The reconstruction of the degraded Murtala Muhammed International Airport road is to commence in a matter of weeks, as Lagos State on Monday, sealed an N85.14 billion bond issuance at the Nigerian capital market, putting it on a sound financial footing to deepen investment in infrastructure development.
Continue reading »Month: August 2017
EAST-WEST ROAD COLLAPSE THREATENS $50BN INVESTMENT
The collapse of a section of the East-West Road in Eleme in Rivers State has paralysed investments estimated at more than $50 billion in the Eleme-Onne axis of the industrial hub of the state.
Continue reading »OKADA RIDER POSING AS POLICEMAN STEALS PHONES, GIVES PROSTITUTE
A fake policeman, identified as David Fashina, has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command.
Continue reading »TRAIN DERAILS AT LONDON WATERLOO STATION
Passengers have been warned to avoid London Waterloo after a train derailed early this morning while pulling away from a platform.
Continue reading »HIGH ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS UPSETTING
FAR too many Nigerians are dying needlessly on the roads. The latest numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics depict an epidemic. In its half-year report, the NBS says that at least 2,673 people died in automobile accidents between January and June 2017.
Continue reading »FG, COMPLETE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY – PUNCH EDITORIAL
With the confirmation by Power, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, that contractors reconstructing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were set to suspend work, the irresponsibility of our federal legislators is once more laid bare.
Continue reading »COMPANY DRIVER INVITES GANG MEMBERS TO KIDNAP BOSSES, SUSPECTS COLLECT N4M RANSOM
A driver, Yinka Adebanjo, has confessed to orchestrating the kidnap of his bosses in the Odogunyan, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Continue reading »LASG BANS USE OF MOTORBIKES, AIR COOL VANS FOR MEAT TRANSPORTATION
Lagos State Government has banned the use of motorbikes popularly known as ‘Okada’ and ‘Air Cool Vans’ for transportation of meat and meat products in all abattoirs and slaughter slabs across the State in order to ensure a well-structured meat transporting system which befits the status of a mega city.
Continue reading »LAGOS GOES TOUGH ON ILLEGAL WASTE DUMPS, ARRESTS PSP OPERATOR
The Lagos State Government has warned residents fond of deliberately dumping refuse in unauthorized places to henceforth desist from such act or face the full wrath of the law, even as it arrested a PSP operator for dumping heap of refuse at Iyana Oworo area of the state.
Continue reading »LAGOS MOVES TO TRANSFORM OWORONSHOKI TO TRANSPORT, ENTERTAINMENT HUB
The Lagos State Government on Monday outlined plans to transform the blighted areas of Oworonshoki Waterfront into one of the biggest transportation, tourism and entertainment hubs in Nigeria.
Continue reading »NATIONAL AIRLINE WILL GROW NIGERIA’S ECONOMY, SAYS AMAECHI
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the establishment of a national carrier will grow Nigeria’s economy.
Continue reading »FASHOLA SHOULD ‘STOP FLYING AND START USING ROADS’
Emmanuel Bello, a former commissioner of information in Kogi State, says the minister in charge of roads should stop flying and start using roads to know how bad they are.
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