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The President of the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) and Assistant Editor of Shipping Position Daily, Oluyinka Onigbinde, has been honoured with the Maritime Reporter of the Year Award at the 12th Nigerian Transport Lecture and Awards organised by Transport Day Media.
The award recognised Onigbinde’s outstanding contributions to maritime journalism, his consistency in reporting the industry and his commitment to promoting informed discourse on issues affecting the nation’s blue economy.
The recognition came during the annual Nigerian Transport Lecture, one of the country’s foremost gatherings of policymakers, regulators, transport operators, academics and journalists, where critical issues affecting the sector are examined and excellence celebrated.
This year’s lecture, themed “Intermodal Transportation Safety in Nigeria: Prospects, Challenges and Contributions to National Growth,” featured a keynote address by former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, who called for stronger measures to improve safety across Nigeria’s transport system.
Onigbinde’s emergence as Maritime Reporter of the Year was applauded by industry stakeholders, who described the award as a fitting recognition of his years of dedication to objective, investigative and impactful journalism covering Nigeria’s ports, shipping, customs administration, freight forwarding, logistics and the blue economy.
Aside from his role as Assistant Editor of Shipping Position Daily, Onigbinde recently assumed office as President of MARAN, where he has pledged to promote professionalism, strengthen collaboration between the media and industry stakeholders, and advance credible and ethical maritime journalism in Nigeria.
Speaking shortly after receiving the award, Onigbinde expressed appreciation to the organisers for the recognition, describing it as both humbling and motivating.
He dedicated the award to members of MARAN, his colleagues at Shipping Position Daily, his mentors, industry stakeholders and everyone who has supported his journalism career over the years.
He also reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the highest ethical standards of journalism while supporting initiatives aimed at improving efficiency, transparency, safety and sustainable development within the nation’s maritime industry.
