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Lagos bans popular Okada taxis
Lagos delivered on its new tough law and order deliverables by effecting a ban on tricycles immediately.
Congestion from motorcycles and tricycles (Kekes) had become a normal spectacle given they are...
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China to build Lagos’ Lekki deep sea port
A $1,100 million deal.
Nigeria’s Lekki deep sea harbour, planned as West Africa’s biggest port, is to be built by a Chinese consortium in a $630m loan agreement signed with the China Development...
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Lagos water transport to develop new routes
During the Lagos Boat Regatta at the beginning of May the head of the Lagos state government, Akinwunmi Ambode, confirmed that nine new jetties and shelters for ferry transport are in various stages o...
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Uniforms for Lagos bus conductors
Move to "restore dignity" of Lagos bus staff.
From 1 January bus conductors in Lagos will be issued with uniforms and formal identification tags, according to the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeri...
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Price hike to take effect in February.
The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network is to introduce “marginally” higher fares on all routes from 1 February.
The price increase is the result of the...
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Lagos clamps down on okada motorcyclists
Commercial okada motorcyclists blamed for Lagos traffic violatons and crime.
Lagos state government has begun enforcing a ban on commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, from oper...
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Lagos to build Fourth Mainland Bridge
Consortium signs deal for 38-km eight-lane Lagos bridge.
A consortium of Nigerian and international investors has signed a deal with the Lagos state government to finance the construction of the Fo...
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Lagos plane crash leaves up to 16 dead
Passengers were en route to funeral of former Akure governor
An investigation has been launched after a chartered airplane crashed on the outskirts of Lagos at 09.30 on 3 October, resulting in the...
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Britain backs Lagos rail project
The Lagos Blue Line rail project, which is running considerably behind schedule, has received a boost after Britain's deputy high commissioner for Nigeria Peter Carter said the scheme provided many op...
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First phase of Lagos light rail by June
The first phase of the Lagos light railway line covering Marina, Iganmu and Mile 2, will be completed by June, according to the Lagos governor Babatunde Raji Fashola.
Fashola made the statement on...
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Lagos-Kano railway re-launched
The rebuilt railway line between the southern port city of Lagos and the Kano, located some 1,160 km away in the far north, was launched on 21 December. It saw the resumption of intercity passenger tr...
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Lagos crushes 3,000 Okada motorbikes
The state of Lagos has destroyed about 3,000 "Okada" commercial motorcycles which had been impounded for traffic violations following the introduction of legislation in August that restricted the vehi...
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The federal government of Lagos has awarded the contract for the upgrading of the Lagos-Ibadan railway to Chinese firm CCECC Nigeria.
The double-track railway modernisation project is valued at ove...
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New traffic laws lead to protests in Lagos
Commercial motorcyclists, known in Lagos as Okada riders, have been protesting over the state's newly-introduced traffic laws.
The protestors are against the provision in the recent Lagos State Roa...
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The Lagos-Kano express train service is to recommence by the end of July, according to the head of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).
Adeseyi Sijuwade said that the final checks were currently...
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Nigeria in mourning after air crash
Nigeria is in three days of mourning following the crash of a Dana Air plane during its final approach to Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos on 3 June, killing all 153 passengers on board...
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Nigerian airspace goes satellite
Nigerian airspace has switched from terrestrial air navigation to a satellite-based navigation system, known as Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
The scheme was introduced in Lagos, as wel...
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Train services are to resume on the Lagos-Kano route during the month of April, after floods washed away a section of railway track last year in Akere, north of Lagos in the southern Oyo State.
The...
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Porsche launches dealership in Lagos
German luxury sports car-maker Porsche launched a car dealership in the affluent Victoria Island district of Lagos mid March.
During the inauguration party, the latest 911 sports coupe mo...
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The seventh Lagos International Motor Fair is being held in Lagos from 18 - 24 April, and includes a special auto parts section from 21 - 24 April. The annual fair provides a forum for vehicle manufac...
