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In line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced commencement of free train service on its entire passengers’ services from today, December 21 to January 4, 2024, both days inclusive. NRC in a statement signed by its management yesterday said passengers are advised to obtain their free tickets via the […]
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, in an enforcement operation that started on Sunday, has impounded 78 trucks for indiscriminate parking in the Apapa-Ijora area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement sent to PUNCH Metro by the Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, on Sunday. According to the statement, the vehicles were impounded by […]
An accident involving an Iveco truck with number plate, KRA 80 XA and a Hiace bus with number plate FKY 898 YF, yesterday, claimed no fewer than 10 persons’ lives on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, […]
A yet-to-be-identified driver escaped death on Monday night after his white LT bus caught fire on the Longbridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened around 10pm while the vehicle was heading inward the Berger area of Lagos State. The bus was said to be conveying some goods in the bus […]
Working like elephants and eating like ants appears to be the daily struggles of the commercial bus, popularly called ‘Danfo’, drivers in Lagos who engage in a serious battle and alleged extortions from agberos and traffic officers after spending hugely at filling stations, GBENGA OLONINIRAN writes Kazeem was downcast, his head lowered towards the steering wheel of […]
Lagos State government’s partner, E-hailing Transport Initiative, LagRide Scheme, has called on Governor Sanwo-Olu to intervention over the forcible take over of 21 of its vehicles by Ibile Holdings. National president of Professional E-Hailing Drivers and Private Owners Association, PEDPA, Comrade Idris Shonuga, made the call at a briefing in Lagos yesterday. He alleged that […]
DESPITE the inauguration of the Lagos State Trucks and Cargo Operation by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to tackle traffic gridlock and restore sanity to the ports’ access roads and Apapa environs, truck drivers, yesterday, blocked the Mile 2-Oshodi expressway, causing untold hardship to motorists and commuters. Though the expressway had witnessed a brief respite, trucks and tankers, […]
A fatal accident involving a tanker claimed the life of an unidentified boy at Oke, inward the Gbagada axis of Lagos on Saturday while the tanker driver was rescued by operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. This was disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Online by the Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, […]
A yet-to-be-identified man was injured in a crash that happened around 5 p.m. outward Apapa area of Lagos State on Sunday. The accident involved two trucks that collided leaving the two vehicles badly damaged. A video of the crash on the official X handle of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority showed the vehicles with […]
Some drivers in Lagos State have vowed to storm the streets again in protest of what they described as alleged extortions from park boys and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. PUNCH Metro reported last week that scores of drivers trooped out in the Egbeda, Ikeja, Iyana Ipaja, Agege, Yaba and Iyana-Iba areas of […]
