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Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo on Friday described the nation’s Inland Waterways as cash cows long overdue for harnessing. Sambo said this at the inauguration of the Technical Working Group (TWG) Proposal for Channel Management between Escravos, Onitsha, and Baro Port on the Niger River on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Arrangement in Abuja. According to …

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There is optimism that the newly constructed Lekki Deep Sea Port will emerge as a game changer for Nigeria’s seaborne trade, as it parades modern facilities amid an improved road network for easy evacuation. The port, Nigeria’s first deep sea port, is equipped with 13 quay cranes for a capacity of 2.5 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent …

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Abuja — Nigerian authorities have hailed the launch of a deepwater seaport in Lagos they say will create 300,000 jobs and reduce shipping bottlenecks. While the new port is expected to reduce losses due to congestion, shipping industry experts say Nigeria’s poor roads and rail connections to ports also must be improved. The launch by …

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The new Lagos rail transportation system, especially the 13-kilometer rail line from Mile 2 to the Marina is expected to shift moderately land use patterns along the corridor. Lead researchers for Lagos African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) city systems study on transportation and energy, Yinka Jones and Lookman Oshodi, who revealed this to The Guardian …

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The Federal Government has reiterated that the Nigeria-Niger Republic rail line will boost trade and other socioeconomic interactions between countries and on the continent. Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project between Nigeria and the Republic of Niger in Abuja. Nigeria’s Minister of …

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Buhari is billed to inaugurate the Lekki Deep Seaport for commercial operations in Lagos State on Monday. Following the arrival of three Ship-to-Shore cranes and 10 Rubber-Tyred Gantries, critical to the beginning of operations of the Lekki Deep Seaport June last year, the first commercial vessel berthed at the port on Sunday. This came ahead …

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Ahead of the official commissioning of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LMRT) Blue Line, a 13-kilometer stretch from Marina to Mile 2, by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 24, the Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo has admonished Lagosians to own and protect the structure and facility provided to aid …

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Four months after to end of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, to invest N1.9 trillion in the reconstruction of 44 federal roads under the tax credit policy. Media Assistant, Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice President), Laolu Akande, who made the disclosure at the end of the …

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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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