The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that works on both the Blue and Red line rails are at 90 per cent completion. This was made known in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday. The statement read, “Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide …
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says about 13 million passengers travelled through Nigerian airports in 2021 The figure represents a growth rate of 43.41 per cent from 9 million recorded in 2020. The NBS disclosed this in its recent Air Transportation report for 2021, released on Wednesday. According to the report, the total number …
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In Nigeria, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank Group, is providing $50 million in local currency for sustainable transportation in the growing state of Lagos. The funding will help reduce pollution and travel time for people through the development of a sustainable urban transport system. With its …
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The New Terminal Building; Maintenance, Repair Overhaul facility (MRO), and Taxi Way, undergoing construction at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo will all be inaugurated this year. Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel disclosed this Friday, while inspecting the projects at the Airport. The governor who expressed satisfaction with the level of work executed …
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N35 billion for various projects in the aviation sector. The projects include the increased cost of construction of terminal buildings at Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu State and the airport at Asaba. Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, made this known after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting …
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The federal capital territory administration (FCTA) has unveiled plans to construct a 5.76km rail track in the nation’s capital. Zakari Dobi, mandate secretary of the FCTA transport secretariat, disclosed this while inspecting the vandalised light rail track, station and Idu training centre on Monday in Abuja. He said the total bill for embarking on the …
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Addis Ababa city Road authority announces its invitation for bids for the supply, installation, operation, and maintenance of traffic management centre (TMC) Hardware and software, traffic signals on corridor No. 1, and ITS systems on existing traffic signals. N.B: The deadline for Application Submission date is 19th April 2022
Another national embarrassment almost happened last weekend. But alas, it wasn’t fated. Reports indicated that a group of bandit-terrorists, numbering about 200 swarmed the Kaduna International Airport located in Igabi Local Government Area of the state. The incident led to disruption of activities, among which included the grounding of an Azman Air Lagos-bound aircraft, temporarily. …
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has in an apparent expression of frustration, explained how the terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train, which recorded some casualties, could have been prevented. Amaechi lamented that the tragic incident could have been avoided if the N3 billion digital security equipment they had been pushing for had been acquired. …
Primero Transport Services Ltd., an operator of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, has blamed the high cost of diesel for skeletal operations on the Ikorodu-TBS routes. “Due to the recent spike in diesel prices across the country, Primero Transport Services, operator of Blue BRT from Ikorodu to TBS, uses this medium to inform our …
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