Stalling a Dream: Inside Struggles of University of Maritime Studies, Oron (4) 

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThis voyage has lingered like an epic song, guided by something stronger than the muse. We have traversed the decades of ideation, incubation, and then the stillbirth of UMSO. Regardless of the legislative success, the kickoff of the university became another long year of waiting. Having previously captured the series in the first three…

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Turn maritime projects into jobs, opportunities — Inuikim tells AKSG

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesChairman of the 2026 World Maritime Day celebration in Akwa Ibom, Engr. Asuquo Inuikim Obon, has called on the Akwa Ibom State Government to move beyond policy declarations and turn its maritime projects into jobs, businesses and opportunities for the people. Chief Inuikim made the call on Thursday, 24th September, while delivering his opening…

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Stalling a dream – Inside struggles of University of Maritime Studies, Oron (1) 

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesHow does a university established by an Act of the National Assembly, assented to by the president, enrolled, gazetted, transmitted to the relevant ministries, subjected to NUC takeoff processes and eventually recognised for admission processing by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), remain without full institutional operationalisation years after its legal creation? JOSEPH ATAINYANG uses this investigative  report to beam a torchlight on…

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Don replies MAN Council Chair, lists economic benefits of Maritime Versity

ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA university don, Prof. Emmanuel Onwioduokit, has responded to recent remarks made by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Kehinde Akinola, over the proposed upgrade of the institution into a specialised maritime university, insisting that the transition is both globally supported and economically beneficial to Nigeria….

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