Tag: Badagry

Sanwo-Olu Mourns Akran Of Badagry
January 13, 2026 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Mourns Akran Of Badagry

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the Oba of Badagry and Permanent Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, Oba Babatunde Akran, Wheno Aholu Menu-Toyi I.The respected monarch,...
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Customs Decries Multiple Checkpoints Along Badagry Corridor
October 24, 2025 No Responses

Customs Decries Multiple Checkpoints Along Badagry Corridor

The Customs Area Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, has raised concerns over the proliferation of checkpoints along the Lagos–Badagry corridor, describing the situation as a major hindrance to trade facilitati...
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Patrol Team Intercepts 415 Bags Of Smuggled Rice on Badagry waterways
September 11, 2022 No Responses

Patrol Team Intercepts 415 Bags Of Smuggled Rice on Badagry waterways

The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), Sector 2 South-West, Lagos, has intercepted 415 bags of 50kg rice loaded inside two boats smuggled into the country on Badagry waterways. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JBPT comprises officers of Nigeria...
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Wreck removal: NIMASA Conducts Post-Impact Assessment On Badagry Creek
June 20, 2022 No Responses

Wreck removal: NIMASA Conducts Post-Impact Assessment On Badagry Creek

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced preparatory works to deploy high-resolution magnetometer to validate the ongoing wreck removal exercise of identified wrecks listed for removal along Badagry Creek in Lagos. The agen...
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Badagry Seaport Construction To Commence Soon, Awaits FEC’s Approval 
May 6, 2022 No Responses

Badagry Seaport Construction To Commence Soon, Awaits FEC’s Approval 

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said plans have reached an advanced stage to begin the construction of Badagry Seaport in the state.  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure in Lagos at the All Markets Conference 2022 (AMC’22), organised ...
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Again, Customs Intercept 22,500 Litres Of Petroleum Products In Badagry
December 17, 2021 No Responses

Again, Customs Intercept 22,500 Litres Of Petroleum Products In Badagry

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, says it has intercepted another 750 jerry cans (30 litres) of petroleum products,   making 22,500 litres, at Oloko Creek in Badagry.  Mr Hussain Abdullahi, the Customs Public Relations Officer (CP...
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Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred...
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NIMASA DG Underscores Strategic Importance Of Badagry Deep Seaport
January 6, 2021 No Responses

NIMASA DG Underscores Strategic Importance Of Badagry Deep Seaport

The Badagry Deep Seaport project in Lagos State is strategic to the development of Nigeria as a global maritime hub, Director-General,Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has said.  Jamoh said this in...
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Jubilation In Seme As Nigeria Reopens Four Land Borders
December 17, 2020 No Responses

Jubilation In Seme As Nigeria Reopens Four Land Borders

There was jubilation in Seme, near Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday as Federal Government of Nigeria  ordered the reopening of four land borders across the country. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, annou...
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Badagry Youths Protest Alleged Extortion, Multiple Checkpoints On Expressway
October 14, 2020 No Responses

Badagry Youths Protest Alleged Extortion, Multiple Checkpoints On Expressway

Youths in Badagry area of Lagos State on Tuesday staged protest against the alleged multiple checkpoints and extortion of motorists by law enforcement agents on Agbara-Badagry Expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that youths, in different group...
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On Badagry Deep Seaport, we are not carried along, says Community Chief
November 14, 2016 No Responses

On Badagry Deep Seaport, we are not carried along, says Community Chief

High Chief Menu Toyon, the Mobee of Badagry Kingdom spoke for the host community for the proposed Badagry Deep Sea Port. In this interview with journalists after the recently held All Nigeria Maritime Journalists Retreat, Toyon expressed worries about challeng...
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