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At the start of the year, state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was photographed inspecting two high-speed trains purchased from the United States of America for the Red Line, which is expected to form the second spoke of the LRMT. The line runs from Marina to Agbado, 30 kilometres from Lagos.
The Blue and Red lines, when complete, are expected to move more than a million people across the expansive metropolis daily, addressing the heavy congestion that has become common within the city.
The light rail project was first contemplated a few decades ago, the initial projections indicating that the Blue Line would be completed in 2011. However, the project was weighed down by a myriad of challenges, including bureaucracy, corruption, mismanagement, and funding.
The light rail project is one of the numerous long-delayed plans to connect Nigeria by rail that has been invigorated by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
Kenya has started the documentation processes for the dualling of the 40 Kilometre Mtwapa-Kilifi Road…
The multi-phase project will provide water to the Gauteng region of South Africa and generate…
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Kenya’s economic indicators by sector for the first quarter of 2021 point to continued recovery…
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has commissioned two key projects at the Konza Technopolis, a key…
Ethiopian Airlines Africa’s largest air carrier has announced via its chief executive officer that it…
