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Tinubu associate Chagoury’s firm to handle $700m Lagos Port renovation
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Tinubu associate Chagoury’s firm to handle $700m Lagos Port renovation

The Federal government awarded the $700 million contract for the renovation of Lagos’ Tin Can and Apapa ports to ITB Nigeria, a company owned by Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury. Chagoury, a close associate of President Bola Tinubu, secured the contract despite ITB Nigeria’s lack of prior experience in port infrastructure, Africa Intelligence reported. The selection […]

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Apapa Port cargo exports by rail hits 10,000 H1 – Official

Nigerian Ports Authority has stated that the number of cargo shipment by rail has increased from 9,000 moves recorded in 2023 to 10,000 in the first six months of this year. This was disclosed by the Port Manager of Lagos Ports Complex of NPA, Charles Okaga, during a recent stakeholders’ roundtable organised by the Maritime […]

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Poor rail connections, others increase gridlock in Apapa– Experts

Experts have blamed poor rail connections, proliferation of tank farms and monomodal means of cargo evacuation from the ports as major causes of the perennial traffic gridlock on the Apapa ports axis. At a discussion on a social media platform in Lagos, an Assistant General Manager, Nigerian Ports Authority, Ahmed Wanka, explained that the initial […]