(IT) The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has flagged off the construction of 1.6 kilometres access road at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa. The project is expected to be completed in the next 18 months (April 2012 to October 2013).

(IT) A 32-student delegation from Stanford Graduate School of Business, California in United States of America, visited Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) base recently with the sole aim of identifying the investment opportunities and potentials inherent in Free Trade Zone operation in Nigeria.

(IT) Mega City is not a project; it is a status, and the city of Lagos has attained that status by reaching and even exceeding the population of 10 million people as prescribed by the United Nations. Created on May 27, 1967 by decree No. 14 of 1967 and occupying a land area of 3,577 sq. km, Lagos is believed to be bigger than some African countries put together. It is also among the cities in the world with the highest urban growth rates.

(IT) The physical disbursement of money to beneficiaries of the Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), which commenced in May 2010, has seen 136 commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) comprising of 1,471 small and medium scale farmers across the three value chains of poultry, aquaculture and rice attracting over N300 million.

(IT) In line with the state’s commitment of turning waste to wealth, the Lagos State government has introduced a new technology that will transform waste from poultry farms into very rich manure for crop cultivation.