The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the End of Year Transportation Subsidy Programme, Dr. Oladele Alake has described the programme as a huge success, saying that it has benefited over 160,000 passengers across the country. In a progress report on Monday, Alake, who is also the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, said that the programme, which was …

One hundred and twenty-eight travellers from Abuja to Gombe, Bauchi, Yola, Maiduguri and other destinations in the north were freighted to their locations by paying half of the transport fares on Christmas Day, according to the Situation Room Monitoring Team of the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT). This was in compliance with the directive of President Bola Tinubu for a …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has expressed dismay over the non-inclusion of Kwara State in the Federal Government’s intervention to subsidise the cost of transportation to about 22 states during the Christmas and New Year seasons. In a statement on Saturday by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olusegun Adewara, the PDP regretted that despite Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s …

The Chairman of the Presidential Inter-ministerial Committee on Subsidised Yuletide Inter-state Transport, Dr. Dele Alake has assured Nigerians that logistics for the 50 per cent discount on road transport on 22 major routes across the country from 21st December to 4th January 2024 has been finalised. Earlier on Wednesday, Alake, who is also the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, announced …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, commissioned the fourth flyover constructed along the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line corridor, signifying the near completion of the 37-kilometre rail network connecting Lagos and Ogun States. Ikeja flyover – the largest overpass component of the Red Line project – was inaugurated by Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it has deployed its entire workforce, including Special Marshals to the highways to ensure hitch-free movement of commuters across the country during the yuletide. A statement by Deputy Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, on Monday in Abuja, said the personnel would combat traffic gridlock and ensure zero Road Traffic Crashes. He said that the …

The Ikeja Overpass Bridge will be opened for public use on Tuesday, 19th December, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has announced. The flyover is one of five overpass bridges ceded to the state for construction on the Red Line corridor where the Nigeria Railway Corporation and Red Line will share tracks. According LAMATA’s Managing Director, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo, …

The Enugu State government says it will reopen one lane of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway collapsed bridge for use by 24 December . The state commissioner for works, Mr Gerald Otiji,  disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House, Enugu. Gov. Peter Mbah had on 9 November, announced that the federal government …

The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NUTRW) said that travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Suleiman said the development was due to …

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the construction of three road projects worth over N10.9 billion in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC). The three roads will be dualised in order to decongest and expand development in Maiduguri Metropolis. The governor, at a brief ceremony, explained that 50 per cent of the contract sum has been paid to the …