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Ship Registry: Nigeria to begin online ship registration – NIMASA DG

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2020 0

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says Nigeria will soon begin online ship registration. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, made this known in Lagos on Tuesday. Peterside said that the move was in a bid to have a world-class ship registry and

Business

NIMASA regrets few females’ participation in maritime business

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2019

…As Aisha Buhari leads others to encourage female involvement in seafaring Temitope Adebayo The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside regretted that very few females were in the profession of seafaring, however, said that the agency was working with stakeholders to try to reverse the great imbalance.

Politics

Rivers APC berates PDP for comparing Wike with Dakuku

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described as an aberration and a joke taken too far, the comparison of Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the President of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) with the governor of the state, Barrister Nyesom Wike, by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reacting to a […]

Politics

Rivers APC blasts PDP for comparing Wike with Dakuku

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as an aberration and a joke taken too far, the comparism of Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the President of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) with the governor of the state, Barrister Nyesom Wike, by the Peoples Democratic Party, […]

Maritime

NIMASA urges investors to tap in World’s fastest growing sector

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged Nigerians to key into the opportunities afforded by the Blue economy stating that it is the fastest growing sector in the world with enormous business potentials. The DG, who made this known recently at the 23rd Nigerian Economic summit […]

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Peterside call for collaborative efforts to tackle climate change menace

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Dr Dakuku Peterside has stressed the need for collaborative efforts to tackle the scourge of climate change. Dr. Dakuku stated this while speaking at an event on climate change which was organized by Senator Florence Ita-Giwa led Cross Rivers State Calabar carnival award winning Seagull […]

Maritime

NIMASA: Carbon emissions from ships worry organization

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

…conveys forum to tackle it Worried by the impact on carbon emissions from ships, and the urgent need to arrest it, as well as guide against any similar harmful sources in the maritime sector, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has convened a forum to tackle the issue. Speaking at a one-day stakeholders’ […]

Business Maritime

NIMASA decries state of maritime industry

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2017 0

… promises improved services The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has decried the harsh operating environment in Nigeria’s maritime industry and has assured stakeholders in the industry that the agency will re-dedicate itself to the execution of its core functions this year. The DG, who said

Politics

Corruption, insecurity, obstacles to national development—Peterside

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2015 0

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has described corruption and in­security as impediments to na­tional growth and development. According to him, all these hin­drances, coupled with the mis­rule of the last six years, have further worsened Nigeria’s cri­sis. Peterside spoke at South-South zonal rally in Port