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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Thursday (today) pay a one-day official visit to Lagos State. Buhari is expected to inaugurate two projects under the Ministry of Transportation during the visit. He is expected first to inaugurate the commercial operation of the Lagos-Ibadan Rail line. The event is scheduled to take place …

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The amount spent daily on fueling the trains that operate on the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service is 135.3 percent higher than what the Nigeria Railway Corporation earns from the sale of tickets to passengers, it was learned on Friday. It was also gathered that the NRC had to reduce the trips on its Warri-Itakpe and Lagos-Ibadan train …

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“Let me emphasize that most private commercial parks charge Lagosians between N500 to N1,000 parking dues per hour.” Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government has insisted Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) is constitutionally empowered to collect parking levies in the state. Commissioner for Transportation, Frederick Oladeinde, disclosed this in Ikeja at a news conference to sensitize stakeholders …

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THE management of Trucks Transit Parks Ltd, TTP,  has refuted the alleged failure of the electronic call-up system otherwise known as ‘ETO’,  saying that there was no priority lane dedicated to any truck. In a statement signed by the Managing Director, TTP, Mr. Jama Onwubuariri, the company said that contrary to a media report no ‘priority …

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The Lagos State Government has said it will regulate the indiscriminate parking of cars which hinders the flow of traffic across the state. According to a statement on Thursday, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this during a press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja. He said, “The Lagos State Parking Authority is empowered …

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The minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, on Wednesday, received an interim report on the establishment of a strong and sustainable national fleet by the Nigerian Fleet Implementation Committee (NFIC). The minister, who received the report from the executive secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Emmanuel Jime, stated that Nigeria as a maritime nation needs to maximize …

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Launched in March 2008, the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system provides Lagos commuters with a clean, affordable, and reliable means of getting around in the city. The BRT is a bus-based mass transit system that delivers fast, comfortable, and cost-effective service. Like nearly every other public infrastructure in modern Lagos, it was conceived and …

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The federal government has charged Nigeria’s indigenous tech-powered mobility company (NAIRAXI ) and other private sectors with the invention to deploy workable strategies to tackle the challenges of mass transit across the nation. This came few weeks before the new Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adewole Adegoroye called on the need for transportation intervention …

FG tasks indigenous coy, and others with interventions in transport system Read More »

The Lagos State government is set to commence the operation of its Red and Blue line trains from the first quarter of 2023. In this report, BOLA BADMUS, TOLA ADENUBI, and LEKAN OLABULO write on the prospect of the project against the backdrop of the fate that befell other similar forms of public transportation in …

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Some residents of the Bauchi metropolis have expressed joy over the resumption of intercity rail service in Bauchi and its environs. A cross-section of the residents who spoke in separate interviews in Bauchi commended the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) for the feat achieved. They said the gesture would enhance transportation as well as encourage the …

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