Brt buses seized by obasanjo book

Nobel laureate, professor wole soyinkas long running virulent attacks of former president, dr. Ambode launches intelligence transport system to help track. The way and manner the brt drivers intimidate private users on express lane is annoyingcuz of size and na govt property. The thrust of the message is that each and everyone of those listed below have been persecuted at one time or another by president obasanjo. Anticorruption watchdog seizes peshawar bus rapid transit. It is regulated by lamata and currently operated by primero transport services limited. Obasanjo attacks jonathan and yaradua, defends buhari at book. Feb 09, 20 the brt system in lagos is run on 3 models. Accessibility to lagos bus rapid transit brt lite bus stops. The book entitled no enemies to fight, goodluck jonathan on the marble which contained, president jonathans quotable quotes since 2011 till may 1, 20 was yesterday, presented to the public at ijebuigbo.

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Obasanjo seizes ten lag buses after fashola impounds one. Brt capacities greater than you think the antiplanner. Abubakar atiku, ex president olusegun obasanjo and otunba mike adenuga the efcc in lagos had come calling brusquely on mike adenuga jnr, chairman globacom on 9 july 2006. Impact assessment of bus rapid trnasit on commuters satisfaction in lagos state, nigeria desmond amiegbebhor and o. Many many passengers were seeing at early hours waiting for the popular bus rapid transit brt which were not immediately available. The brt buses are parked in the premises of obasanjo farms nigeria.

May 18, 2016 lagos takes delivery of first batch of 800 buses, more in couple of weeks, 5000 in next two years duration. Olusegun obasanjo climaxed in his latest book, quis custodiet ipsos custodes. Colonel adeboye obasanjo, who was injured in a firefight with boko haram insurgents last weekend in adamawa state, has been. In 2004, the federal government under president olusegun obasanjo had. The lagos bus rapid transit system, also known as lagos brt, is a bus rapid transit system in lagos state. This ensures that the brt buses are not caught up in traffic jams. Some rampaging soldiers in lagos state some hours ago set buses belonging to the lagos state bus rapid transit brt system on fire after one of. Olusegun obasanjo visits charlyboy and mother video. Galaxy television army denies vandalising brt buses. Little girl left stranded after her mother slumped and died at a brt bus station in lagos photos photos of deposed emir of kano, sanusi lamido sanusi, in his apartment in awe community in nasarawa. Federal government making moves to stop consumers from owning gas cylinders the federal government is coming up with a new policy that will remove the ownership of cooking gas cylinders from consumers. Awujale reveals how obasanjo tried to use globacom boss to. The policy is aimed at helping to deepen the use of liquefied petroleum gas lpg by the federal government.

According to him, obasanjo, in spite of being schoolmate with. The first phase of the lagos brt was opened on 17 march 2008, although it was initially slated for opening in november 2007. Since last weekend, about 10 lag buses belonging to the lagos state government have been impounded in ota, ogun state and packed in obasanjo farms. According to eye witness report, the student identified as ezekiel daniel, 17 was trying to cross the busy expressway when the brt bus, popularly known. W hen the nobel laureate wole soyinka fled nigeria in 1994, and was sentenced to death in absentia by the military regime of sani abacha in 1997, he likened the liminal but dynamic state of the. This is a list of bus rapid transit brt systems which are in operation or under construction. Brt new buses are coming in batches to lagos busstops.

Rampage as lagos bans lagbus from plying ikorodu brt corridor. Five days after a bus rapid transit brt allegedly crushed a lance corporal of the nigerian army na to death, with its attendant mayhem, in lagos state, the 81 division headquarters in the state tuesday debunked the allegations that soldiers were responsible for vandalising the stateowned commercial buses. The national accountability bureau nab on monday raided the peshawar development authority pda building and seized all bus rapid transit brt records in connection with its ongoing. This afternoon, a man riding a motorcycle, was, today, crushed to death by a brt bus which veered off the road on the 3rd mainland bridge in lagos. From its original 23 kilometers of dedicated brt lanes, there will only be kilometers of dedicated lanes. According to a lastma official at the scene, the deceased just got sacked from work, according to a letter found on him. Obasanjo could have be in jail if buhari is not selective in his corruption agenda february 20, 2018 nigeria, politics in his reaction to the warning former president olusegun obasanjo wrote in his open letter to president buhari when he warned buhari again. Africas first bus rapid transit brt scheme began operations on march 17, 2008, in lagos, nigeria. How nyako can be saved presidency by vanguard media. He added, with great respect to former president olusegun obasanjo, apart from the allegations of nepotism and clannishness, which cannot be disputed, every other allegation made there in the.

It is said that a good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself. Beyond developing a network of eight brt schemes, lamata also. Lagos bans interstate buses, vehicles along ikorodu road. The big buses are called molues and the minibuses, which first appeared in the 1970s, are called danfos. State shelves plan to import brt buses from sa business. Former president olusegun obasanjo and the lagos state governor. Col obasanjo released from hospital early over security concerns lt. Tell us how many brt buses you have taken, and on which routes. Midday headlines of the day wednesday may 22, 2019. Former president olusegun obasanjo on saturday arrived in makurdi, the benue state, to condole with the government and people over herdsmens attacks. At the same time, the transport cs announced the government will on monday facilitate a meeting between matatu owners and potential financiers to bring in the brt buses. Urban transport project lutp has supported a bus rapid transit brt. State supervised bus rapid transit have been seized by people believed to.

Riot in ikorodu as brt bus kills primary six student. National leader of the ruling all progressives congress apc, asiwaju bola tinubu, on counselled former president olusegun obasanjo and a former head of state, gen. The secretarygeneral, antonio gutierrez had in september announced the establishment of the board to provide him with advice on mediation initiatives and back specific mediation efforts around the world. As stated earlier in our release, the mayhem visited on the brt buses was the handiwork of hoodlums who seized the opportunity of the tragic situation to vent their anger on the buses for. Our member and former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, publishes a book about africa, its challenges and opportunities as a rapidly growing and. No one would dare impound his vehicles, or drag his name in d mud like dis. Though obasanjo was alleged to have made efforts to get the vehicle released, which proved abortive, the action was, however, said to have led to the forceful seizure of 10 lag buses, which were alleged to have been taken into the premises of obasanjo farms between last week friday and sunday. The wisdom of the motorparks and bus stops is that resisting agberos.

Other reform efforts, such as those aimed at regulating buses and containing. Either way we look at it, brt lagbus have come to stay. See more ideas about bus coach, busses and old school bus. Generations will look at obasanjo library and say this is. Obasanjo was in zimbabwe on a whistlestop visit, to launch a book he coauthored with biti, former liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf, gregg mills of. Brt system for abuja that is estimated to be 35 km length of bus ways and available studies and detailed engineering design for a pilot brt on an identified corridor currently estimated to be about 17 km long and consisting of ancillary infrastructure. In 1999, we published a booklength report the price of oil. Cbn to create 50 billion naira credit facility to boost economy imf. Following in the steps of his previous memoirs, my command and not my will, olusegun obasanjos my watch is more than the story of the obasanjo presidency. The term brt has been applied to a wide range of bus services. The city of johannesburg on wednesday announced the names of the two bus manufacturers which would supply buses for phase 1a of the rea vaya bus rapid transit brt system, in a contract worth r391million. Lagos without yellow buses march 28, 2017 blueprint politics 0 a new transportation policy which implies that danfo, molue and other yellow buses would vanish from lagos roads as part of eff orts to transform lagos into a mega city is being toyed with by the state government.

Rapid is the brand name given to the bus rapid transit system in san diego county, california. Hundreds of passengers were stranded at various bus terminus in lagos on thursday due to fuel shortage at lagos brt depots. Are all the buses on each route, in the same condition. I have investigated from our franchise operators if such thing ever happened but none of them confirmed it. If it were to be tinubus truck dat violated d traffic laws would he even be arrested in d first instance. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within snohomish county, as well as commuter buses to downtown seattle and the university of washington campus. According to him, obasanjo, in spite of being schoolmate with the late abiola, was perceived as hating him. Obasanjo, fashola at loggerhead over seized vehicle politics 2 nairaland. Local bus assembly and body fabricators are set for a major boost after housing and urban development principal secretary charles hinga reversed a decision to import bus. Dickson lagos metropolitan area tranport authority email. Even you yourself could have been if you were in the same position. He first came to prominence as the soldier who accepted the surrender of biafran forces after the 196770 civil war. Book your bus tickets online on wakanow and enjoy great discounted fares on our variety of bus services to anywhere in nigeria.

Our plans is to put in place systems such as the bus rapid transit brt. In response, in 1995 obasanjo was arrested, imprisoned, and tortured. Nigerian soldiers invade lagos palm grooveonipan road. Rwanda, drc and malawi pull out from wef africa holding in. In liama, the navy responded to the seizure of boats and employees of an oil service.

They broke his gate, swarmed into his house and kept him under arrest. It is indeed expected that private car users would drop their cars to use the brt bus for convenience and comfort. Kaduna bus station timetables and price bus nigeria. When curitibas bus rapid transit stations were revamped in 1991, the futuristic glasstube stops became a new symbol for the brazilian city. Spread the lovea crisis has hit the primero transport services limited, the operators of the blue buses plying the bus rapid transit, brt, corridors in lagos. Generations will look at obasanjo library and say this is the house that fraud built wole soyinka attacks obasanjo in new book.

Olusegun obasanjo the former president of nigeria, club madrid. Son of mrs taiwo obasanjo, the younger obsanjo has already identified with the campaign team and pledge his support, contrary to the position of his father, who is vehemently against buhari. When i heard about the arrest, i called the legal firms, of ayanlaja. Olusegun obasanjo is the former president of nigeria 19761979 and 19992007 and current. Theres the sprawling filth, the squalid congestion and its distinctive yellow commercial buses. Zimbabwe security agents seize democracy book penned by. Force on environment and special offenses arrested fortysix agberos who were. We should at least give obasanjo some form of respect too. Big philanthropy takes the bus since the early 2000s, when the shellbacked embarq began promoting bus rapid transit brt, a wide range of philanthropists and transit advocates have seized on the technical fix, which promises to solve a recognized problem without challenging the power relationships that created it. Former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo, who spoke at the launch of his book, my watch, in london. Jun 18, 2018 spread the love it was an iconic sight to behold as new buses adorned some of the recently constructed bus terminals in lagos for the takeoff of the bus reform initiative of the state government designed to bequeath a worldclass transportation system and enhance connectivity across the state. Obasanjo rubbishing president jonathans achievements. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.

The agency embarked on developing a bus rapid transit brt corridor, which. President olusegun obasanjo explained yesterday why he has. Jul 05, 2014 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Chief olusegun matthew okikiola aremu obasanjo, gcfr, is a nigerian military and political. Bus rapid transit brt a modern transit system with the flexibility of buses, and the speed, comfort and reliability of rail enjoys growing popularity of around the world.

Like every form of advertising, advert reach in numbers should be considered while cost and demographic classification are also key in advertising. In lagos alone, there are over 54 intracity or intrastate routes, plied by the brt buses. Even in death mko has many enemiespresident buhari is a special personjonathan had good intention by honouring mkohow abacha sent news of mums death to. Obasanjo acidtalk, sha ma wo ni ti e just be patient and keep watching. Col obasanjo released from hospital early over security. We did everything and included photographs of dilapidated schools, roads and terrible state of brt buses in the state. Acidtalk but baba, i heard you have seized about 3 red brt buses is that true. Department of transportation shares cebu bus rapid transit. Passengers stranded over fuel shortage at lagos brt depots.

The house stated this during a plenary that it was important to investigate the purchase of the 820 buses out of the 5,000 buses proposed by former governor akinwunmi. Alhaji jamiu abiola, son of the late presumed winner of the june 12, 1993 presidential election, chief mko abiola, has claimed that he once begged former president, olusegun obasanjo, to honour his father for the sacrifices he made for democracy in nigeria but was ignored. Lagos has also acquired about 90 new brt buses the lagos state commissioner for public transportation, kayode opeifa, on monday said that the state government had taken delivery of 90 new buses. Its last period of military rule ended in 1999 following the sudden death of former dictator sani abacha in 1998. Community transit ct is the public transit authority of snohomish county, washington, united states, excluding the city of everett, in the seattle metropolitan area. Ashok leyland plans customised buses for lagos brt.

My post dealt with the condition of the red brt buses and i confirmed the blue brt buses were marginally better. That manhattan should convert its subways to buses now hes putting buses underground, i guess because it. Brt provides faster, greener, safer and more efficient service than an ordinary bus. Request for expressions of interest abuja bus rapid transit. Obasanjo, fashola in faceoff over impounding of expresidents. All these buses are bad already and what they promised was that no passenger would stay at the bus stop for more than 15 minutes but by the time we published the books, passengers were already waiting at the bus stops for over. Cars classic vintage buses ideas for 2019 not so rapid transit. It was gathered that in retaliation, obasanjo ordered his aides to impound lagbus buses plying, lagosogun route.

Imagine a president of nigeria making a statement and less than five minutes later, people were in brt buses protesting. Obasanjo, fashola at loggerhead over seized vehicle. His successor, abdulsalam abubakar, handed over power to the democraticallyelected government of olusegun obasanjo the next year. Nigerias commercial capital, lagos, one of africas biggest cities with 10 million inhabitants, is famous for three things. Planning for the brtthe first system of its kind in subsaharan. Between democracy and big man politics zed books, london, 2018.

Obasanjo, fashola at loggerhead over seized vehicle politics 3. Charles dickens a tale of two molues 1 rise networks. Jul 18, 2012 we nigerians can fight anywhere even inside our new brt buses in lagos. Lane dedicated for brt buses, emergency vehicles on. Scania, marcopolo win bus supply contracts for joburgs brt.

Kindly board a state operated brt bus from ajah to obalende and cms or from oshodi to sangoota and environs and you would wonder if it were the same lagos state operating other versions of the brt buses. Nov 07, 2016 rampage as lagos bans lagbus from plying ikorodu brt corridor. Remember you campaigning in brt buses then and made it sound as if 4 years was too much to turn things around, sincerely my heart was filled with joy that at last. The vehicle, which belongs to obasanjo farms nigeria, was impounded. My watch book launch with olusegun obasanjo youtube.

News this morning that at least 10 lagbus buses had been impounded and parked in the premises of obasanjo farms since last weekend. When obasanjo was the president, i visited him several times and called him several times. Obasanjo meet with buhari today bestiares gladiators. As stated earlier in our release, the mayhem visited on the brt buses was the handiwork of hoodlums who seized the opportunity of the tragic situation to vent their anger on the buses for reasons best known to them. You read books about and you see they rode the bus but you dont see it without pictures like these.

Various juntas have seized control of the country and ruled it through most of its history. A classical text book example of paying good with evil to all african nations that helped in the fight against apathied regime. I have not started seizing yet, by the time i start with fashola, all the brt buses in lagos will be used as chicken cages in my farm. A concrete divider is erected on the road to section off one lane from the others. The rashly driven bus rapid transit brt buses on the dedicated route has always been a cause of worry for the citizens. Obasanjo could have be in jail if buhari is not selective in. Skeletal operations in the financial system and money markets to continue cbn covid19. Former president olusegun obasanjo launched his autobiography my watch with the royal african society on wednesday 11 february 2015. The lagos state house assembly on tuesday has setup a committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the administration of former governor akinwunmi ambode of the state. The department of transportation has announced on tuesday, september 3, the modifications in the php16 billion cebu bus rapid transit system project whose operation is set to begin in 2021. The system serves nearly half the county, operating mainly on the hov lanes on interstates 15 and 805, with most of the stops also served by other routes. We know the peculiar nature of lagos where miscreants always take advantage of situations like this to cause havoc. Olusegun obasanjo speaks at book presentation on president. Ashok leyland india has announced plans to manufacture custom built buses to meet lagos state brt requirements in celebration of the success of the states transit programme and to ensure that the.

A source said the situation had led to fewer drivers. Olujonwo obasanjo the son of former president olusegun obasanjo finally meets with president muhammadu buhari in abuja and pledged to campaign for his reelection. The withdrawal of the luxury buses left thousands of commuters stranded and crippled commercial activities on ikorodu road. Brt bus did not kill any soldier lagbus premium times. Mobile police are permanently stationed by the government at mobils brt, as at.

Olusegun obasanjo arrested see pic word coming out of otta, ogun state indicates that former president, chief olusegun obasanjo, was in the early hours of this morning, whisked away. Zimbabwean state security agents have seized a consignment of a new book written by former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo and. It was gathered that the aggrieved drivers left the employ of the company because their salaries were arbitrarily slashed. Brt bus did not kill any soldier lagbus premium times nigeria. Boost for kenya bus firms as macharia shelves sa imports.

Informal urban governance and predatory politics in africa. Some commuters in lagos state on wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the proposed increase of fares by the primero transport services limited, operator of the bus. Executive mayor councillor amos masondo said during a press conference in johannesburg that scania south africa would supply and deliver the chassis and engines for 143 brt buses. The lagbus asset management limited, operators of lagbus, on friday.

Ublic transportation in lagos metropolis has remained a major source of concern for successive administrations in. Obasanjo seizes ten lag buses after fashola impounds one of his vehicles. Also in a separate interview, mr babatunde disu, managing director, lagbus asset management, operators of brt buses, confirmed that no bus belonging to the company was seized by obasanjo farms in retaliation. Local bus assembly and body fabricators are set for a major boost after transport secretary james macharia reversed a decision to import 30 bus rapid transit brt vehicles from south africa at a. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. People democratic party pdp wins under olusegun obasanjo. Why brt buses are in very bad shape lagos commissioner. In late 1983, however, the military seized power again. Sep, 2017 the lagos state government on wednesday announced the restriction of the operation of interstate buses and vehicles operating along ikorodu road from going beyond ojodu berger and ojota motor parks. How nigerias economic recovery was exposed as a mirage 87% of all the poor people in nigeria are from the northworld bank finally, obaseki demolishes hotel owned by adams oshiomoles supporter, tony kabaka view all. In 2012, the institute for transportation and development policy itdp published a brt standard to make it easier to standardize and compare bus services.