said that the signing into law the Suppression of Piracy and other Maritime…
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NSC pledges Support in its Congratulatory Message to President Elect BAT

NSC pledges Support in its Congratulatory Message to President Elect BAT

  The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers Council Barrister Jime Emmanuel and the entire management and staff of the council NSC as an integral part of the economy pledge its support to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration for a greater Nigeria. The message was conveyed in a letter that also contained a congratulatory message , through the council’s deputy director public relations unit Rakiya Dhikru Yagboyaju and it was addressed to the President-elect at Defence House, Abuja FCT. The Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council Barrister Emmanuel Jime has expressed the felicitations of the Board, Management and Staff of…
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Ojeniyi Becomes SIFAX New GMD

Ojeniyi Becomes SIFAX New GMD

  SIFAX Group Board has approved the appointments of Bode Ojeniyi as the Group Managing Director, Sky Capital Group, the financial services subsidiary of the Group while Oliver Omajuwa is now the Deputy Director, Strategy & Operations for SIFAX Group. The incident was broken to the media on Friday by the Group Head, Corporate Communications, SIFAX GROUP Muyiwa Akande , he said prior to these new appointments, Ojeniyi served as the Group Executive Director, SIFAX Group, while Omajuwa was the General Manager, SIFAX Off Dock. Ojeniyi, an astute financial expert with about three decades of professional experience in the financial…
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MWUN Begins strike on Monday as NLC pledges Support

MWUN Begins strike on Monday as NLC pledges Support

  Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria MWUN is to issue a two weeks strike action ultimatum on the 6th of March 2023 if Federal Government is still adamant to its two year’s complaints of refusal to pay seaferes all their monthly entitlements. This statement was issued by the president general of the union Comrade Adewale Adeyanju on Friday at the union secretariat during a working visit by the President of Nigerian Labour Congress NLC Comrade Joe Ajaero to the union secretariat at Osho Drive in Apapa Lagos. The NLC President, Comrade, Joe Ajaero assured the union of its full support…
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NIMASA Jubilates As Nigeria Exit IBF’s Unsafe Waters List

NIMASA Jubilates As Nigeria Exit IBF’s Unsafe Waters List

NIMASA Jubilates As Nigeria Exit IBF’s Unsafe Waters List In the list of countries designated as risk maritime nations by the International Bargaining Forum (IBF), Nigeria name has been removed and the move was celebrated by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as it tags it as a landmark achievement. However the Extra War Risk Insurance (EWRI) premiums are still being collected by global insurance companies, even though it is believed that the development at IBF coupled with the tranquility on Nigerian waters and the entire Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region will lead to Nigeria’s removal from the…
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Former Director of SON Bows out Meritoriously

Former Director of SON Bows out Meritoriously

  In what looks like an Ovation full of celebrations with so many achievements and accolades the former director in the Standard Organization of Nigeria SON Dr (Mrs) Omo Lara. I. Okunlola (nee Baderinwa) steps into retirement life after fulfillment of her meritorious service in the SON. As a graduate of Food Science and Technology from University of Nigeria Nsukka in 1985. She joined the service of SON on the 30th of March, 1988 as ATO and her appointment was regularised as a Scientific officer on the 4th April of the same. She worked at Ibadan, Kaduna and Lagos. She…
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