In the last one week, the Lagos State government has been pre-occupied with the commissioning of inner roads, executed across the state under the 114-Road Project initiated by the Akinwunmi Ambode-led adminstration. The roads spread across the 57 local councils and local council development areas, with each of them having two. Within the period under review, Ambode commissioned about 10 […]
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Work has finally started on the Lagos Cable Car project, the ambitious $275 million initiative to ease transportation difficulties in the State. Dayo Mobereola, Lagos Commissioner for transportation in an interview with the Guardian said that upon completion, cable car project will have eight stations in three routes, in order to handle the estimated 240,000 trips daily.
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For driving against traffic, the operatives of the Lagos State Task Task Force on Tuesday arrested four private vehicle drivers around the metropolis, just as it impounded 17 motorcycles for the same offence. Vehicles arrested for driving against traffic include a Toyota Highlander with registration number EKY 121 CU, a Toyota 4Runner with registration number GGE 892 DM, a Toyota […]
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The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday said any attempt to convert the 114 newly-constructed roads in the 57 local government areas and local council development areas into venues for trading or parking lots would be resisted by the government. Ambode, who inaugurated another set of completed roads in the councils, added that conversion of the roads to other […]
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No fewer than five passengers sustained injuries on Wednesday after a 20-foot container truck rammed into a commercial bus at the Anthony end of the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway. PUNCH Metro learnt that the truck, with number plate, Lagos AGL 895 XE, had developed a fault which made its driver swerve off his lane around 9.40am.
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says road users, especially members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria, must obey the state traffic laws or face the consequences. Ambode stated this on Saturday during the inauguration of the Ketu-Alapere slip road on Oluwakemi Street, Alapere, in the Kosofe Local Government Area.
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The Lagos State Government has once again reiterated its readiness to commence vehicle emission test on vehicles plying the metropolis soon. It says the decision is a strategy to reduce air pollution and part of a continuing effort to reduce rate of accidents linked to excessive smoke-emitting vehicles. It added that the exercise, which would commence this year, was necessary […]
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says his administration is committed to restoring the glory of the Apapa area, adding that ongoing works in the area will permanently solve the traffic congestion created by port activities. Ambode spoke on Wednesday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, during a visit of the management team of the Nigeria Ports Authority, led by its […]
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Twenty-year-old Oluwole Sunday is not your average commercial motorcyclist. In fact, the only thing “commercial” about his okada business is that while other okada riders transport members of the public from one point to another in the Lagos metropolis, he made his money by transporting robbers on their daily operations. But that didn’t last. His “business” was shut down recently […]
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Governor Ambode has approved the appointment of Engineer Abiodun Dabiri as the new Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). Engr. Dabiri, born on January 2, 1964, holds a Bachelor of Science and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Lagos. He is a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in […]
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A suspected robber has been crushed to death by a truck at the Ojo Lowo bus stop in the Ijanikin area of Lagos State, while allegedly attacking some bus passengers. It was learnt that the suspect, whose name had yet to be ascertained, along with other hoodlums, had at about 10.30pm on Friday stood at the bus stop to waylay […]
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A member of the Nigerian Legion, Lagos State, Umam Hamid, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing no fewer than four motorcycles in the Agege area of the state. Based on information gathered, the mode of operation of the 48-year-old Borno State indigene was to stop motorcyclists on the road and allege that they were violating […]
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