Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Bello, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja. He said: “I presented a memo at the Federal Executive Council meeting today and it approved a contract for the provision of …
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The Federal Government has begun plans for a special intervention to make land transportation more seamless for Nigerians, says the Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye. This is contained in a statement by Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan, the Special Assistant on Media to the minister, on Wednesday in Akure. According to the minister, President …
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that a test run of the Blue Line train service will start in late December 2022 as the state government is committed to delivering the project before the year ends. Sanwo-Olu said this on Wednesday at the celebration of the launch of the last T-beam for the …
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Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, flagged off the engineering procedure of the 27-kilometer Lagos Blue Line Rail mass transit. “The historic moment held at Marina station also saw the launch of the last track beam (T-beam) of the rail track, an indication that the project is nearing completion. With the laying of the final …
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that the Gateway Agro Cargo Airport in Ilishan Remo will run commercial flights when completed. This is even as authorities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have indicated an interest in establishing their operational bases at the airport. Abiodun disclosed this, at …
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Alhaji Muazu Sambo, Minister of Transportation, has said that the Lekki Deep-Sea Port project would create 112,000 jobs for Nigerians upon its completion. Sambo gave the declaration on Sunday while speaking to reporters in Jalingo.He said that the port, which was second in Nigeria after Onne Deep-Sea Port, has the potential to garner more revenues …
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Against the backdrop of the failure of public transportation on land and its practical non-existence on water, the epileptic aviation service in Nigeria has lately been a national embarrassment over which government and other relevant authorities should be ashamed. The crisis in the sector should have been foreseen for a long given the country’s inability …
The Lagos State government, yesterday, said that it has engaged stakeholders in discussions toward the smooth establishment of the Right of Way (RoW) for the construction of the Opebi-Mende link Bridge in Ikeja. A statement by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development said that the project was a priority of the Governor Babajide …
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The Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Mu’azu Sambo, Friday, said that the concession agreement for terminal operators at Nigerian seaports would be concluded within the next 45 days. Sambo made this known during his tour of Lagos seaports and terminals.Recall that the review of terminal operators’ concession agreements has been ongoing for more than three years …
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The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Mu’azu Sambo, says no government has invested more in infrastructural development than that of President Muhammadu Buhari’s. They included Tin-Can, Apapa ports and the Mobolaji Johnson train station, Ebute-Metta, among others. He, however, acknowledged that in spite of the tremendous achievements by the Buhari administration, there was still a lot …
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