Tag Archives: Apapa

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said payment of high electricity tariffs is inevitable for Nigerian electricity users. Mr. Osinbajo said this while speaking at the Sixth Presidential Business Forum held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A statement signed by Laolu Akande, the vice president’s media aide, quoted Mr. Osinbajo as saying that the government ...

Following the unending traffic congestion that has paralysed economic activities in the Apapa area of Lagos, a move has been initiated to address the ugly development as the first ever Apapa Economic Summit opens today at Rockview Hotel, Apapa. According to Hon. Owolabi Ekijah Adele, Executive Chairman, Apapa Local Government, the summit which ends tomorrow is organized in partnership with ...

“The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday in Lagos called for the collaboration of all stakeholders to tackle traffick gridlock and port congestion and other problems in Apapa and its environs.”- The Guardian Fashola made the call at a stakeholders meeting on the ongoing Apapa Wharf Road reconstruction project in Surulere. The stakeholders at the ...

“The Dangote Group has said that it will not benefit from a 10-year tax waiver reportedly granted it by the Nigerian government.”- Premium Times Speaking in Lagos on Monday, the Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development and Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, said the company has never benefited from any tax waiver or credits except when it is ...

The Nation reports that the Lagos State House of Assembly Thursday at plenary called on the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) to relocate the tank farms in Apapa to a less congested area, saying that it is causing traffic logjam and endangering the lives of the residents. Hon. Mojisola Miranda, representing Apapa Constituency 1 raised the issue under matter of urgent ...

The Guardian reports that Negotiations have been concluded in Lagos for the acquisition of a N2.5 billion mixed-used development known as ‘Champion House’ situated along the Oshodi- Apapa Expressway. The deal struck between Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell, Onga, Toptea and Loya Milk, and Champion Newspaper Limited, publishers of Champion is coming on the heels of efforts by the ...

PM News reports that stakeholders on Thursday reached an agreement to take necessary measures in Apapa to ensure commencement of reconstruction of Wharf Road leading to the nation’s major port on July 7. The stakeholders agreed on several issues at a meeting held at the office complex of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing headquarters in Lagos. Those ...

“The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed concern over the gridlock being experienced by petroleum tankers and articulated vehicles as a result of the ongoing reconstruction on Apapa-Wharf  road, Lagos.”- The Cable Tokunbo Korodo, the south-west chairman of the union in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Thursday, noted that the gridlock may result in ...

Aliko Dangote has lauded the decision of the federal government to reconstruct the failed Apapa Wharf road. The road attracts a huge loss of close to N140 billion to the government on a weekly basis. According to Leadership, Dangote who spoke to newsmen, yesterday in Lagos said, “The economy loses more than N20 billion daily. It affects businesses across the ...

“The sum of N100 billion is needed to construct the Apapa Road in Lagos state, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says. Fashola disclosed this via a statement released by his media aide, Hakeem Bello on Sunday, May 21. “I just want to appeal to residents of Apapa and to people whose livelihood depends on Apapa, that Apapa ...