Tag: Apapa gridlock, extortion, Reps, security officials
Apapa gridlock: Reps accuse security officials of extortion
The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to investigate an alleged extortion of truck drivers in Apapa by security operatives. The House believed that...
Apapa gridlock, economy tops Osinbajo’s discussion with LCCI
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday received a delegation of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), led by its President, Toki...
Uniformed men and Apapa gridlock
The role of uniformed men in perpetuating the infamous Apapa traffic gridlock cannot be underestimated. Their negative activities on Apapa roads and bridges have...
Failed IMO council bid, piracy, Apapa gridlock, secure anchorage brouhaha and other sour grapes of Nigeria’s maritime sector in 2019
It is difficult to tell if Nigeria made any appreciable progress as a country in 2019. It is even much more difficult to discuss the fate of the maritime industry...
Yuletide: Importers, agents groan as Apapa gridlock bites harder
With just few days to the yuletide, importers and clearing agents are currently groaning over delays in evacuating their cargoes from the Apapa and Tin Can Island...
The hidden culprits of Apapa gridlock
To the average Nigerian, the traffic nightmare notoriously known as the ‘Apapa gridlock’ is caused by trucks entering and exiting the Lagos ports to evacuate...
NIS: Factories operating inside port compound Apapa gridlock
The Life Patron of the Nigeria Institute of Shipping (NIS), Caleb Okoye, has said that past governments at the centre made a mistake in authorising the...
Maritime workers union threaten strike over Apapa gridlock
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has said that it may be forced to resume its suspended strike action that may ground port activities in Lagos if the...
Port users accuse Customs unit of worsening Apapa gridlock
Clearing agents and other port users in Lagos have raised alarm over the activities of officials of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria...
Buhari: Apapa gridlock saddens me
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that he was saddened by the persistent chaotic traffic situation around the Apapa ports. Speaking while receiving members of...
Apapa gridlock: Presidential task force opens Tin Can truck park
The ongoing reconstruction work on Creek Road and Liverpool Road in Apapa, Lagos, may have compelled the Presidential task force on Apapa gridlock to force the Federal...
NECA says Nigeria has lost N6 trillion to Apapa gridlock
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) said on Tuesday that Nigeria had lost about N6 trillion across the different sectors to the Apapa gridlock. NECA...
