The North East Development Commission (NEDC) says it will supply no fewer than 1,000 electric vehicles, buses and tricycles to boost transportation at low cost in Adamawa. Khalifa Mohammed, the NEDC’s coordinator in Adamawa, said this at a stakeholders meeting in Yola on Wednesday. He said the vehicles would be charged electronically and would not…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a 50 per cent discount on fares for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line to mark its second anniversary, effective Thursday, September 4, 2025. The governor, in a statement to residents via his official X handle on Wednesday, highlighted the successes of the Blue Line since…
…recovery achieved 7 days after incident OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has issued a press release to inform the general public on the progressmade in the management of passenger tracing, the injured, recovering its rolling stock, andrestoration of the tracks following the derailment incident involving the Abuja–Kaduna boundtrain. The release is in…
The Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, has expressed concern over the growing menace of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, vowing that Nigeria will work with regional and international partners to curb the practice. The Minister made this known on Monday, 1st September 2025, when he received the…
In the unrelenting symphony of Lagos—the colossal megacity whose ceaseless rhythm reverberates across its gridlocked highways, teeming marketplaces, and frenetic boulevards—mobility stands at once as a lifeline and an omnipresent peril. With a population surpassing twenty-two million and vehicular density exceeding one million, the city is a daily theatre where the fragile threshold between human…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos Independent testing of motorcycle helmets sourced by NGOs confirms a harsh reality: helmets that appear protective are, in fact, unsafe. People are doing the right thing by wearing helmets, but if that helmet is unsafe, they are let down when they need it most. Motorcycle helmet test results released by the Global…
