Flooded states tell Mamora, new NIWA boss to start with dredging Niger, Benue
States bordering two major rivers in Nigeria, River Niger and Benue have made a passionate appeal to the new Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora to immediately begin the dredging of both rivers to save…
How Obono-Obla renewed Eko Atlantic City, NPA claims of trespass
Though a high level warning had been given to the panel chairman, Special Presidential Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPPRPP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla to stop further public interview, some of the key issues he let out the bag…
Nigerian Cadets lack sea time because local shippers’ can’t buy new vessels—Uwadia
Leading maritime stakeholder and President, Association of Marine Engineers and Surveyors (AMES), Charles Uwadia has opened up on why Nigerian Cadets are roaming the streets looking for jobs. In an interview, he said time has come to upgrade the Maritime…
SGF, Boss opened up on real challenges of NIWA before appointment
Former Managing Directors of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), and now, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Barr Boss Gida Mustapha in an interview hours before his new appointment said the key issues frustrating navigability of…
Twist as NIWA cuts short LASG excitement, hits S/Court on waterway control
Barely less than two days after the Lagos State Government heaved a sigh of relief over the judgment of the Appellate court returning jurisdiction of Inland waterways to Lagos State, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has approached the Supreme…
FG set to concession Onitsha port, postpones delivery of others to election year
Indications emerged in Lagos during the recent 2017 National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) International Conference and Exhibition that all the pleas made by South East top business operators and importers during the visit of the Acting president on the need…
Again, FG to dredge 152 Km Ajaokuta-Onitsha River Niger waterways
Not up to four years of the initial multi-billion naira dredging deal carried out by former administration from Warri in Delta State through Onitsha in Anambra State to Baro in Kogi State, another whooping amount is set to go away…
