The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reported that 256,567 processed driver’s licences remain unclaimed across Nigeria as of 2025. Data obtained by Saturday PUNCH from the corps showed that Lagos State accounted for 77,697 unclaimed licences, followed by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 33,825 and Enugu State with 24,041. According to the data, Abia has 4,475; Adamawa, 725; …

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, May 31, commission 11 completed road projects across Nigeria, including the first completed section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. The Federal Ministry of Works announced on Friday. The commissioning, which will be held both physically and virtually, follows presidential approval secured by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to officially open a 30-kilometre stretch …

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, 31 May inaugurate Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as part of his working visit to Lagos, the Presidency said on Monday. The highway, one of the flagship infrastructure projects of his administration, will be inaugurated alongside other key developments including the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, the flag-off of …

Operatives of the Man O’ War Railway Command have apprehended a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) staff member, Gift Eseeli, for allegedly stealing ‘several lengths of 50mm armoured signal cables’along the Warri-Itakpe Train Service corridor. In a statement by the NRC Acting Spokesman, Callistus Unyimadu, the stolen items were recovered intact and handed over to the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) for …

The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will construct additional bus terminals in Bwari and Gwagwalada. Wike disclosed this when he inspected the dualisation of Ushafa to War College and Check Point Road project, in Bwari Area Council and the Abuja International Conference Centre, on Saturday. Wike had in 2024 awarded contracts for the construction of bus …

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has directed a probe into the alleged shoddy execution of a road project in the Aduramigba Community, Ido-Osun area of the state. Adeleke’s directive came after members of the community held a peaceful protest on Friday over the quality of work done on the 4.76-kilometre road that passes through the area. The residents carried …

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has announced a 21-day traffic diversion on the Marine bridge to allow for maintenance works. The Federal Ministry of Works is to handle the repairs. According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the diversion would commence on Sunday, 18 May to Sunday, 8 June 2025. He said that, to …

The House of Representatives Committee on Works has expressed satisfaction with the quality and pace of work on Section One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the chairman of the committee, Akin Alabi, stated this during the inspection of the ongoing construction on Monday. Alabi lauded the contractor for the ‘quality job’ and …

The Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila has unveiled a new transport scheme for students, elderly and vulnerable people in the Surulere area of Lagos State. Speaking at the commissioning of Gbajaride free public transport programme in Surulere and environs on Saturday, he said the GbajaRide programme is a product of determination to use the instruments of …

President Bola Tinubu says the federal government plans to complete the 284-kilometre Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail project by 2026. President Tinubu stated this on Friday in Katsina, at the inauguration of the Katsina State Agricultural Mechanisation Centre and a 24-kilometre Eastern Bypass, all established by the state government. ‘The federal government plans to complete the 284 kilometre Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi rail project by 2026. …