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, …

The Lagos State Government has lifted the ban on activities of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the state. In a statement on Monday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. Sola Giwa said that the suspension was in furtherance of the state’s quest to foster peace and smooth working relationships among union members in its …

The federal government of Nigeria has issued a 14-day termination notice to the contractor handling the Enugu-Port Harcourt Highway, Messrs China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) over non-performance. The minister of works, Engr. David Umahi, gave the directive on Sunday when he inspected the progress of work at the Ozuaku corridor of the road after Imo Bridge along Enugu-Port Harcourt …

Ahead of the commissioning of the Lagos Red Line rail by President Bola Tinubu on 29th February, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday inspected the progress made on the project. In a statement on his verified X account, the governor wrote: “Today, I inspected the progress of work at the stations along the Red Line Rail in anticipation of the commissioning. …

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday visited the headquarters of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Dalian, China to conclude transactional conversations with the top management of the company, on the purchase of rolling stock for the Blue and Red rail lines in the state. The governor disclosed that President Bola Tinubu would flag off the Red Line …