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The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangements to regulate the activities of major and independent petroleum marketers operating on major roads and traffic-prone areas. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said this in a statement on Thursday In Lagos. Oladeinde said the move by the Ministry of Transportation to regulate the activities of the …

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The public transport system in Lagos State is set to wear a new face as the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Rail Line project will be officially launched on Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Marina. With the first phase now completed, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to officially inaugurate the project already acknowledged by residents …

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January 12, 2023 The School of Transport and Logistics, Lagos State University, LASU, has won a $50,000 grant from the Volvo Educational and Research Foundation, VREF, to research the road and water traffic crashes in three African cities. The LASU team, led by Prof. Samuel Odewumi, won the grant following the success of the proposal …

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Electric car batteries could be used to boost power storage in the future, injecting electricity into the grid during times of scarcity or storing electricity during periods of excess, a new study found Tuesday. Renewable energy is essential for the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius, but the …

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Hemp, the world’s most sustainable uncooked material, can be built-in into vehicle our bodies and used as a biofuel. Hemp activist and legend, the late Jack Herer, believed that hemp-based fuel could save the world. His preeminent work, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, is a treatise on the multitudinous methods he believed that hemp was once the ideal …

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The state government said construction will include a greenfield tolled road and bridge with a designed speed of 120 kilometers per hour, including the development of adjacent real estate. The Lagos State government, through the Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP), has announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as the preferred bidder for the construction of the proposed …

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the Lagos State on Friday inaugurated a first-of-its-kind Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre that would enhance activities on the state waterways. Inaugurating the facility at Falomo, on Friday, Sanwo-Olu said that the establishment of the center would give access to real-time information, and gather data for continuous improvement of the …

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Kasim Sumaina in Abuja The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has commended the Plateau State Government on the completion of federal government road projects in the state. Sambo, who led the visit of the Presidential Committee for the Verification of Federal Roads Intervened by the Plateau State Government, said that four projects were …

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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola’s recent announcement that works on the Second Niger Bridge have been completed made cheery news, especially, for motorists and other travelers who use the Niger Bridge at Onitsha at Christmas. The route is usually bedlam, indeed, hell on earth during Christmas and New Year festivities. There is the hysteria …

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Some road users on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to adopt more measures to reduce gridlock as contractors returned to the site after the festive season to resume construction works on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Work on the OPIC axis, which resulted in traffic snarl-ups and hardship to road users in the area, was suspended in …

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