Ahead of plans to enforce the compulsory use of waste bins in all commercial vehicles, the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency held an interactive session with transport union leaders and other stakeholders across the state on Tuesday. The Director General of ASEPA, Mazi Ogbonnia Okereke, reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to environmental cleanliness through renewed enforcement…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned the Opebi–Mende–Ojota Link Bridge in Lagos, reinforcing ongoing efforts to tackle traffic congestion and improve urban mobility in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The President, who was represented at the event by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, described the project as a strategic intervention aimed at easing movement across some of the…
Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has resigned from office. Giwa revealed his resignation in a post made on his official X (formerly Twitter) page on Wednesday. He wrote, “Yesterday, I stepped down from my role as Special Adviser on Transportation to the Governor of Lagos State. “It has been…
Kazakhstan has begun construction of a new highway bypassing the city of Saryagash in the Turkistan region. The project is expected to improve transport links in southern Kazakhstan and support transit along international routes. Saryagash is located in southern Kazakhstan near the Kazakh-Uzbek border, approximately 20 km from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The Saryagash…
To strengthen rural road sustainability, enhance safety standards and promote community-based employments, the Akwa Ibom State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (AKS-RAAMP), in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society, has mounted training programmes for Road Maintenance Groups (RMGs) across the state. LEADERSHIP gathered that the training held…
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh Moshood, has directed that officers must pay fares before boarding commercial vehicles, warning against any abuse of authority. He made the declaration on Tuesday during a sensitisation meeting with drivers and transport workers at Obalende Garage, Lagos State, marking National…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has pledged N2bn and four buses to Edo University, Iyamho. He also commended the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Victor Adetimirin, for donating his first full month’s salary toward the construction of a health centre on the campus. Okpebholo made the announcement during the inauguration of the Ehi-Agenmonmen Business Administration E-Library and the…
The Lagos State Government has announced partial closures across key corridors in the state ahead of the commissioning of critical road infrastructure projects. In a statement signed by Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the state’s commissioner for transportation, on Tuesday, the government advised motorists to plan their movements and avoid affected corridors during the designated times to minimise…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on April 8 and 9, visit Lagos State to inaugurate a number of landmark projects executed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this during a media briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja. He said the visit…
