A former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged the incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to use his offices to reclaim the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and expand the waterway transport system. Fashola advised at the 2024 Lagos Physical Planning Summit on Tuesday. He emphasised the importance of the government’s intervention to regulate the operations of the vehicles …

In recent years, the cost of transportation in Nigeria, like everything else, has skyrocketed, putting immense pressure on citizens. This surge is not just a local issue, but one deeply intertwined with national and global factors. The removal of fuel subsidies, the devaluation of the naira, and the volatile nature of international oil prices have all contributed to an unprecedented …

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. …

The driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that recently collided with a train, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja High Court. The collision, which occurred on 9th March at the PWD railway crossing in Ikeja, the state capital, left six persons dead and others injured and hospitalised across government hospitals in the state. The bus, …

An unidentified commercial bus driver died on Wednesday in an accident involving his bus and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in Ogudu, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, in Lagos. The commercial bus was said to be coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. According to witnesses, the commercial bus …

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has reacted to a trending write-up, which implied that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) task force was reportedly engaged in the entrapment of motorists. The report claimed that that action was to enable the task force team meet their targets. A detailed response by its Corporate Communications consultant, Mr Kolawole Ojelabi LAMATA, reads: “LAMATA …