Passengers have been warned to avoid London Waterloo after a train derailed early this morning while pulling away from a platform.
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DUBAI TO TEST RUN WORLD’S FIRST AUTOMATED FLYING TAXIS BY END OF 2017 (PICTURES)
The trial run of the world’s first automated aerial taxis is expected to start by the end of 2017, a local media, the gulfnews.com website, reported on Wednesday.
Continue reading »BUS RAPID TRANSIT TO REDUCE BUS FARES IN LAGOS
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).
Continue reading »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 »INCREASED DRUGGING OF PASSENGERS, DRIVERS IN ENUGU WORRIES POLICE
The Police Command in Enugu State has raised alarm over increasing cases of passengers and drivers being drugged and disposed of their belongings and vehicles by unscrupulous elements in the state.
Continue reading »KIDNAPPERS WANT N1.4M FOR PASSENGERS OF PORT HARCOURT-BOUND 14-SEATER BUS
A ransom of N1.4 million is reportedly being demanded for passengers of a 14-seater commercial bus allegedly hijacked by a gang of hoodlums between Uwhwru and Patani axis of the East-West Road of Delta State.
Continue reading »ROAD TRANSPORTERS PROPOSE NEW BODY TO TACKLE CHALLENGES
A coalition of inter-state transport operators known as the Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria, the Association of Mass Transit Operators of Nigeria and the Benin Transport Owners Association have revealed plans to form a new association to tackle some of the challenges they face.
Continue reading »COLLAPSED NIGER BRIDGES: MOTORISTS SEEK SECURITY
Motorists plying the Mokwa-Lagos route in Niger have called for deployment of security to prevent armed attacks.
Continue reading »WHY WE TRAVEL BY ROAD AT NIGHT DESPITE WARNING, INSECURITY, NIGERIANS SPEAK
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, wants luxury bus owners to keep their vehicles always in good condition and not to use them at night, but the high demand by Nigerian commuters for night journeys has left officials of the agency chasing shadows on both points, an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES has revealed.
Continue reading »LAGOS CORPORATE CAB: HOW TAXIFY FORCED UBER TO DROP PRICE
Just days after the strike by Uber drivers in Lagos (READ IT HERE), we decided to see how the drivers are faring.
Continue reading »PHASING OUT DANFO BUSES WILL CREATE MORE JOBS THAN LOSSES- AMBODE
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday allayed fears that plans by his administration to phase out the yellow commercial buses, popularly known as Danfo would lead to massive job losses, saying that it would instead create more jobs in the transportation sector.
Continue reading »CHISCO, TWO OTHERS HUGE GAINERS AS GOVT SPENT N84M IN TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS BETWEEN KADUNA, ABUJA IN SIX WEEKS
The Nigerian federal government has spent over N84 million for the transportation of air passengers between Kaduna and Abuja since the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The sum was shared among three motor companies that provided 29 vehicles in total to transport the passengers during the Abuja airport closure. Chisco Motors provided eighteen vehicles, Auto Star Executives […]
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