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Lagos: Commuters React To Proposed Hike In BRT Fares

January 8, 2020 9:57 am

Some commuters in Lagos State on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the proposed increase in fares by the Primero Transport Services Limited, operator of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the state.

NAN had reported that Primero Transport Services Ltd., operator of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos, says it is planning an upward review of transport fares across all routes in the state to meet up with current realities.

The Managing Director of the firm, Mr Fola Tinubu, made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday.

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Tinubu said …

Fulani Dominance: Yoruba elders in diaspora take case to UN

Suspected herdsmen rob commuters, kill one on highway

June 13, 2019 2:04 am

Suspected herdsmen yesterday went on the prowl again on the dreaded Ife-Ibadan expressway, killing a civil servant, Mr. Adenipekun Ademiju.

Ademiju, popularly called Okere, a member of staff of Atakunmosa West Local Government Area of Osun State, boarded a private vehicle at Osu, on his way to Ibadan before the unfortunate incident occurred at Ikire. The assailants robbed commuters before they murdered Ademiju.

An eyewitness said Ademiju was shot dead when the robbers shot indiscriminately at vehicles to forcefully stop them. “The man was killed by Fulani herdsmen who normally rob on this road. Two of them were in the …