It is no longer news that the first phase of the reconstruction and upgrading of the Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway has been completed and delivered for public use. Recently, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu was in Epe to commission the 18.75-kilometer-long stretch from Eleko to Epe T-junction. With the commissioning, the government has successfully turned …
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The Lagos State Government has prohibited truck drivers from using the Dorman Long and Ojuelegba bridges “ to prevent further casualties” and directed the Traffic Management Agency to arrest truck drivers that passed through the routes. The Special Adviser on Transportation to the Governor, Sola Giwa, stated in a letter addressed to the Lagos State …
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The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced a 50 percent cut in fares on all government-owned transportation systems. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the Lagos House Marina while addressing newsmen on the country’s fuel shortage and currency exchange crisis. Sanwo-Olu said that the 50 percent fare reduction would take effect from Thursday and be effective for seven …
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Jamaica has said that it wants to buy cars from Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing. Esmond Reid, the Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, talked about this plan on Saturday during a tour of the IVM Plant in Nnewi Anambra State. He said, “For us, it’s a great chance to see cars being made here in Nigeria, which is …
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Technext’s podcast series, Techbytes, had its twenty-second episode focusing on how technology aims to make transportation more efficient, convenient, and accessible for people in Nigeria. In the latest episode titled, Powering transportation with Tech in Nigeria, the hosts, Oluwadamilare Akinpelu and Omoleye Omoruyi, discussed with Afolabi Olamide, the co-founder and CEO of Touch and Pay technologies …
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq The Kwara State Government on Monday commenced its free transport palliatives for students and staff of some tertiary institutions in the state, as part of measures to cushion the effects of fuel scarcity and currency change. The government had last Thursday announced plans to make available buses at the designated …
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Twenty-SIX carriers operated 13,003 flights into and out of Nigerian international airports last year, data from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has shown.Documents from the apex civil aviation body also show that 11 indigenous airlines operated 80 328 flights around the country. The document entitled: “Executive Summary of International and Domestic Operations in Nigeria …
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body of indigenous airlines, has promised to adopt the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) once the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) implements it. The Vice Chairman of AON, Mr. Allen Onyema, disclosed this in Lagos during an interview with Nairametrics. He said that the country’s indigenous airlines would …
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The NNPCL also promised that there would be an improvement in the supply of petroleum products across the country. The petrol scarcity being witnessed across the country will reduce from next week, officials said on Tuesday. The Nigerian government also on Tuesday warned against attempts to disrupt the nation’s petroleum supply and distribution chain. The …
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Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution is engaging with the Chinese embassy and other embassies to provide a metro railway transportation system to the university. Egbewole disclosed this on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen during the Vice-Chancellor’s Maiden Media Parley. He explained that thousands …
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