By Sylvia Akpan A group of Nigerian Seafarers cadets seeks the intervention of all and sundry on the alleged “ongoing mismanagement” and prolonged delay in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA) handling of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Program (NSDP). The group said in 2012, NIMASA launched the NSDP with the promise of developing
By Eugene Agha, Daily Trust The Nigerian Navy has declared eight security outfits that are conducting secret recruitment exercises as operating illegally in the country. It said the illegal outfits are now selling recruitment forms to unsuspecting members of the public and are also conducting secret military training for members, particularly in the South-West and
By Segun Adewole, Punch Newspaper The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has donated equipment to security agencies in Cross River to aid the fight against criminality in the state. The equipment included handcuffs, two-way radio system, tasers, flashlights, batons, body scanners, vehicle search mirrors and other personal protective equipment. This was done during a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dr. Paul Adalikwu, Secretary General (SG) of Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) has presented his strategic plan for the organization to host country, Côte d’Ivoire in his maiden meeting with the Ivorian Secretary of State for Transportation, Dr. Celestine Doh Serey. Adalikwu, a native of Obudu in Cross River
By Efa Sunday: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has lauded the Ministry of Defence for its untiring efforts, in taming militancy, sea piracy and other maritime vices along the country’s water ways. Ayade who stated this today during the inauguration of the Naval Warfare Course 3, at the Naval
By David Nsa The Director General of the Greater Calabar Capital City Development Authority, Comrade Kingsley Ikpeme has called on the Nigerian Navy to step up its patrol of the nation’s maritime environment with a view to curb the crime rate especially in Cross River State. Mr. Ikpeme made the call during a courtesy visit
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River government has called on the federal government to properly equip the Nigerian Navy in order for it to effectively patrol the maritime corridor in the state in order to sustain the drastic reduction in militancy and kidnapping activities which were possible due to the high number
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government on Friday said it has commenced investigation into the importation of some 740 animals imported from its southern port city of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Minister for Agriculture, Audi Ogbeh said the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services has since been directed to investigate the incidence and called for