I finally found the time last week to read Hadiza Bala Usman’s polemic titled “STEPPING…
Author: Dr. Bolaji Akinola
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The verbose ad hominem reaction to my article Cronyism, nepotism as bane of Nigeria’s maritime…
Cronyism, nepotism as bane of Nigeria’s maritime development
The spoils system whereby the political party in power wilfully doles out top government jobs…
Nigeria’s IMO Council bid as a wild goose chase
Past management teams at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have woefully failed…
Bashir Jamoh: A breath of fresh air at NIMASA
Maritime industry operators, especially Nigerian ship owners, seafarers, cadets and other workers in the maritime…
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Nigerian ports, contrary to widely held notion, are not congested. The ports in Lagos are certainly…
My Maritime Man of the Year 2018
Unionism in Nigeria’s maritime industry, prior to post-port reform regime, was synonymous with thuggery, banditry and…
The Nigerian bookstore as a dinosaur
It has been a busy year and my promise this holiday season was to spend as…
Anambra solution to CRFFN crisis
Regular readers of this column will certainly require little or no education about the controversy…
From Turkey with guns
While Benin Republic and China are systematically undermining Nigeria economically, Turkey seems interested in the…