On Wednesday, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) reported that passengers injured in a collision involving two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses have been successfully rescued. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s Permanent Secretary, provided details in a statement. According…
Several passengers have sustained varying degrees of injury in a road accident involving a government-owned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in Araromi, Iyaya Ipasa, near Dopemu area in Lagos State. The BRT bus, which had departed from the Iyana Ipaja…
Bayonle Adegbola A Lagos State high court sitting in Ikeja has arraigned Osibanjo Oluwaseun, the driver of the BRT bus that collided with a train. Yesterday, the Lagos government arraigned Oluwaseun on a 16-count charge bordering on involuntary manslaughter and…
By Sodiq Adelakun Suspected hoodlums set ablaze the bus belonging to the Lagos State Bus Service Limited yesterday morning after colliding with a commercial bus, killing the driver. The accident occurred on the Ifako Bridge inward Ogudu on the Oworonshoki…
There are reports that a fatal accident has occurred in Lagos, involving a train and a BRT Bus. News Men learnt that the incident occurred around Ikeja, Thursday morning. Several passengers are feared dead following the impact of the collision.…
Some passengers of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos State on Friday commended the State Government for giving them succour, as the seven-day 50 per cent fare slash on state-run buses got underway. The passengers spoke with the News…
By Ridwan Adekunle Gridlock on Wednesday stalled the trial of Andrew Ominnikoron, driver of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), charged with rape and murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole. Ominnikoron’s counsel Abayomi Omotubora was held up in heavy…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved a flat rate increase by N100 in bus fares for all Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Standard Routes with effect from July 13. The Assistant Director, Corporate Communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport…
The trial of a driver of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Andrew Ominnikoron, who was charged with the rape and murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, was on Wednesday stalled due to the absence of the defendant. Ominnikoron, is standing…
Some Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) passengers along the Ikeja/Oshodi corridor in Lagos State on Sunday, appealed to the Lagos State Government to boost security on the buses for improved safety of commuters. Some of the passengers, who spoke with the…
