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By Nurudeen Adebayo The bustling city of Lagos was rattled on Wednesday by three separate emergencies involving two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses, a 40-foot container truck, and a two-storey building fire. The incidents, which occurred in various parts of the metropolis, caused multiple injuries and significant traffic disruptions. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency […]
By Felix Kuyinu The Management of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, has raised eyebrows over reports of reckless driving by Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, drivers in Lagos. The agency’s Managing Director, Abimbola Akinajo, said that passengers should make report of any erring driver who would thereafter face prosecution. While addressing the issue on Wednesday […]
JUST IN: Lagos Govt. stops 25% discount on state-owned transport services The Lagos State Government has discontinued the 25 percent discount on state-owned transport services, ending 10 months programme designed to mitigate impact of the fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu. It said that fares on the state-owned public transport buses, ferries, and train […]
By Felix Kuyinu Member at the Lagos State House of Assembly, LAHA, Hon. Solomon Bonu has lauded the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for approving BRT busses in Badagry. Bonu, who represents Badagry Constituecy 01 at the existing 10th Legislative Assembly in the state said that the BRT busses plying the area will ease […]
Lagos Approves 25% Fare Rebate For BRT, Blue Rail Responding to calls for the reinstatement of the 50% rebate on fare for regulated bus and rail transport, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the implementation of 25 per cent discount beginning Tuesday, 7th November 2023. Governor Sanwo-Olu had on 2nd August 2023 announced a 50% discount […]
By Mohammed Adekola Lagos state government says it will discontinue the 50 percent discount on transport services on Sunday. On July 31, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, announced a 50 percent reduction in the fares charged by all state-owned transport services. The governor had said the move is part of the palliatives being rolled […]
Commercial Motorists Defy Sanwo-Olu’s Order, Refuse Fares Cut Many members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Lagos have refused to comply with the state government’s directive to reduce their transport fares. Instead the fares had increased in some parts of Lagos while it remained the same in many other areas across the […]
Lagos Car Owners Find Succour In BRT The popular Berger Bus Stop for the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit was overcrowded by commuters Tuesday morning, following government’s plan to reduce the transport fare. Many car owners who could not drive their vehicle anymore due to increased PMS pump price to N600 resorted to BRT buses. At […]
Sanwo-Olu Reduces BRT Fare in Lagos by 50 percent Barely a week that the Echonews reported the demands of Lagos residents over the removal of fuel subsidy and its attendant pains, the state government has responded by reducing the transport fare on BRT and Lagos Ride. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that there will […]
Primero eyes Oshodi-Abule-Egba BRT By Ladapo Kolade Primero Transport Services Limited, operator of the Ikorodu hub of Bus Rapid Transit system, has set its eyes on the next prize in the Lagos commuting industry – the Oshodi-Abule-Egba BRT. The 16.38 kilometre BRT, following the successful experiments of Ojota-Obalende and Ikorodu-Obalende, is expected to move an […]