LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The delay in generating call-up tickets for truckers to access Apapa ports for dropping off empty containers and picking up laden goods has been fuelling ticket racketeering at the port. In the past, it used to take two to three days for truckers that entered the Lilypond Terminal in Ijora, which is…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications that the nation may soon start experiencing more cargo diversions to neighbouring West African ports as well as increase in freight rates due to the collapse of both Tin Can and Apapa quay aprons. A quay is part of the port where…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of port users were yesterday stranded and left with no choice than to trek kilometers from Apapa to Tin Can Island Ports amongst other long distances to meet up with their business engagements as the ban on Okada operators kicked off in six local government areas of the state. A visit to the…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, yesterday, heard how 11 Philippines citizens, were arrested, at Apapa Port, Lagos, for allegedly importing 13.65 Kilograms of Cocaine into the country unlawfully. The Filipinos that were arrested and charged before Justice Nicholas Oweibo by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are: Gerapusco Fidel; Antolin Reynante; Bechayoa…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will lead Powerful delegation to the national maritime summit on Apapa traffic gridlock. The summit is slated for Wednesday 14 – Thursday 15, April 2021, at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos, time is 10am. The Summit being organied by the Powerful Pen Media, has the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 43 vessels laden with various goods are currently stuck in Lagos waters as congestion stalls operations at Nigeria’s busiest ports, the TinCan Island Port and Apapa Port in Lagos. The nation’s import and export dealing is, also, in shambles, as prevailing congestion at ports caused a spike in shipping…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was no longer business as usual around the Apapa ports, in Lagos, as clearing agents, dockworkers and other businessmen found it difficult to access the seaports due to the recent ban placed on commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada along the axis. Dockworkers, who spoke to The Guardian yesterday, condemned the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawmaker representing Yagba-East/Yagba-West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Mr Leke Abejide, has called for the relocation of the Nigerian Ports Authority from the First Gate of the Apapa Port, as part of the measures towards reducing the gridlock in the area. Abejide, at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, noted…