Category: Transport Safety
Lagos Taskforce Issues 72-Hour Ultimatum To Alaba Rago Traders, Begins Highway Clearance Plan
The Lagos State Taskforce has announced plans to commence the removal of illegal trading activities, structures and other environmental violations along the Alaba Rago axis of the Mile 2–Badagry Expressway. The enforcement exercise, being carried out in collaboration with relevant government agencies, is aimed at clearing street traders occupying highways, walkways, road medians and setbacks…
Lagos Denies Granting NURTW Environmental Enforcement Powers
The Lagos State Government has dismissed reports suggesting that members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been authorised to carry out environmental enforcement duties or arrest residents for violating sanitation laws. The government described the reports as false and misleading, stating that transport union members have not been granted powers to…
NSIB, LASWA Partner To Strengthen Safety On Lagos Waterways
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) and the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) have commenced plans to formalise a partnership aimed at improving safety standards and preventing accidents on Lagos inland waterways. The move followed a working visit by the Director-General of NSIB, Capt. Alex Badeh Jr., to the General Manager of LASWA and Lagos…
ECOWAS Activates $15bn Abidjan-Lagos Highway Project Board
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has inaugurated the board of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Management Authority (ALCOMA) as efforts intensify towards the development of the $15 billion regional highway project. The inaugural Board of Directors meeting, held from June 11 to 12, 2026, in Nigeria, established the governance structure, operational guidelines and procedures…
RAAMP Trains Staff, Stakeholders On Road Safety
The Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) has trained its staff and stakeholders in road infrastructure on the importance of road safety awareness and community participation in reducing road traffic crashes across rural communities. The two-day workshop brought together representatives of government agencies, road safety stakeholders, RAAMP officials from Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina states,…
Residents Lauds Bridge Construction On Marabar Yakawada-Kaya Road
The reconstruction of the Store Bridge along the Marabar Yakawada–Kaya Road in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has revived economic activities and restored access to several communities that were cut off for more than two decades. Residents told newsmen during a media tour, that the bridge has improved the movement of people, farm…
CREDICORP, Partners Distribute 50 Tricycles To Transport Operators in Ijebu-Ode
Fifty transport operators in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, have received locally assembled three-wheel mobility assets through a partnership between the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction (IDIPR), and Imowo Microfinance Bank. The presentation ceremony, held at the Awujale Palace, was part of efforts aimed at expanding access to consumer credit, reducing…
Airport Cab Operators Threaten Shutdown Over FAAN Policies
Cab operators at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, have threatened to suspend operations in nine days if the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) fails to reverse what they described as unfriendly policies affecting their businesses. The operators, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Private Cab…
