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Some commercial tricycle operators in Kaduna state on Wednesday lamented over multiple levies meted on them by several government-supported transport unions in the state. The operators made their grievances known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Mr. David Akin, a commercial tricycle operator in Sabo, told NAN that unions numbering …

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Some commercial motorcyclists in Abuja have appealed to the Federal Government to rescind the proposed ban on commercial motorcycles across the country. A cross-section of them told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), on Monday in Abuja that the planned ban would affect them heavily ”because it is their only source of livelihood.” Mr. …

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FG says the service will commence when the digital security systems that will monitor activities around the tracks are procured and installed. The Federal Government says it cannot resume the suspended Abuja-Kaduna train operation now because it will be insensitive to the plight of train attack victims whose family members are still in captivity. The …

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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 …

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