With a train every 18 minutes, it’s bye-bye cars, hello Lagos Blue line!
On 12 August, the Lagos Rail Mass Transit's (LRMT) Blue Line upscaled the number of trips per day from 54 to 72. This increase excludes Sunday service when traffic is…
Protests: Lagos paid Sanwo-Olu in his own coin
In its quest to secure the future and boost the earning capacity of the teeming youth population in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has come up with a novel idea…
Tinubu’s reforms will save Nigerians, not policy flipflops
If you are reading the Financial Times and the article is titled "Shock Therapy Alone Will Not Cure Nigeria’s Economic Ills," you might think the publication is a disgruntled political…
Lagos Red Line rolls off, makes lives, living better
A few days ago, the Red Line rail project rolled off to great cheer. This is following delays caused by operational reasons relating to the rail tracks signalisation. Sharing the…
How Sanwo-Olu is impacting job creation for youths in the transportation sector
Public transportation is one of the most critical sectors of a fully urbanised city like Lagos. What the city lacks in land mass it compensates with the huge number of…
LASTMA’s evolution and quest for public accountability
Founded on 15 July 2000 by the then Governor Bola Tinubu, Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) has blazed the trail in traffic management nationwide. In the period, it has…
LAGFERRY: With Lagos, every trip is a show
The birth of Lagos Ferry Services Company (LFSC) (better known as LAGFERRY) and its continued growth has given birth to a different kind of tourism leveraging the time-honoured geographical advantage of…
How Lagos is simplifying vehicle licence renewal
Like in every other public sector reform, Lagos State is again leading in auto registration or renewal visit procedure. This time, the state is leveraging technology in making auto licence…
Lagos-Badagry Expressway and its remarkable impact on lives
On a visit to one of the towns along the Badagry Expressway, the remarkable impact of the reconstructed highway could not escape this writer, having passed the same route some…
Tinubu commends Tolaram’s confidence in Nigeria as company buys Diageo’s shares in Guinness
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Singaporean business conglomerate, the Tolaram, for believing in Nigeria and having absolute faith in her economy. Tolaram, which partnered Nigeria to build the Lekki…