Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday unveiled Oshodi Transport Interchange designed to transform Oshodi to a world-class transport centre and end all notorious activities in the area. The Governor said the transport interchange, which will cost $70 million, would be constructed on the public-private partnership arrangement, noting that it would be completed between 13 and 16 months.
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Barely a week after Governor Akinwunmi Ambode expressed his displeasure at the deplorable state of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and gave order for an immediate fix, Julius Berger Plc has moved to site and rehabilitation of the road has commenced. The Governor last week passed through the Cele-Ilasa-Isolo axis of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and directed that the road be fixed immediately.
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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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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday expressed dissatisfaction at the deplorable state of some sections of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, saying the road was too strategic to the economy of the State and therefore cannot be ignored. Governor Ambode, who made an unscheduled inspection tour of the road while returning from the grand opening of a 70, 000 capacity Motorbikes […]
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The Lagos State Government has released the sum of N10.8billion to date to ensure completion of the ongoing construction of 114 roads across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the State by the end of June, 2016 In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Mr. Muslim Olohuntele Folami on […]
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The Lagos State Government on Monday disclosed its plan to construct a monorail that would link Marina, Ikoyi and Lekki, a project that would gulp $1 billion (about N300 billion). The Commissioner of for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, made the disclosure at a ministerial news conference to mark the first anniversary of the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi […]
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The Lagos Mobile courts were busy at different locations in the metropolis Monday trying suspects arrested for different offences bordering on traffic and environmental offences. At Ikeja, the Court under magistrate Nurudeen Layeni convicted 15 offenders, 12 were arrested for street trading and were fined N3000 each or 1 month imprisonment while two others were convicted for street fighting that […]
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Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday said enforcement of the state traffic law would commence to ease the state of traffic gridlock and criminal activities. Ambode spoke at a news conference on the security and traffic situation in the state, shortly after a Security Council meeting at Lagos House, Alausa. He gave a 90-day grace period to all tank […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday read the riot act to commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called Okada riders, commercial buses and street hawkers, saying the state government would no longer tolerate their nefarious activities on the streets and highways which have caused untold hardship for the people of the state in recent times. Addressing Government House Correspondents shortly […]
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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday met with tank farm owners in Apapa on how to resolve the perennial traffic jam in the area, vowing that the state has the capacity to make parties involved play by the rule. He said the State Government will take a second look at the truck park at Orile with a view to […]
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The Lagos State Government has issued a 21-day ultimatum effective from June 25 to commercial motorcycle operators to desist from operating on all restricted routes in the state including all bridges and 475 routes among others.
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Following the meeting between the Lagos State Government and tanker owners over the recent tanker accidents and explosions in Lagos, the government, Monday, set up a committee to examine the immediate and remote causes of the tanker fire incidents. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode disclosed this after a closed door meeting with representatives of the Petroleum Products Tanker Drivers’ Union and other […]
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