E-hailing platform, Uber Nigeria has announced an increase in fares to help drivers cover the recent increase in fuel costs and inflation rate. In a statement by the Country Manager for Uber in Nigeria, Tope Akinwumi the firm said that the fare adjustment is designed to help drivers cover rising operating costs and is part of the ongoing efforts to …

The government of Cross River State has prohibited commercial motorcyclists (popularly known as okada) from operating in the Calabar metropolis. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche said that the decision is intended to create a safe and secure Cross River. Ogbeche added that anyone caught breaking the directive will face prosecution. The statement read: …

The Ondo State Government has warned members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) against causing a breakdown of law and order in any part of the state. The state government had earlier suspended the operations of the union in the state after which a parks management committee was established to oversee the parks. …

The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated Bollard Pull Tug Boats (vessels) at the Lagos ports acquired by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Justifying the need for the unveiling of the new vessels, NPA Managing Director/CEO, Mohammed Bello Koko said the government was driven by the need to provide efficient domestic cargo needs, win back transit cargo hitherto lost to neighbours …

The several automobile parks in Ibadan, the state capital, resumed normal operations on Monday, only 24 hours after the new Executive Council members of the Oyo State Parks Management System (PMS) were inaugurated. After the ousting of the fugitive leader of the disbanded PMS, Mukaila Lamidi (also known as Auxillary), transporters moved into the multi-billion naira bus terminal at both …

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has announced the appointment of Alhaji Oluwatomiwa Omolewa as Chairman of the state’s Park Management System (PMS). Makinde announced the appointment on Sunday through his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju. Omolewa had served as Secretary of the PMS. The governor also named Alhaji Kasali Ajisafe Lawal as the secretary of the PMS. He said …

The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Olusade Adesola has said that steps would be taken towards developing bicycle tracks within the Abuja metropolis. In a statement by FCDA’s Director of Information and Communication, Mr. Muhammad Sule, in Abuja on Sunday said that Adesola told the opening of the 2023 World Bicycle Day in Abuja that bicycle tracks …

Tension brewed on Friday in Akure metropolis, the capital of Ondo State, following a clash between commercial motorcyclists and taxi drivers over increased transportation fares occasioned by the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly known as petrol). The taxi drivers who grounded vehicular movements along the busy Oba Adesida/Oyemekun road accused the commercial tricyclists of picking …

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved the procurement and installation of luggage scanners in all railway stations in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano.⁣ They include eight colour imaging X-ray scanners, eight body scanners metal detectors and 50 handheld scanners.⁣ ⁣ The Minister of State for Transportation, Mr Ademola Adegoroye, who briefed State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting, …