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Over 100 Dead in Guyana’s Worst Maritime Disaster as Ferry Sinks 

  More than 100 people are feared dead after an 87-year-old state-run ferry sank off Guyana’s Essequibo coast in the South American nation’s worst maritime disaster on record. Authorities said…

Oyetola Urges Judiciary to Prepare for Autonomous Ships, Digital Shipping Disputes

As CJN, SGF, House Speaker Seek Faster Admiralty Justice, Stronger Collaboration to Unlock Nigeria’s Maritime Potential The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged the judiciary…

PEBEC Targets Illegal Port Checkpoints, Extortion in Fresh Reforms

  Nigeria’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) is stepping up efforts to dismantle illegal checkpoints along port corridors, prosecute officials accused of extortion and roll out a unified digital…

Fears Grow for 500 People Missing After Boats Reportedly Capsize Off Myanmar

  Fears are growing for at least 500 people believed to have been aboard two boats that reportedly capsized off Myanmar’s coast in recent days, the UN migration agency and…

India Condemns Russian Strike on Ship That Killed Four Sailors  

  India has summoned Russia’s top diplomat to condemn what it called an unacceptable Russian attack on a commercial vessel departing the Ukrainian port of Odesa that killed four Indian…

Houthis Declare Maritime Embargo on Saudi Arabia, Threatening Red Sea Oil Exports

  Yemen’s Houthis have declared an immediate maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, warning that Saudi-linked shipping could be targeted in retaliation for attacks on Sana’a International Airport and what the…

Navy Hands Over 529 Bags of Smuggled Rice to Customs in Badagry

    The Nigerian Navy has handed over 529 bags of foreign parboiled rice seized during intelligence-led anti-smuggling operations in Badagry, Lagos, to the Nigeria Customs Service. The Forward Operating…

Russian Missile Strike on Grain Ship Kills 10 in Deadliest Black Sea Attack in Weeks 

  A Russian missile strike on a grain ship near Ukraine’s port of Odesa has killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long…

Jigawa Boat Accident Death Toll Rises to Six, 34 Missing

  Six people have died and 34 others remain missing after a boat carrying about 40 farmers and labourers capsized while crossing a river in Malamawar Yan Dutse community, Ringim…

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Oyetola: On the Crest of Maritime History

  By Chima Nwana The introduction of the new Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was a bold step in the right direction. It…

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The Rise and Transition to Glory of NPA’s Paul (Texas) Erakhifu

  By Ikechukwu Onyemekara    From humble beginnings at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) when he was employed on  October 17, 1994 (the month of his birth) as a junior…