80% of rice consumed in Nigeria still smuggled form land, creek borders—Investigations
Contrary to claims by the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) that it has fought rice smuggling to standstill at land borders, investigations have shown that up till now, over 80 per cent of rice consumed in Nigerian cities especially Lagos is…
Lagos Trade Fair businesses lose N1bn daily to Badagry Expressway—Offorkansi
Worsening state of Lagos-Badagry Expressway has started affecting business activities at the Lagos International trade Fair complex along the international highway. Recall that the complex houses over 12 trading groups, making it the largest commercial centre across the continent. Some…
Technoglass Group boss, Aluya decries impacts of bad roads on product haulage
Major manufacturing concerns within Agbara, western out sketch of Lagos relying on Lagos-Badagry Expressway have raised alarm of urgent industrial importance, calling for early delivery of the road to save their businesses. Speaking in an interview with journalists’ weekend, the…
Relief underway as Sanwo-Olu recalls CCECC on Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Respite came the way of motorists and residents along Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Sunday as the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu assured that work will commence on the international highway from Maza-Maza to Okokomaiko (Lot II) this month. Giving fresh…
Coalition of schools, markets, others to protest impassable Lagos-Badagry highway today
Seven months after failed mass action on the way and manner the Lagos State Government apparently abandoned the 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway construction activities, markets, higher institutions and NGOs have concluded arrangements to hold protest against the sorry state of the…
Rising open defecation on Lagos highways may force Sanwo-Olu to ban Okada
There are strong indications that the incoming government of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu may take a sweeping decision against use of commercial motorcycle, known as ‘Okada’ in the metropolis as soon as his government is inaugurated within weeks. A source close…
CCECC on skeletal construction activities on Lagos-Badagry highway as EU joins funding
Residents and motorists plying the Lagos-Badagry Expressway that has been under expansion by the Lagos State Government since 2006, have continued to decry what they describe as snail speed construction activities or near abandonment by the contractor, China Civil Engineering…
Drop in speed of road, rail contracts by CCECC worries FG, States, Nigerians
Though it has managed to deliver the new terminal of Port Harcourt International Airport which was recently inaugurated, strong indications are on ground that several transportation related contracts being handled by Chinese firm, China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC)…
‘Lagos/Abidjan highway corridor’ll boost Lagos, intraregional economies’
The recent approval for the construction of 46 kilometres Agbara to Seme Border ECOWAS superhighway by the federal Executive Council (FEC), has been welcomed by Nigerian business operators on the corridor. In an interview with Nigerian traders doing business along…
Buhari avoided 134 potholes, deep water-logged spots to fly direct to Seme border
…He had cancelled the first federal plan for the Lagos-Badagry road in 1983 Fresh discoveries have emerged on why President Muhammadu Buhari avoided attending the official handover of the new ECOWAS border posts in Badagry to his Republic of Benin…
