Determined to fully combat the menace of sea pirates on Nigerian waters, the Federal Government has approved a new maritime security architectural framework aimed at streamlining working relationships among its agencies and the military.

The Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, who disclosed this during a working visit by the GMA to the Agency, said in carrying out its statutory functions, the agency is strengthened by three important Acts namely...

The Director General, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, said the project, which is unprecedented in the history of Nigeria, will increase the knowledge base of NIMASA and ultimately fetch the country the much needed foreign exchange.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA) has set a target of June 2018, to achieve zero per cent piracy in the nation’s maritime domain.

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said the private sector players in Nigeria are 99 per cent dependent on government, as such, they cannot be described as investors.

In a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by the Head, Corporate Communications, NIMASA, Mr Isichei Osamgbi, the director-general described the shipping sector as capable of taking over from oil in future.

Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN), has given its support to the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, to lead African maritime sector revival.

The National Security Adviser, Minister of Interior and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) have been advised to consider Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s allegation...

For Nigeria, the advent of commercial oil automatically shifted the interest of Africa’s largest country away from agriculture, and maritime businesses for decades, with attendant implications on the ailing economy.

Several years ago, Philip L. Graham, former Washington Post publisher, famously said that journalism is the “first rough draft of history”. In 2015, following the election of Nyesom Wike as governor of Rivers State...

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside on his election as the new Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrators (AAMA).

The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, was on Friday elected the new Chairman and President of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA).