THE leadership tussle in the freight forwarding industry in Nigeria has taken a turn for theworse as a front line freight forwarder and President of the National Council of Managing Directors Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) Mr Lucky Amiwero was on Sunday arrested for resisting arrest and was subsequently charged to court the following day.

It been over a month that members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Educational Institutions have been on strike. Indeed NASU commenced a nationwide strike on July 8, 2009 . The strike coincided with that of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Senior Staff Association ( SSANU).

Due to widespread consumer protests, Cadbury New Zealand will eliminate palm oil from its dairy milk chocolate products.The candy-maker started using palm oil earlier this year as a cost savings measure, but the move resulted in a call for a boycott by environmentalists who said that palm oil production damages rainforests, reports the newspaper.

FOR cement dealers at the popular Odun-Ade building materials market in Lagos State, it’s no business as usual as they have started feeling the impact of demolished structures by the State Government in the ongoing expansion of Orile -Badagry Expressway.

The Nigerian Association of chambers of commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), said it welcomed the establishment of the Infrastructure Concession Development Commission.