The mile two section of the rail track When the Lagos State government announced that the Blue Rail Line would commence commercial operations in the first quarter of 2023, many residents, especially those living along the Orile-Okokomaiko corridor were exhilarated that the pain they undergo while trying to connect Lagos Island from that axis would […]
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Transport union members (agberos) at Oshodi, Lagos…yesterday Photo: Eniola Daniel With the exception of high fuel costs, the cost of public transport in Lagos mega city and life generally can be more tolerable without the self-styled transport unions and their excesses perennially harboured by the state government, Gbenga Salau reports. Public transport fares in the […]
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The Federal Government on Thursday declared that it was yet to take a concrete decision to outlaw the operation of motorcycles, popularly called Okada as a form of commercial transportation in the country. Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, made the clarification in Abuja while speaking at the Annual Strategic Stakeholders Summit of the […]
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With the appointment of Muazu Sambo and Ademola Adegoroye as the Minister of Transportation and Minister of State for Transportation respectively, stakeholders demand rapid development in the maritime sector in the remaining nine months of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had reshuffled his cabinet, appointing the two to supervise the ministry. Sambo, who […]
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Transportation minister, Mr Rotimi Amaechi on Friday apologised to Nigerians over the suspension of the Iju-Abeokuta free train ride during the 2019 general elections. He tendered the apology during the monthly rail inspection of the Lagos-Ibadan modernisation project in Ibadan. He explained that the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) suspended the three months free […]
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