LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Coast Guard has commenced a port security assessment in Lagos as part of an ongoing evaluation of selected Nigerian port facilities for compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security, ISPS, Code. Sources familiar with the exercise at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, said the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigations have revealed that over 8,000 stranded overtime cargoes, valued at about N3 trillion, are currently littering the country’s three major seaports – Apapa, Tin Can and Onne – with little or no effort made to find a lasting solution to the nuisance caused by the scraps. Findings revealed that over 2,000…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday 8th September, 2021 gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine meant for insurgents’ camps in Nigeria were intercepted by operatives of the Agency at the Apapa port in Lagos….
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven persons believed to be Nigerians have been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of seizing control of an oil ship, Nave Andromeda. According to the BBC, the stowaways are believed to have boarded the Southampton-bound ship in Lagos on October 5, 2020 in search of asylum. However, as the ship approached the…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has met with shipping companies and terminal operators over the recent increase in the waiting time of vessels calling at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa. NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Jatto Adams, said in a statement on Thursday that several resolutions were made at the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rendering a heartrending narrative of their traumatic experiences from the lingering Lagos ports access roads gridlock, truckers, vital components of the logistics supply chain, have cried out to the Federal and the Lagos State governments for urgent succour. In their Save-our-Soul (SOS) to both tiers of government, the road haulage operators under…
