Kwara and Kogi Governors Abdulrahman Abdulrazak and Ahmed Ododo have appealed for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the dualisation of the deteriorating Ilorin-Lojoja road. The Governors emphasised that the President’s intervention is crucial, as the road, which extends to Makurdi, Gboko and the Republic of Benin, is vital not only for boosting the economy but also for the development of …

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Friday, threatened to terminate the multi-billion naira Benin/Sapele and Ologbo road reconstruction if the contractors, Levant Construction Company, failed to comply with the scope and specification of the work. The minister expressed dissatisfaction with the work and subsequently ordered the ministry’s supervising engineers to issue a warning letter to the contractors on Monday. Umahi …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday praised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the successful completion of the Red Line rail project of the state. The House also commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing the foundation in Lagos upon which successive administrations have built, while appreciating Speaker Mudashiru Obasa for playing positive roles by ensuring legislative approvals in support of …

The Federal Government, on Saturday, said train services on the Port Harcourt to Aba route would commence operations by the end of March. It was reported that the Port Harcourt-Aba rail project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Fidet Okhiria disclosed …

Lagos welcomed a new intra-city metro line — the second sub national rail infrastructure to be completed and opened by the state within a space of one year. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, formally inaugurated the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line delivered by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration to give urban commuters a new transport option within the …

President Bola Tinubu will commission the Lagos Red Line train on Thursday, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has said. The train is the first phase of the project, which will run from Agbado in Ogun State to Oyingbo in the heart of Lagos. The train, when fully operational, will run 37 trips and convey …

The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon on Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Monday. She said that the total closure was in …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a N1.07 trillion contract for the construction of the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Works Minister Dave Umahi said the pilot phase consists of a 47.47-kilometre dual carriageway of five lanes on each side and a train track on the middle. The phase, according to him, is part of the 700-kilometre …

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, says the state government is planning to buy no fewer than 2,050 vehicles to ease movement across the state. Osiyemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. He said that the procurement of the vehicles –Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)— would further address queues at bus stations. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, took a test run of the Red Line train, inspecting the tracks and the rail corridors for another time ahead of next Thursday’s formal commissioning of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) infrastructure. The 37-kilometre rail line, built by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), will be inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu, …