The Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion plan to allow the Federal Ministry of Works to carry out repair works on failed asphalt sections of the Apongbon Bridge and the ramp/service lane linking Inner Marina to the Apongbon Bridge. According to a post by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on…
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Abubakar Dantsoho, managing director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says the federal government is committed to promoting increased investor participation in port development. According to a statement on Tuesday, Dantsoho spoke at the Investopia Global Lagos Summit, where he engaged stakeholders from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Lagos state government on…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to adopt a preventive, planned, and evidence-based approach to road maintenance to improve the condition and lifespan of federal roads. Tinubu, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, gave the directive on Tuesday in Abuja, at the…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, has inaugurated a 35-kilometre asphaltic road described as the “longest constructed in the state in more than two decades”. The road links Gadan Gayan through Gwaraji to Kujama junction, spanning Igabi, Kajuru, and Chikun LGAs and connecting over 76 farming communities. According to the state government, the project features a…
The Nasarawa government has approved N13 billion for council chairmen to construct a one-kilometre road in each of the state’s 13 council areas. The Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Aminu Muazu-Maifata, disclosed this during a ministerial press conference in Lafia, yesterday. The event was organised by the Commissioner for Information, Culture,…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has apprehended the driver of an articulated truck following a serious head-on collision with a commercial bus along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway. The accident occurred on Tuesday at the Mosafejo–Aradagun axis of the expressway and involved a truck and a Mazda commercial bus with registration number FST 946 YK….
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed that six individuals sustained varying degrees of injuries after a commercial bus was ravaged by fire opposite the UNILAG waterfront, inward Iyana Oworo, on the Third Mainland Bridge.In a Monday update signed by Adebayo Taofiq, the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, initial…
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has initiated an inter-agency partnership with the Centre for Rural Development (CERUD) to establish the Coastal Community First Responder Programme (CCFRP), aimed at promoting safe and secure transportation across Lagos waterways. The initiative was unveiled during a meeting between a LASWA delegation and officials of the Ministry of Local…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is stepping up efforts to keep motorists safe on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, one of Nigeria’s busiest highways. The agency says it will strictly enforce traffic rules to reduce accidents and ease heavy congestion. Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone 2, Matthew Olonisaye, made the pledge during a visit to the…
