From The Press: Eko Rail’s Trains Begin Journey to Lagos
On September 30, 2011,
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The first of hundreds of Toronto subway cars that will furnish a new surface rail line in Lagos, Nigeria, has left Canada for the last time, and is now en route to Africa’s largest city. A Nigerian company, Eko Rail, has agreed to purchase 255 of the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) best-equipped subway cars for [...]
The Lagos State Government has added five new ambulances to its fleet of Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICU), increasing it to 27. Commissioner for Health Jide Idris said this would ensure rapid response to emergencies. He said: “These ambulances, just like the other MICUs, have improved capacity over the old mobile clinics. They have enhanced [...]
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday stated that plans for the inner city roads in the state is on course, stating that the big challenge is however funding to continue to keep the contractors at work and expand the scope of work that they are doing. Governor Fashola spoke with State House [...]
Crucial to the dream of having an all-year good road is the revitalisation of the nation’s rail network, said the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola. Mr. Fashola, while playing host, on Thursday, to the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, added that “there can be no good roads in the country until plans to build [...]
Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday launched an electronic device to check whether vehicles have valid documents without engaging in manual stop and check of vehicles’ papers. The device, Auto Inspector, is the first of its kind in Nigeria and will help to reduce traffic gridlock on Lagos’ highways occasioned by police stop and check of [...]
The Lagos State government, yesterday, declared as illegal and unconstitutional, quit notices given to some house owners and residents in the Ikosi GRA and its environs by agents of the Federal Government over allegation that their property fall within the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway expansion project site. Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited, the contractor handling the expressway, issued [...]
Determined to ensure that the 16 roads awarded and being constructed in the Mushin area are delivered to time and standard specification, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday inspected Badejo Kalesanwo Street where construction work is being slowed down by the present location of the Ladipo Mushin Police Station which is sitting [...]
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday received the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar in audience, reiterating his call that there can be no good roads in the country until plans to build new ones are complemented by a reactivation and maintenance of a reliable rail network. Governor Fashola who spoke [...]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Thursday canvassed massive investment in infrastructure in the country in order to create jobs for the unemployed and empower them to pay income taxes from which revenue could be generated internally for the country. Governor Fashola, who spoke at the Lagos House, Alausa, when he hosted the [...]
From The Press: Patients Express Gratitude As Fashola Inspects New Cardiac Trauma Centres
On August 2, 2011,
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Patients at the Maternal and Childcare Centre in Gbagada, on Friday praised Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for his commitment to the delivery of quality healthcare to the people of Lagos. Governor Fashola interacted with the patients when he visited the Maternal and Childcare Centre after undertaking a tour of the first of [...]