High cost impedes evacuation of empty containers — Freight Forwarders
By Godfrey Bivbere THE reluctance of shipping companies in evacuating empty containers has been traced to the high-cost implication, amounting to about 20 per cent of their operational costs. Vice President of Freight Forwarders Consultative Forum, FFCF, and immediate past National President of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF, Mr. Uche Increase, disclosed this […]
Ummu’s murder: Absence of defence counsel stalls arraignment of Chinese national, Geng
The absence of defence counsel has on Thursday stalled the arraignment of Chinese National, Geng Quangrong his ex-Nigerian lover, Ummukulsum Buhari before a Kano State High Court.
Lagos NSCDC recovers 21,600 litres of PMS from suspected vandals
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has recovered about 21,600 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), in the Badagry area.
A’lbom monarch arrested over alleged killing of herdsmen’s cows in community
The Village Head of Ikot Akpan in OrukAnam local government area of Akwa Ibom State Chief Benson Udo Ekpo has been arrested by the Police in connection with the alleged killing of Cows belonging to Herders by people in his community.
8 burnt to death in Kogi tanker explosion
Many persons were said to have burnt to death when a tanker with a full load of PMS, (petrol) lost control due to break failure and fell on the bridge of the Maboro river in Ankpa, headquarters of Ankpa local government area of Kogi state.
65% of containers from abroad end up in Southeast — NIWA
The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, on Thursday, said over 65 per cent of cargo coming into Nigeria through the Lagos port ends up in Onitsha and Aba in the Southeast.
