AN oil spill occurred at a Shell loading terminal in the Niger Delta region last weekend, marking the second spill of crude oil at the company’s facility this year. According to a statement by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the spill occurred on Saturday at the Bonny …
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NIMASA D-G Cautions Against Fake Social Media Accounts
Dr Dayo Mobereola, Director-General (D-G), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has cautioned members of the public against fake social media accounts with purported link to the agency. Mobereola gave the advice in his verified X handle on Monday in Lagos. He said that the fake accounts being …
Read More »Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $16,500 USD, N127M Linked To Ex NIMASA DG. Akpobolokemi
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered final forfeiture of the sum of $16, 500, 000 USD and N127 million, to the Federal government of Nigeria, fraudulently diverted from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Justice Ogundare ordered the final forfeited the …
Read More »Ex-NIMASA DG, Ferdinand Agu Is Dead
Mr. Ferdinand Agu, former Director General of the defunct National Maritime Authority (NMA), now Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is dead. A report by TheNiche said that Agu attended a traditional wedding in Abuja on Thursday, where he was until about 9 pm. He reportedly died on Friday morning from …
Read More »President Tinubu Appoints New NIMASA DG
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Newsextra24 understands that Mobereola’s appointment is for a renewable term of four years. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a …
Read More »Alleged N754.8m Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi’s Case Till Feb 27
JUSTICE R.I.B. Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has adjourned till February 27 and 28, 2024 an alleged N754.8 million fraud against a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and former Executive Director, NIMASA, Ezekiel Bala Agaba, Akpobolokemi and Agaba, …
Read More »NIMASA DG, Jamoh, Engages In Contract-award Bazaar In Twilight Of Tenure
NIMASA DG, Bashir Jamoh DIRECTOR General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh, has awarded contracts valued at $10,000,000 [about N9 billion] The contract awards, THE CONCLAVE reports, took place in the twilight of the administration of Jamoh, whose tenure expires in another three months from …
Read More »Man Honoured For Returning N75m Overpaid By NIMASA
THE Managing Director of Messrs Caniz Ltd, Dr Austin Izagbo, has been honoured by the Daily Independent Newspapers for returning N75 million overpaid to his company. Dr Izagbo, a Delta-born politician, commended the newspaper for recognising his integrity. He said, “I appreciate the award given to me for returning N75 …
Read More »NIMASA Begins Probe Into NSDP Cadets Protest In Philippines
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 grievances that led to the protest in the Asian country, …
Read More »EFCC links ex-CDS Badeh to N4.4bn NIMASA fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a fresh investigation into the alleged diversion of N4.4bn from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the accounts of top officers of the Nigerian Air Force. To this end, the EFCC transferred the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air …
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