Stakeholders and operators in the oil and gas industry have expressed concerns about safety of assets within Nigeria and offshore, especially with renewed pipeline vandalism and kidnapping of crew members of a Very Large Crude Carriers..

The Senate has threatened to compel the Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, via a warrant,

The award of a waterways security contract to an Israeli firm yesterday generated tension in the Senate.

Despite the enormous economic and revenue benefits, including job opportunities in the Nigerian Maritime sector, security, administration and other activities in the sector have remained serious issues to contend with.

Stakeholders have harped on the need for Nigeria to develop a sustainable national integrated transport policy.They said such integrated national policy would serve as a catalyst to the overall development of the country.

The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its relevant committees to probe the $195.5 million (about N 71 billion) contract allegedly awarded by the Ministry of Transportation to an Israeli security outfit to man Nigeria’s waterways.

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has called on the National Assembly to investigate the circumstances surrounding the award of a $195million security contract to secure Nigeria’s waterways to a foreign firm.

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), said it has contributed about N16billion to the consolidated revenue fund, exceeding the budgeted sum of N12billion.

There are high expectations that the maritime sector would soon get approval for single digit interest facility to support operators in the Nigeria’s maritime industry.

The Nigerian Navy (NN), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), are expected to work vigorously to access the Secured Anchorage Area (SAA)

Here's a thread of events you’ve probably seen before: a high profile government official gets charged to court for a case of money laundering, fraud or any other crime, they fall ill, get admitted to a hospital, and then show up in court in a wheelchair.

PR practitioners, communication scholars, maritime experts, and other stakeholders have stressed the need to use public relations as a tool to tell compelling stories that would change investors’ perception about Nigeria and the blue economy.