Management of the Apapa Area1 command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has warned of grieve consequence of bad port access roads, noting that idleness of bonded terminal operators could lead to chaos in the area.

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.

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.

FOOD and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nation has estated that some $95 billion worth of food production at global level is lost annually to weed, compared with $85 billion for pathogens, $46 billion for insects and $2.4 billion for vertebrates (excluding humans).

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian Employees Consultative Association (NECA) to train Nigerians in technical and vocational education.

Standards Organisation of Nigeria(SON) has approved 133 Nigerian Industrial Standards(NIS) for Chemical, Food, and Leather Technology as well as for Mechanical Engineering and Textile Technology

Industrialists have said that they are not excited by the proposed N500 billion Industrial Revival Fund (IRF) by the Federal Government, as it may yet be another dud cheque.

The prices of foodstuffs in Lagos metropolis are still on the high side, some eight months into the year.According to a market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, the prices rice, beans and garri are now beyond the reach of the ordinary consumers.For instance, at the Oyingbo, Ketu, Mile-12, Daleko, Agboju, Suru/Alaba, Ajao Estate and Iddo markets, a bag of rice is sold for between N7, 500 and N10,000, depending on the brand.