Federal and state governments have been tasked to find lasting solutions to the persistent fleecing of the state in transport tax collection by non-state actors and touts popularly referred to as agbero. To stem the tide of revenue loss, experts are calling for digitising road tax collection from commercial vehicles, tricycles, and motorcycles to deter the diversion of billions by …

Minister of works, Engr. Nweze David Umahi has declared the commitment of the federal government to complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Katsina-Kano Federal Highway within a record time. He stated this when he received the Governor of Kaduna State Uba Sani in his office in Abuja yesterday. In a statement by his special adviser on media, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi said he had …

The Federal Government has resumed  operations on the Port-Harcourt-Aba railway following the completion of its rehabilitation, which forms part of the ongoing work at the 1443km Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail project. The resumption of the Port Harcourt-Aba rail operations is part of the intensified drive by the Federal Government to facilitate trade, enhance mobility, accessibility and ensure connectivity between the …

Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi, says President Bola Tinubu has approved the design of Sokoto-Badagry Highway project as part of efforts to improve economic diversification in the country. The minister made the disclosure during the inspection of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project and the federal government gazetted right-of-way in Lagos. Umahi said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project would be …

President Bola Tinubu will be happy to commission the Abuja Rail Mass Transit project in May. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said this on Friday after an inspection tour from the Metro Station in Central Area to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The Minister disclosed the Rail Mass Transit (ART) project is 97 per cent …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) generated N1.07 billion as revenue from passengers in Q4 of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q4 2023 released in Abuja on Monday. The report showed that the figure decreased by 7.51 per cent …

The Lagos State Government has disclosed it is working to boost water transportation by creating safer, more efficient, and sustainable strategies which are at various stages of implementation. A statement on Sunday noted that the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, stated this during a tour of the Lagos State Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre Control Room, established …

The Federal Government has postponed the commencement of the train services on the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line till April. The Port Harcourt-Aba rail project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail project initiated by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. It was meant to commence operations by the end of March. Meanwhile, contrary to the initial announcement, the …

Works Minister David Umahi has expressed satisfaction with the quality and progress of work on the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The minister described the project as one of the most critical in the works sector. He promised that since the project is a critical national economic pillar, the government would prioritise the complementary economic services that would add value to it. …

The federal government has initiated moves to develop a National Land Transportation Policy (NLTP), to revolutionise the nation’s land transport sector, currently burdened with inefficiencies. This was revealed by the Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali in Abuja on Wednesday. In a statement by the special assistant (public affairs), Jamilu Ja’afaru, the minister, while speaking at the inauguration of …