Operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, Primero Transport Services Limited, is set to slash the current flat rate of bus fares from Ikorodu to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS).
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LAMATA TRANSPORTS OVER 60M PASSENGERS FROM 2015 TO DATE, SAYS CEO
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says it transported more than 60 million intra-city passengers from 2015 and 2017.
Continue reading »LASTMA CLAMPS DOWN ON UNPAINTED COMMERCIAL BUSES
The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) has commenced a major clampdown against traffic felons in the state. The agency kicked off massive arrest of offenders on Ikorodu Road, where over a dozen lawbreakers and users of unpainted and unmarked commercial buses were arrested.
Continue reading »‘BRT MANAGEMENT, NOT LAGBUS OWED DRIVERS’
The LAGBUS Asset Management Limited says drivers, who protested against deduction in their salaries on Tuesday, are not its workers. It added that the protesters worked with Primero Transport Services Limited, which operates Lagos Bus Rapid Transport, contrary to their portrayal as LAGBUS workers. The Punch had reported that many commuters were stranded on Tuesday after the drivers trooped to […]
Continue reading »LAGBUS CRUSHES OKADA RIDER, PASSENGER TO DEATH
There was pandemonium in the Ilupeju area of Oshodi, Lagos State, after a bus crushed an okada rider and his passenger to death. Our correspondent learnt that the okada rider, Aniefuong Udoh, and a passenger, Suleiman Bakare, were both crushed by the LAGBUS around 9am on Monday. It was gathered that the LAGBUS was heading towards Oshodi when the accident happened. […]
Continue reading »TRUCK CRUSHES STREET HAWKER TO DEATH: MAYHEM IN MARYLAND AS MOB VANDALISES 20 BRT BUSES
It was mayhem in Maryland, Lagos today as irate mob descended on and extensively damaged close to 20 BRT buses following the death of a street hawker who was said to have been knocked down, allegedly by a BRT bus. The damaged BRT buses were among the recently procured buses injected into the BRT Scheme and managed by Primero Transport […]
Continue reading »LASG DONATES 50 BRT BUSES TO MITIGATE FUEL PRICE
The Lagos State Government on Monday, donated 50 new high-capacity Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicles to Primero Transport Services Limited to mitigate effects of new pump price of petrol on its residents. The firm’s Managing Director, Mr. Fola Tinubu, disclosed this at a news conference. Mr. Tinubu said the state government under the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had donated […]
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