LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said it has successfully cleared the decade-long gridlock on the Mile 2-TinCan-Apapa corridor, home to the TinCan and Apapa ports. In a post on its official X account, the NPA attributed the feat to a collaborative effort involving the Lagos State Government, the Nigerian Navy, the Nigeria…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Port users were in shock on Thursday morning when the protracted Apapa gridlock that has defied all the solutions, disapeared overnight, as President Muhammadu Buhari visits Lagos ports to inaugurate the Deep Blue project. When Daily Sun visited port, the container trucks and tankers that usually flooded the ever-busy Apapa Expressway disapeared into thin air,…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to expectation on the free flow of traffic following the commencement of Call-Up system for port operations, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway has been on a total lockdown as fuel tankers and containerized vehicles parked indiscriminately along the road. This happened as Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, vowed to publicly mention the names…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday decried the level of indiscipline among port players promised to tackle head-on, the menace of extortionist tendencies leveled against security personnel in Apapa environ. He announced the setting up of a special team by the state government to takeover traffic management from the disbanded…
By Asuquo Nuwak LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Apapa chapter chairman of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) Comrade EmekaEnwelu has condemned the low level of business activities experiencing in the port is as a result of many factors ranging from the issues of foreign exchange policy, system failure, poor port access…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of five men who were charged with illegal importation of 661 pump-action guns continued on Monday, with the first defendant, Mahmud Hassan, alleging that the gang paid N1 million to security agents to smuggle in the gun consignment at the Apapa Port, Lagos. Hassan made the allegation in a video…