Second Quarter 2008 by Edmund Chilaka A community of artisanal sand miners at Ebute Ilaje in Bariga local government of Lagos State in Nigeria is famed for sand mining from…

A report by the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) claims that 11,956 Nigerian seafarers were placed on board cabotage vessels from 2012 to July 2023.…

Panama’s delegate to the International Maritime Organization and the current head of the IMO’s Maritime Environment Protection Division, Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco, emerged victorious among the seven candidates vying to…

The Zonal Coordinator of the Nigeria Customs Service Zone A, Assistant Comptroller-General, Okun Festus, has revealed that its collection in 2022, Two Trillion, one Hundred and five billion, Three Hundred and Sixty…

By Edmund Chilaka The Acting Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has disbanded the CGC’s Strike Force Teams. In a circular dated 17th June, signed by Deputy Comptroller General in charge…

By Edmund Chilaka The Managing Director of NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has clarified that despite urgent need for the reconstruction of the breakwaters at the Warri Pilotage District, the district still…

The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) on Monday conferred Honourary Fellowship awards on the Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd) and the immediate…

The Colombian Navy in a joint operation with the Air Force is reporting the capture of the largest semi-submersible in the 30 years it has encountered these low profile vessels…

By Edmund Chilaka Introduction The Monjasa Reformer incident off the coast of Guinea last week refocused global maritime attention on the Gulf of Guinea and its recent commendable 30-year low…

Edmund Chilaka The former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, last week released her new book, Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports…