Fire destroys 350 make-shift buildings in Lagos

AT least350 make-shift buildings were, Wednesday night, engulfed by fire in Ajah area of Lagos, barely 16 hours after the Ijeh Police barracks in Lagos went up in flames, rendering 24 families of policemen homeless.

The fire was said to have been caused by an explosion from a power generating set at about 10.45p.m.

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Shippers’ Council, NAC Partner To Re-fleet Rickety Cargo Trucks

 The National Auto-motive Council (NAC) and the Nigerian Shipper Council (NSC) are set to re-fleet cargo carrying trucks and phase out the old and rickety ones currently in use at the ports.

In an exclusive interview with Chat212, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers ’Council, Mr. Hassan Bello disclosed this at recently concluded members night of the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping saying that the reason behind the re-fleeting project was bring about standardization in the trucking sub-sector.

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Thailand’s D rice Exporters to West Africa rises Against Ebola Outbreak

THE outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, EVB, in some countries in Africa is beginning to have an impact on the shipment of rice and other agricultural products from far away as Asia, with Thailand’s rice industry being the first to experience a serious impact.

Africa is a major market for Thailand’s rice, but the industry is finding it difficult to meet demand.
Exporters in Bangkok say Africa consumes nine million tons of rice annually and two-thirds of it is imported. But they are currently unable to ship much of their crop to West African ports.

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Police nab suspected kidnapper of DELSU lecturer's wife

►THE Delta State Police Command, yesterday, announced the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Chukwuemeka, aka Hawkins, who abducted the wife of a lecturer at Delta State University, Abraka, Mrs. Roseline Okolie and one Chief Patience Anigala, sometime ago.

►Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Delta State Police Command, DSP Celestina Kalu, in a statement, said: “On August 31, operatives of Special Anti-kidnapping Squad based in Obiaruku received a distress call that robbers were operating at Amai axis.

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Boko Haram is now taking territory to Launch Islamic State for their new government...

Boko Haram is now taking territory to Launch Islamic State for their new government...
In Northeast Boko Haram Battles For Territory to Launch Islamic State for their new government... Bombings from its hideouts, Nigeria’s Boko Haram is fast evolving into a force able to take and hold territory. In attacks on September 1st its jihadist militants overran Bama, the second-largest town in Borno state.

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Nigeria's former vice-president Atiku Abubakar announces presidency bid

IN Abuja (Chat212) - Nigeria's former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on Friday became the first high profile politician to announce his candidacy for the presidency at next year's general elections.

Abubakar, who was deputy to Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007, is seeking to be the main opposition All Progressives Congress's candidate (APC) at the February 14, 2015 vote.

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