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Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) on Sunday appealed to the Federal and State Governments to review interstate travel ban occasioned by the lockdown to curtail Coronavirus (COVID-19) spread. The National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdulrahman Amusan, who made this appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Primero Transport Services Ltd., operator of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) says it has secured approval to increase its fares across all routes with effect from Friday to keep serving the people. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had earlier reported that the BRT operator had withdrawn its services...

  Lagos State government has said that the Oshodi to Abule Egba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route have been completed and operation would commence on that route by July 2020. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this at the ongoing Year2020 ministerial press briefing by the Lagos government...

Primero Transport Services Ltd., operators of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos State, says it is impossible to break-even with the new transport guidelines mandating high-capacity buses to carry only 20 commuters to forestall spread of COVID-19. The Managing Director of the firm, Mr Fola Tinubu, made this known in...

High capacity passenger buses will with effect from Monday carry only 21 passengers instead of the 70 loading capacity, the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo has said. Akinajo spelt this out at a meeting with its transport franchisees on Thursday that standing...

Primero Transport Services Ltd., operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, says it is planning an upward review of transport fares across all routes in the state to meet up with current realities. The Managing Director of the firm, Mr Fola Tinubu, made the disclosure in an interview with...

The global ride-hailing firm, Uber, has lost its licence to operate private hire vehicles in London after failing to stop thousands of ‘unlicensed and uninsured’ drivers from picking up passengers Transport for London announced the decision not to renew licence at the end of a two-month probationary extension granted in...

Nigeria on Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia for the modernisation, development of railway infrastructure, rehabilitation of the existing Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) rolling stock-fleet and upgrading of workshops across the country. The MoU involves two Russian firms: Russian Joint Stock Company Russian Railway...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the ambition of the Federal Government is to begin free ride on Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge rail line by November. Amaechi made this known on Monday, while briefing journalists in Lagos, after inspection of the project. The minister had inspected the project in...

  The Federal Government has approved 5.3 billion dollars for the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail project, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation said. The minister disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his media aide, Mr Israel Ibeleme after the 3rd Maritime Stakeholders Interactive Forum...