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Lagos commences construction of rail line from Agbado to Marina On Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has commenced work on the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line project from Agbado to Marina. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this during the flag-off ceremony of a 37km rail route in Ikeja on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu said the project would be implemented in two phases. ”We project that the Red Line would move its first passenger in the f...

”We project that the Red Line would move its first passenger in the fourth quarter of 2022. ”In addition, we are simultaneously working on bringing the first phase of our Blue Line to passenger operation, projecting that it would be in operation by the fourth quarter of 2022,” he said. He said that the construction of the infrastructure for the standard gauge Red Line, would share tracks with the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects by the Federal Government. The go...

Translate 37-km Mass Rail Project: Sanwo-Olu gives compensation cheques to 263 affected property owners On By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, presented cheques of various sums to 263 landlords and tenants affected by the ongoing construction of the Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line Project in the state. Recall that the LRMT dream began in 1983 during the tenure of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, but was truncated by the then Federal Governmen...

Vanguard News Nigerians still have trust, faith in APC ― Secretary On Kindly Share This Story: The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says Nigerians still have trust and faith in the party despite the country’s challenges. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary of the committee, said this on Thursday in Abuja while inaugurating the party’s Registration Appeals Committee. He said the committee was critical to the pa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12:16 am The dreams of Hammed Omotosho, a secondary school leaver in Agbado, Ogun State, sadly ended after he was electrocuted while fixing the electricity of a building disconnected in the neighbourhood. The 24-year-old, who was a cobbler and a member of Man O’ War, was reportedly about to accomplish his ambition of enlisting in the Nigerian Army when the tragedy struck. Our correspondent learnt that some residents of a house on Ishola Street, Abosule, Agb...

The 24-year-old, a cobbler and a member of Man O' War, was reportedly about to accomplish his ambition of enlisting in the Nigerian Army when the tragedy struck.

The 157-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge train is ready for commissioning, transport minister Rotimi Amaechi has said. He said the Ministry was only awaiting the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to give a specific date that he would be available for the commissioning. Amaechi who was on an inspection of the project from Apapa to Ibadan on Saturday alongside the Ministry’s officials and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) however said the President would decide when the project w...

OBITUARY: Yinka Odumakin: A fighter falls in his prime Yinka Odumakin died at the age of 56 but left behind a legacy of active public engagements 7 min read Leaving behind aged parents and a young family made the sting of Yinka Odumakin’s death even more painful for his loved ones, associates and admirers. The heart-rending moment the news was broken to his centenarian father was Not even the scriptural sermon and proverbs employed by a pastor in breaking the sad news could c...

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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 March 2021 The Old Students Association of Agbado District Comprehensive High School, Ifo, Ogun State, has concluded plans to build a new school library in commemoration of the institution’s 40th anniversary. A statement quoted the acting President of the association, Mr. Ganiyu Olowu, as saying the past 40 years had been memorable and impactful in the area of academic, sports, entrepreneurship and community development. The association is scheduled to l...