FG Kicks – off Repairs on Roads in 5 States Affected by Flooding
transport September 14, 2021
• Others to receive attention soon Mr Babatunde Fashola , Minister of Works and Housing The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola has directed the immediate emergency repairs on sections, where failure had occurred due to flooding, caused by heavy rainfall in five states across... Read more
Fears over Collapse of Bridge on Lagos- Benin Highway
transport September 5, 2021
A section of the Ugbogui Bridge in Ovia Southwest Local Government Area of Edo before Okada Junction on the Lagos-Benin Highway has caved in, causing unending gridlocks, giving indications that it may soon collapse. Mr Dennis Idahosa, member representing Ovia Federal Constituency,who inspected the bridge said on Sunday in... Read more
The plan by the Federal Government to reintroduce toll plazas on some roads and bridges has been described as “a downright act of wickedness against the suffering masses.” The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) stated this in a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary on Sunday, saying that... Read more
FG Approves Reintroduction of Toll Gates on Highways
Motoring August 12, 2021
Vehicles are to pay between N200 and N500 per trip as toll as the federal government prepares to reintroduce toll collections on designated dual carriageways across the country. The planned reintroduction of tollgates comes 18 years after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo dismantled all toll plazas on... Read more
Rail Project: Lagos to Divert Marina Traffic
transport August 4, 2021
Ahead of commencement of works on the Blue Line rail project,the Lagos State Government has said it will redirect traffic along the National Theatre and Marina axis for the next seven months. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, who revealed this in a statement said that the road... Read more
A section of the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway, was shut down on July 27, 2021 by the Federal Government as part of measures to facilitate the pace of the ongoing work on that section of the highway . The closure of the section of the road is however to last for... Read more
Buhari Says $1.2bn Kaduna-Kano Railline Will Strenghten Lagos Ports, ICDs
maritime newstransport July 15, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the $1.2bn Kaduna-Kano standard gauge rail line,when completed will establish the ports in Lagos, as the choice for import and export business of the people of landlocked Niger Republic. He said this while performing the groundbreaking ceremony of the project in... Read more
The Ibadan-Kano rail project project would have a connection to the Tin Can Island port as well as the East- West Coastal rail line from Lagos to Calabar linking Onitsha, Benin, Warri, Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Aba, and Uyo . President Buhari made this observation on Thursday when he inaugurated... Read more
Lagos State Government set for a wholesale and full enforcement of the ban on Okada operations in Lagos as it plans to launch next week , the first 500 of the 5,000 ‘Last Mile Buses’ proposed to replace commercial bicycles. Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu said this on Monday at... Read more
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Federal Government will go ahead to inaugurate the ongoing rail line project in Apapa Port in Lagos ,despite that the last tranche of tracks laying is to be completed in six months time. He disclosed this Monday in Abuja after... Read more
