Chiagozie Azubuike

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 …

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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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Durojaiye Relief Foundation in Partnership with Mikano Motors has spearheaded a Road Safety Initiative geared towards sensitizing motorists and pedestrians on road safety tips and habits to imbibe for a safer travel experience on Lagos roads. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) supported the event. At the Road Safety Road Show, members of the …

Mikano Motors, Foundation Train Motorists In Best Practices Read More »

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said defaulters of the ban on commercial motorcycle operators (Okada), risked three-year jail term, as enforcement for the Phase 2 ban starts on Friday. The Commissioner for Transport, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said this during a news conference in Ikeja, adding that the Phase 2 okada ban was in four Local …

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The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo has said work on Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern rail line was suspended due to insecurity and vandalism of railway properties along the corridor. Sambo made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. He spoke while on inspection tour of the project in Port Harcourt, …

Eastern rail line work halted due to insecurity, vandalism – Minister Read More »

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has entered into partnership with the Israeli and Japanese to commence assembling and manufacturing of environmentally-friendly, green, electric and smart automobiles by 2023. Speaking while signing the partnership agreement in Abuja, the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, said the partnership was a combination of Israeli, Japanese …

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JOHOR BAHRU, 24 Aug. – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in support of advancing research collaborations, staff development programs, and staff mobility and exchange. The MoU was signed by UTM Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi bin Ismail and the …

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Sometime in 2016 a young Nigerian woman, Damilola Olokesusi sat down to think about how to make transportation one less thing to worry about for corporate workers in Lagos. The thinking manifested in Shuttlers, a technology-driven transportation start-up that eventually launched in 2017 Since then, through its ridesharing platform, Shuttlers has been providing companies with …

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