TRANSPORT

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N5.9 billion for the construction of access roads for the light rail system in Abuja. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, made this known on Monday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly FEC meeting presided...

From Monday, 16 October 2023, the Lagos State government will increase the train trips from 12 to 54 and ultimately make it 74 trips before the end of November 2023 on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line (Marina to Mile 2). In a statement, on Wednesday, the Consultant,...

  The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has urged owners of restaurants, hotels, and event centres operating in the state to contribute to the state's development by prioritizing the monthly collection and remittance of a 5% consumption tax on all consumables and personal services. The State on June 22,...

    The Lagos State Government has announced that the Blue Line Rail will commence commercial operations on Monday, September 4, 2023. Jubril Gawat, a media aide to Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said that the Blue Line Rail will move from Marina to Mile 2. “Governor of...

The Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has approved the deployment of additional 16 new luxury buses to Saki, Iseyin, Ogbomoso, Oyo, and Ibarapa areas of the state to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on the citizens. This is in addition to the already 30 buses that were...

  BOLT and Uber drivers, under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWON), have commenced a nationwide strike occasioned by welfare concerns following the hike in the cost of petrol. The strike which commenced on Wednesday, June 7, was to protest against what they...

Oando Clean Energy Limited (OECL), the renewable energy subsidiary of the oil and gas company, has received the first fleet of electric buses provided to improve the mass transportation system in Lagos. The energy provider said Wednesday that the push, by extension, helps OECL set in motion the trial stage...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) generated N715.09 million in revenue from passengers in third quarter (Q3) of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. This is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q3 and Q4 2022 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report shows that the figure...

The Lagos State Government says that it had commenced the test running of the 13-kilometre Lagos Blue Line train service. This was disclosed by the Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo, at the commencement of the test running in Lagos on Monday from Marina to...

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that about N113 million was lost due to shutdown of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line for over eight months. The Managing Director of the NRC Fidet Okhiria disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday, December 3....