Tag: Lagos State Waterways Authority

The €410 million initiative to transform public transportation will deliver 75 electric-powered ferries, 25 terminals, and 140 km ferry routes ...

In April, PREMIUM TIMES published an investigation into the perilous nature of Nigerian waterways and the looming danger if urgent ...

The agency says it has suspended its rescue operation.

"... the tide of the water drifted the boat to a stationary barge, which caused it to overturn."

This the first time since independence that the country’s national football team travelled from Nigeria via the waterways.

Four passengers were rescued, two passengers died while a passenger is missing from the Ibeshe fishing boat mishap, LASWA said.

While LASWA's figures said five persons died, 14 rescued and two missing; LASEMA said six passengers died, seven rescued and ...

A total of 106 boats were inspected across Ikorodu, Agbara, Badagry and Apapa axis

“There were 10 passengers in a boat coming from Ojo jetty."

The boat, enroute Ojo from Liverpool, capsized few minutes after take-off.

The number of passengers drops from 2,000,000 monthly to 1,500,000 because of fear of safety.

The victim has been identified as a police officer attached to Zone Two police station

Four victims of the mishap who were rescued are already receiving treatment.

Lagos says the Court of Appeal has given it power to control inland waterways in the state