It is an immense honour to write about a distinguished gentleman whom I consider both…
Category: Periscope
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…
Nigeria Customs of death
By Lasisi Olagunju Grand ancestor of Nollywood, Ayinla Olumegbon’s ‘Wole Wole Arufin’ (The Lawless Sanitary…
Bashir Jamoh: A breath of fresh air at NIMASA
Maritime industry operators, especially Nigerian ship owners, seafarers, cadets and other workers in the maritime…
Reflections on Marvin Abe’s Journey and the Unveiling of ‘The Voyage of Saints’
I have never been one to succumb to emotion. In fact, for as long as…
NPA and the fallacy of port congestion
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…
INTELS and drama of cannibalistic politics
By Peter Ibie Keyhole views of the mass hysteria generated by the termination of the pilotage…
Blue economy legal and institutional frameworks: The Nigerian challenge
By Capt (NN) Sunday Daniel Atakpa Three countries considered as being in the forefront of blue economy implementation…
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…