Thousands of jobs are at risk in Lagos following the shutdown of several inland container terminals, as operators lament severe cargo shortages from Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports. The Association of Bonded Terminals Operators of Nigeria has confirmed that ITC Container Terminals, Alliance Container Terminal, and Creseada Container Terminals have ceased operations due to lack…
By Seun Ibiyemi The President-General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Francis Bunu, has expressed concern over poor policing of waterfronts at Lagos ports, warning that rising attacks on vessels could undermine confidence in Nigeria’s maritime sector. Bunu spoke in Lagos when members of the Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN) visited the…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Akutah Pius, has urged freight forwarders to embrace dialogue over industrial action in response to recent tariff increases, warning that prolonged disputes could harm Nigeria’s economy and disrupt trade. Akutah made the appeal on Thursday in Lagos while reacting to the picketing of…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted two containers loaded with thousands of cartons of codeine-containing syrup concealed in household utensils at Apapa Port. The seizure came barely five days after the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, visited…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday announced the seizure of 13 containers of prohibited, expired and falsely declared goods valued at over N6.81 billion at Apapa Port in Lagos. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the Apapa Command APMT Terminal in Lagos. He said the…
