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Last Tuesday, Nigeria’s leading communication company, Ships & Ports Communication Company, held the sixth in the series of its Annual Shipping Career Summit in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Here are highlights of the one-day summit in pictures.  Former President, Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM), Capt. Adewale Ishola; representative of the Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and Deputy Director, Maritime Capacity Building, Mallam Jubril Ibrahim; and representative of Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB); and General Manager Project and Operations, Mr. Etim Ukut.  Ikut; Chief Executive Officer, Ships & Ports Communication Company, Mr. Bolaji Akinola; and Honorary Secretary, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), Engr. Alex Peters.  Ibrahim presenting the NIMASA Director-General’s paper, while other resource persons, and Akinola, watch  Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Chief Trade Officer, Mr. Samuel Oyeyipo, shows a sample of an exportable product to participants and resource persons.  L-R: Representative of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and Deputy Director, Zonal Services, Ms. Maureen Ihejetoh; representative of the Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), and Head, South-South, South East Monitoring Committee, Dr. Edy Obasi and Ishola. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 |
 IHENACHO WINS MR. WALES 2011 L-R: Mr. Uchenna Ihenacho, brother to winner of Mr. Wales 2011 Competition,Mr. Emeka Ihenacho; Miss Amarachi Ihenacho; Mrs Ihenacho, her sister, Mrs Rena Caradogan; and immediate past Minister of Interior, Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, in a group photograph after Mr. Wales 2011 competition held at St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom... penultimate Saturday. |
 BIGGEST CONTAINER CARRIER BERTHS AT NIGERIAN PORTS L-R: Master of the merchant vessel Maersk Conakry, Capt. Roger Harding; Managing Director, Maersk Nigeria Limited, Mr. David Skov; representative of the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Engr. Omar Suleiman, and NPA Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Ms. Aina Egharevba, on board the Maersk Conakry, when the largest container carrier to visit Nigerian ports berthed at the facilities of APM Terminals Apapa Limited at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa, Lagos…last Tuesday. |
 APAPA GRIDLOCK Vehicles caught in traffic at the Berger Bus Stop stretch of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, due to heavy downpour…last Thursday. |
 BCC HOSTS MOHAMMED Managing Director of Bonny Channel Company (BCC), Mr. Steven Poppe (left), presenting a gift to the former Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and former Chairman of BCC, Mallam Abdul Salam Mohammed (right), as his wife, Hajia Binta Mohammed and Chief Executive Officer, Ships & Ports Communication Company, Bolaji Akinola watch at a reception organised by BCC to honour Mohammed in Lagos... last Wednesday. |
 Comptroller-General Customs, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi (right) and Deputy Comptroller-General (DCG) of Customs, Corporate and Support Services, Mr. John Atte (left) decorate Garba Markarfi, who was promoted to the rank of Deputy Comptroller-General, at the Customs Headquarters, Wuse, Abuja…last week.  A BOOST TO SAFETY Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Engr Omar Suleiman (left), presents keys of newly acquired Actross multipurpose fire fighting vehicles and eight pick-up vans to the Port Manager, Tincan Island Ports Complex (TIPC), Barrister Efioita Ephraim, as Executive Director, Marine and Operations, NPA, Ms Aina Egharevba and others watch, Lagos at the commissioning of the vehicles at the Administrative Building of the TIPC, Lagos…last Thursday. |
 LAWSAN HONOURS BIU Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Captain Adamu Biu (right) receives an award of Excellence from the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, Barrister Victor Odeleye conferred on him by the Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN), University of Abuja… recently |
 Newly Executives of International Freight Forwarders (IFF), Financial Secretary, Barrister Ada Akpunonu, Treasurer, Emma Oparah, President Chief David Okutalukwe and Vice President, Chief Obi Azodo strike a pose for the cameras after the election...recently.  APAPA CAC VISITS LADOL BASE L-R: Customs Area Controller (CAC), Apapa Area 1 Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Idris Suleiman; Executive Chairman, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), Mr. Ladi Jadesinmi; and the Nigerian Exports Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) Representative at LADOL Free Zone, Apapa, Ibrahim Mustapha, during a working tour of LADOL Base by Suleiman…last Wednesday. |