The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has announced a 21-day traffic diversion on the Marine bridge to allow for maintenance works. The Federal Ministry of Works is to handle the repairs. According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the diversion would commence on Sunday, 18 May to Sunday, 8 June 2025. He said that, to …

The House of Representatives Committee on Works has expressed satisfaction with the quality and pace of work on Section One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the chairman of the committee, Akin Alabi, stated this during the inspection of the ongoing construction on Monday. Alabi lauded the contractor for the ‘quality job’ and …

The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila has unveiled a new transport scheme for students, elderly and vulnerable people in the Surulere area of Lagos State. Speaking at the commissioning of Gbajaride free public transport programme in Surulere and environs on Saturday, he said the GbajaRide programme is a product of determination to use the instruments of …

President Bola Tinubu says the federal government plans to complete the 284-kilometre Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail project by 2026. President Tinubu stated this on Friday in Katsina, at the inauguration of the Katsina State Agricultural Mechanisation Centre and a 24-kilometre Eastern Bypass, all established by the state government. ‘The federal government plans to complete the 284 kilometre Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail project by 2026. …

The Lagos State Number Plate Production Authority (LSNPPA) has concluded plans to introduce special number plates designed to identify and recognise People Living With Disabilities (PWDs) across the state. This was announced by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, during the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing held in Lagos on Tuesday. The event marked the second anniversary of Governor Babajide …

Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday, flagged off his administration’s fourth flyover and the dualisation of the Tashan Kano highway in Maiduguri, estimated to cost N16 billion. Speaking at the groundbreaking event, the governor urged the contractors to ensure the timely completion of the project. Zulum said 50 per cent of the contract sum had already been paid …

The Osun State Government has announced that more than 500 holidaymakers benefited from the free train service provided under its Imole Free Train Service initiative for the Easter festive season. The Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Bunmi Jenyo, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the travellers at the Osogbo Train Station. According to a statement issued on Saturday by …

The chairman, Lagos State Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mustapha Adio, popularly known as Tafa Sego, on Monday, said the assaulted female driver, Yetunde Amole, in the state would get justice. Adio made this disclosure when he received the lady during a meeting at the union’s office in Oko Oba, Agege area of the state. …

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will fast-track development and deepen Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) within a short time, a businessman, Chief Tolani Oladipo has said. Against the backdrop of the project’s criticism by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his latest book, Oladipo gave a note of caution. In a statement, he advised against comments that are damaging to the project …

Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to timely completion of the reconstruction of 750 kilometers Sokoto-Gusau-Funtua-Zaria road project. Goronyo stated this during an inspection tour of the ongoing road project along Dange-Shuni, Tureta in Sokoto State to Talata Mafara in Zamfara State at the weekend. He said the inspection was part of President …