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 …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is positively trending online after he announced the inauguration of the Lagos Red Line as part of his government’s efforts at expanding the rail system. The enormous project is the brainchild of his administration and many people who understand its great implications for socio-economic development are not holding back accolades for the governor. On Facebook, …

It’s anybody’s guess why there seems to be so much anticipation for the operation of the Red Line rail. Having enjoyed the comfort and convenience of the Blue Line Rail, it was just as well that Lagosians would be on the lookout for the Red Line version. Thankfully, the waiting period was not forever as the Lagos State Governor, Mr. …

By the time we made a stop at Agege, some of my colleagues wondered how we got there. For sure, because of the usual busy roads in Lagos, it will take at least 20 minutes to drive from Airport Bus stop on the Agege Motor Road to Pen Cinema, a major bus stop in Agege. It wasn’t because we didn’t …

While enjoying the smooth train ride, my spirit became a bit pompous. It told me that I, indeed, deserved to enjoy the beauty of Lagos because I had savoured its ugliness for years. Residents will remember that many roads across Lagos are now far better than they used to be. For instance, while Bola Tinubu as Governor worked much on …

In the course of the jolly, cool test ride, Head of Corporate Communication of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mr. Kolawole Ojelabi, spoke on the operation of the scheme. According to him, the Red Line shares the same tracks with the Nigeria Railway Corporation’s inter state service. This means having to maintain agreements and arrangements with NRC management to …

Journalist and performance poet, the writer gets lost in nostalgia as a test-riding on Lagos Red Line train takes him through a part of the city he had lived for about 20 years, but which he left 14 years ago When you feel bored or generally low, all you may need is a trip back to your past, physically or mentally. …

Right now, it is difficult to control the emotions of Lagosians since the launch of the Red Line train service by President Bola Tinubu on 29th February. Naturally, commuters had hoped that soon after the launch, commercial services would take off in earnest. However, going by antecedents, keen observers need no convincing that it doesn’t always happen that way. The …

Recently, Chinedu Gbabedo Rhodes-Vivour posted on X where he claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan paid in-full for the Lagos Red Line rail project with state government left with supervisory role only. “Everything from lines to stations to signals and bridges or tunnels had been costed and paid for by the Jonathan Goodluck administration since 2013”, Rhodes-Vivour told his exasperated  …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday praised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the successful completion of the Red Line rail project of the state. The House also commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing the foundation in Lagos upon which successive administrations have built, while appreciating Speaker Mudashiru Obasa for playing positive roles by ensuring legislative approvals in support of …