See The Breathtaking Pictures of The New World Class Oshodi Transport Interchange

We can never get enough in terms of beauty, structural design, the sights, and sound of this once motor park into an international acclaimed motor terminus station. The Oshodi Transport Interchange was commissioned for us in May 2019 by Pres. Buhari, it was the brain chain of the former Lagos State Gov., Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The terminus has a Multi-Story Bus Terminals, Pedestrian Bridges, Shopping Malls, CCTVs, Others.

A Nigerian photographer name Toyin Aiyegbo was at this terminal where she gave an amazing shot of this edifice and she came with the sights and sound of the Oshodi Transport Interchange.

Many Feared Dead As Dangote Truck Rammed Into A BRT Bus On Its Lane - Photos

An accident involving a trailer and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in Lagos on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, has left many passengers injured.

The loaded trailer, belonging to the company of billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, reportedly skidded off the main carriageway to collide with the bus on the special BRT lane, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA).

According to the images and videos being seen on social media, many lifeless bodies are seen on the expressway.

The accident happened on Tuesday morning in Majidun Awori along Ikorodu road.

LASTMA said injured passengers have been evacuated to hospitals and the agency is currently evacuating the vehicles involved in the accident.

While authorities have been mute over fatalities, eyewitnesses on the scene reported that some of the passengers on the bus died on the scene.

Watch the video below...

A Dangote truck rammed into a BRT bus just after Agric bus stop on Ikorodu road. Number of casualties currently unknown. pic.twitter.com/zhv2YYcjSR

— HelenOzor_ (@HelenOzor_) August 27, 2019

Despite The 800 New BRT Buses, See How Lagos Bus Terminals Look On Monday Morning

Lagos, the center of aquatic splendor is definitely not a place you dull yourself on a Monday morning especially those living on Mainland who are working on the Island, it's normally a tussle as everyone is trying to meet up with appointment, offices and not to be caught in traffic reason why it's being called the rush hour! Mondays are usually hectic and busy with few or no bus for commuters who have no choice than to wait on a long queue.

This is the crowd at Lagos bus terminals on a typical Monday morning. This is the Berger-Ikeja BRT terminal and you can imagine the crowd at this place despite no buses at sight.

There’s a popular song by the Afrobeat musician, the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, which says, “in Lagos, you must approach everything you do on Monday morning with a sense of urgency”.

Despite the introduction of 800 new BRT buses to the roads, it still looks as if no impact was made in terms of transportation in the city of Lagos. Transportation is the pilot that moves a megacity such as Lagos, it is, therefore, essential that the state government should design a long-lasting road map that will be sustainable and curb all traffic jams being experienced in the city of Lagos.

We can allow the Uber, Bolt, OBus, of this world to provide an alternative to the middle class who are looking for a service that provides comfort as close to their private cars.

Provision of decent public transportation service to the population at the bottom of the pyramid is where mass transit has its greatest strength and this is where our captive market is located.

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Seyi Osiyemi

Lagos Bus Services Limited Introduces Obalende-Oshodi-Obalende Route - Photos

Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL) has responded to the plea by Lagosians with the addition of Obalende-Oshodi-Obalende route to the existing LBSL bus routes and operations.

The Managing Director of LBSL, Mr. Idowu Oguntona, who disclosed this today at Ikeja, said the introduction of the Oshodi-Obalende route is the response to the request by Lagosians calling for the extension of bus operation to the route in order to ease transportation challenges being faced daily by masses that ply the route.

While revealing that the bus fare for the new route is N200 (Two Hundred naira only) per one-way trip, he disclosed that LBSL management has introduced Point of Sales (POS) machine for the purchase of bus tickets on some routes across the metropolis.

According to him, the POS ticketing is presently available on Oshodi-Obalende-Oshodi, Berger-Oshodi-Berger, Berger-CMS/TBS-Berger, Oshodi-CMS/TBS-Oshodi routes and it is expected to be extended to others very soon.

Recall that the Lagos Bus Services Limited, which started operation on 1st of May, 2019 after the formal commissioning of the Oshodi bus terminal, commenced operations on five routes and has so far transported about 600,000 passengers with a fleet of 85 new buses

Protesting LASPOTECH Students Ground Ikorodu BRT Terminus

All seems not to be well with users of the popular BRT Buses in Ikorodu. According to reports reaching us, activities are grounded at Ikorodu Garage Roundabout owing to the demonstration of LASPOTECH students due to management fracas and lockdown of their institution.

It was reported that they needed some BRT buses to convey them to State House, Alausa for their protest but Primero is not ready to grant them the usage of their buses this act angered the students who grounded activities at the Ikorodu BRT Bus Terminal.

Passengers who are heading to work are deprived of buses and hooked at the terminal the early hours of this morning.

It was gathered from one of the students that after a while, the head of transport at Ikorodu terminal came to address the students and released 4 BRT Buses instantly which conveyed the students to Alausa... These are some of the pictures we have from the drama that ensued this morning.

Lagos State Government Officially Hands Over 35 New BRT Buses To Civil Servants

Leaving no room for lateness to work, traffic or any other excuse associate to civil servants, the Lagos State government has officially presented new 35 Marcopolo Buses to the workers.

Governor Sanwo-Olu today represented by the HOS, Mr. Hakeem Muri Okunola delivered brand new 35 Marcopolo buses today for immediate use for Civil Servants as Staff Bus (as promised). Each of the buses can take 90 passengers according to the information released to us.

The last time the civil servants ever received any form of bus was during the Babatunde Fashola era when he denoted some new buses to Lagos State Hospitals, Civil Servants, Law Courts among others.

These are images from the official presentation at Alausa this morning.

The Old Bus

Sanwo-Olu Delivers New BRT Buses To Civil Servants - Photos

As part of the promise to play up welfare of the workforce, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu today approved 35 out of the 820 high capacity buses procured by the administration of his predecessor, Former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to revolutionize public transportation in line with global best practices, be deployed to aid the movement of civil servants in the State.

The buses have since been delivered.