Transport

ATBOWATON Lagos Plans Reforms, Target Zonal Activities

Lagos State Chapter of the Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transporters(ATBOWATON) rose from an emergency meeting yesterday, determined to overhaul its operational strategies,  zeroing on “one zone, one project” agenda to empower its members hit by subsidy removal impacts. …

NSIB To Partner With NSCDC TO Enhance Safety

…To Sign MoU Too The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) is to partner with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on how to ensure safety in all modes of transportation across the country. This just as the two…

NIWA Lagos Area Manager, Sarat Braimah Inaugurated As FNSE Fellow

    The Nigerian Society of Engineers(NSE) yesterday, November 1,2022, inaugurated in Abuja, Engr. Sarat Braimah, the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Lagos Area Manager, Fellow Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE). FNSE, according to a statement issued yesterday in Lagos is highest…

No Going Back On October 31 Strike Lagos Drivers Insists

    The Joint Drivers Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), Lagos State Chapter, has restated that its proposed seven days warning strike planned to begin on Monday, October 31, 2022, remains sacrosanct. JDWAN disclosed this at a media briefing held at…

High Tide: NIWA Advises Stakeholders To Adhere Strictly To  Rules Of Engagement

      … Urges Stakeholders To Show Commitment To Passengers Safety With expected high water tides and incidence of floods ravaging littoral communities across the country, the Lagos Area Office of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has advised…

NIWA Area Manager Urges Newly Inaugurated Association, WABOTAN To Embrace Technology

Lagos Area Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Engr. Sarat Braimah has advised the leadership of Waterfront Boat Owners and Transporters Association of Nigeria (WABOTAN) to embrace technology in all aspects of the water transportation economy. She hinted that the industry…

Transport

NIWA Unveils Watercraft Ambulance In Lagos

    In response to critical empowerment of the Search and Rescue(SAR) team in Lagos and as strategic fulfilment to suggestions made by the cream of maritime media at a recent parley, the Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority…

Benin River Port: Edo Govt, Regulators, Others  Meet Over Environmental, Social Impact Assessment

The Edo State Government, will on Monday, August 8, 2022, host regulators and other stakeholders to a public hearing on the draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the Benin City River Port (BRP) Project. In a statement,…

NIWA Congratulates Engr.  Sambo, Adegoroye On Their Appointments As Ministers Transport

    The Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief Dr. George Moghalu has on behalf of the Board, Management and entire staff of the authority congratulated Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, over his meritorious appointment as the newly…

Mile 2 Waterways Mishap: Boat Driver, 16 Passengers Still Missing –NIWA

  …Recovers Accident Boat …Says Operator Broke Waterways Rules By Setting Sail At 7.45 pm Lagos Area, Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority(NIWA), Engr. Sarat Braimah has said that the 16 passengers onboard a W19 passenger Fibre boat which capsized along…