The Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted from Alfred Rewane and Osborne through the Osborne Foreshore Estate axis of Ikoyi for four weeks. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Osiyemi said this was to enable the Federal Ministry of Works to carry out the first phase of the …

Nigerian biker Udoh Ebaide Joy is poised to make history as the first African woman to embark on a solo journey from East Africa to West Africa. Her epic adventure, spanning over 90,000 kilometres, began in Mombasa, Kenya on March 8th 2024 and will culminate in Lagos, Nigeria. Ebaide disclosed that her inspiration for the journey stems from a life-altering …

Motorists travelling out of Lagos State on Sunday faced hours of delays as they struggled to navigate their routes after an overloaded truck fell and blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The lone accident resulted in a massive gridlock, stretching from the pedestrian bridge at Berger Bus Stop to just a few meters in front of the Tribune House along the corridor. …

The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, says building roads using concrete will lead to carbon credits and align with President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s efforts in tackling climate change effects. Umahi said this on Saturday in Lagos while inspecting works on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and other road projects on the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Dangote Tax Credit Route, and …

The Managing Director  (MD) of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Abimbola Akinajo, has encouraged passengers to report reckless drivers of state-owned buses. Akinajo, who said LAMATA had zero tolerance for misbehaviour among its drivers, said two had been jailed for defrauding passengers. The LAMATA MD stressed that payment of cash for bus fare had been scrapped, explaining that …

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Idowu Oguntona, has said that buses operated by the company transported 52 million people in five years. This is as the state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, commended the company for its efforts in transforming the transportation landscape of Lagos. A statement on Monday noted that the …

Lagos State government (LASG) yesterday disclosed that it has concluded plans to unveil about 20 road projects and some bridges across the various parts of the state. The special adviser to Lagos State governor on Infrastructure, Engineer Olufemi Daramola revealed this when he led the technical team to the Office of Infrastructure to inspect some of the strategic sites to …

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) said the 25 per cent rebate on fares for regulated public bus, ferry and train services ends on Sunday. LAMATA made this known on its official X handle. “From June 3, fares on all regulated transport services in the state will return to the original 100 per cent,” it said. On 23 February, …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Wednesday, inaugurated the Sagamu-Iperu-Ode-Sapade road, as part of activities to mark the first anniversary of his second term in office. Abiodun has equally announced the award of a contract for the construction of the Siun-Ogere-Iperu-Ilisan Road. On Tuesday, the governor was in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area to unveil the popular Hospital Road …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of free train rides on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, also called the Metro Rail, for the next six months until the end of the year. The President gave the approval during his address at the inauguration of the commencement of operations of the Abuja metro rail in Abuja on Wednesday. The Minister …