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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has agreed to deepen its relationships with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on ways of enhancing safety in the rail and road sector. This is coming as the multimodal investigation agency has assured that it would release its report on …

Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau ( NSIB) has been directed to commence Immediate investigation into the reported collision of a passenger train and a bus conveying workers to their work places in Lagos Thursday morning. This is coming after the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was due to reckless driving on the part …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Navy to enhance mutual efforts in the prevention and mitigation of accidents and serious incidents in the country’s transportation sector. The MoU was signed on Tuesday by both parties at the Nigerian Navy Headquarters. In a statement signed by Tunji Oketunbi, General Manager, Public Affairs …

NLNG employs 46 NSDP beneficiaries The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has sent forth 235 Nigerians to India and Greece as batch B of the 435 young Nigerians to be trained as Licenced Deck and Engine Officers including Naval Architects under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme, (NSDP). The Honourable Minister of Transportation Engineer Muazu Jaji Sambo who was …

The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, His Excellency Kitack Lim has declared Nigeria as a very important country not only to Africa, but to the global economy. This is just as he commissioned the ultra-modern headquarters of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), located at Victoria Island, Lagos. His statement on the country’s importance was made …

The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, His Excellency Kitack Lim, is scheduled to visit the Federal Republic of Nigeria from November 20th – 22nd 2022 and will attend the Nigeria International Maritime Summit 2022. During his visit, the Secretary-general will attend the Nigeria International Maritime Summit 2022 where regional policies and operational perspectives to Decarbonization and Green House …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its policies of gender equality which have manifested in both the number of women employed by the Agency as well as those sponsored for capacity development in country and abroad. This was made known by the President of the World Maritime University (WMU), Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry who paid …

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) says it desires improved collaboration with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and relevant agencies in suppressing criminality in Nigeria’s maritime domain and by extension the Gulf of Guinea. This is just as he proposed a liaison in form of a US Coast Guard maritime adviser that would report back and advise …

As part of efforts to strengthen its push to deliver the provisions of the Nigerian Local Content Development and Enforcement Act, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) plans to drastically reduce the use of Meteorological Services from private service providers by its stakeholders mainly in the marine and oil and gas sector. Director General of the Agency, Professor Mansur Bako matazu …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, has called for maritime nations to actualize the adoption of modern technology as a means of attaining cleaner and greener shipping in line with this year’s World Maritime Day commemoration theme. Dr Jamoh, who stated this while speaking on the sidelines of the World …