The Federal Government, through its National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has stated that in 2023, Nigerians paid N40.14bn in road taxes to state governments. This is according to an analysis of data from the Internally Generated Revenue report recently published by the NBS. The figure collected was a 63.36 per cent increase from the N24.57 billion collected in 2022. This …

The Federal Government has proposed N341 billion for emergency repairs of roads and bridges nationwide. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this while updating members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works on the repair status of the Third Mainland and Carter bridges on Saturday. The minister and the legislators were on a tour of the Third …

The Federal Government has set up a legal team to address the numerous court cases impacting the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, Minister of Works David Umahi has said. He said the decision was crucial as the litigations risk delaying the timely completion of the legacy road project. According to him, President Bola Tinubu has also approved compensation for property owners …

A panel set up by the Ministry of Environment to review the draft of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report of the Federal Ministry of Works for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project has called for its review. This is just as the Ministry of Works directed Hitech Construction Company Limited — the firm responsible for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal …

The pressure on the naira in the foreign exchange market, and the removal of fuel subsidy have taken a toll on earlier projections on what the Federal Government would require to complete inherited ongoing road projects nationwide. The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, who disclosed this at a briefing yesterday, said President Bola Tinubu’s administration would now require over …

Motorists and commuters were on Sunday trapped in the traffic on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway which lasted for hours. Punch Metro learnt that the gridlock stretches along the section of the road inbound Lagos State. Checks also revealed that this was caused by multiple breakdowns of vehicles along the axis. According to some transport workers plying the route, the breakdowns …

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) confirmed that the Blue Line Rail resumed operation on Sunday after a fire engulfed a section of the rail track on Saturday. The PUNCH reports that the Fire Service said there was no casualty following the inferno as emergency responders were quick to douse the fire which began around 4:12 pm on Saturday. …

The federal government has flagged off the construction of the 1,068-kilometer road in Illela local government area of Sokoto state, which was awarded to Hitech Construction Company Limited. The road, which starts from Illela town of Illela local government area of Sokoto, is expected to pass through seven states of Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos States respectively. …

Lagos State Government may be eyeing N438 million in the first year of operation of the Red Rail line, which began operation on 15 October. The Red Line is scheduled to run two shuttles in the morning and evening peak periods and this is expected to be expanded, as passenger traffic gets to its peak. The price schedule by the …

Should someone who has possibly been sleeping in Lagos in the past 25 years wake up today, he will surely meet a state that has significantly moved away from its chaotic past he knew. Good luck to him if, say, he is still looking for the molue, the passenger trucks that used to define the transport system in the business …