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How Flooding Puts Water Transportation On A Knife Edge

Many littoral communities across Nigeria recently became submerged in massive floods that swept away homes, farm lands and livestocks, leaving

Most calamity on our waterways caused by human error — NIWA

…as British Deputy High Commission trains NDLEA officers By Gabriel Olawale The Lagos State Area Manager of National Inland Waterways

Marine

Boat captain bags life jail over 13 deaths

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Lekki on Tuesday, sentenced a boat operator, Happiness Elebiju, to life imprisonment over

Chief Executive Officer, Yellow Brick Road Limited, Kaliko Olowole (left); General Manager, Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK); Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Gaji Omobolaji; Technical Special Assistant to General Manager of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Tumilara Oloyede; Sales Account Manager, Nampak Bevcan Nigeria, Ikemefuna Chidi during commemoration of World Earth Day in Lagos… PHOTO: ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA
Marine

Stakeholders draw support for cleaner waterways

Stakeholders have raised the alarm over the rising menace of plastic and waste as well as human activities that pollute

NIWA to license boat captains, operators in new move to ensure safety

Disturbed by low operating standards and safety issues on inland waterways, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has finalised modalities

NIWA To License Boat Operators as part of Fresh Intervention On Water Transportation

As part of the efforts to license boat operators, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has reiterated its commitment to

Lagos

Maritime Agencies Synergise for Safety of Waterways, improved Transportation

The Maritime agencies in the country on Thursday resolved to ensure security and safety on waterways for improved water transportation through adequate collaboration and synergy.

Lagos

NIWA to collaborate with presidential amnesty program to secure inland waterways

In his quest to enhance security on inland waterways, the Managing Director National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Chief Dr. George Moghalu paid a courtesy visit to the Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Program Colonel Milland Dikio Dixon in his office in Abuja.