E-hailing drivers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of App-based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATWON) have decried the increase in the level of job loss among its members following the withdrawal of investors. The union lamented that vehicle owners were selling their vehicles due to the country’s dwindling economy. Speaking in an interview with Saturday PUNCH, the AUATWON spokesperson, Jossy Olawale, stated …

The Federal Government on Thursday announced the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos starting from midnight of Saturday, 21st October to midnight of Sunday, 22nd October to carry out repairs. In a statement on Thursday, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha said the government was ready to begin comprehensive rehabilitation works on the …

Motorists and communities along the Lagos-Abeokuta road may soon heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government has finally conceded the reconstruction of the road to the Ogun State Government, Governor Dapo Abiodun enthusiastically announced the development on his X’s page on Monday evening. He wrote: “Approximately a month ago, the Minister of Works, Engineer David Umahi, paid us …

The Blue Line rail system from Marina to Mile 2 now runs on electricity, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Abimbola Akinajo declared on Saturday during the final test of the train running on electricity. Mrs. Akinajo, joined by the operator of the Marina to Mile 2 train services, consultants, the rail infrastructure contractor, China Civil …

The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, on Thursday, flagged off multiple projects across the state, including the construction of New Enugu City roads, made up of 17km dual carriageway and feeder roads. Also flagged off was the 40km Owo-Ubahu-Amankanu-Neke-Ikem dual carriageway, and the construction/reconstruction of 71 urban roads in Enugu. At the Premier Layout Road project awarded to IDC …

President Bola Tinubu has approved more than 260 road repairs across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday after meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the emergency repairs on the 260 roads nationwide will …

Beginning Monday, 16th October 2023, the Lagos State Government will increase the train trips from 12 to 54 and ultimately, 74 trips before the end of next month on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line (Marina to Mile 2). It is expected that by next Monday, the tracks would have been energized, thus allowing for the deployment of …

Billionaire entrepreneur, Dr. Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, on Friday, unveiled yet again a new e-hailing transport service, Enviable Transport, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital and heart of the Niger Delta region. The businessman and founder of Cubana Group said he was passionate about the need to fill the existing gap in the urban transport space …

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced a ban on the use of laterite as a base in road construction. He directed that henceforth, contractors should use lumps, sharp sand and stone base to form the base before laying concrete or asphalt pavement. The Minister gave this directive while inaugurating a committee for the supervision of the Reconstruction …

Delegates to the quadrennial congress of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Zone 2, South West, have appointed Musiliu Akinsanya (also called MC Oluomo) as the acting chairman of the union in South West. The delegates also appealed to the government of the Ondo, Oyo, and Osun States to allow the union to return to motor parks …