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Oshodi Transport Interchange is located in the Oshodi area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The bus terminal is located between the Lagos-Apapa Expressway and the Agege Motor Road. The Oshodi Bus Terminal is divided into three different terminals called: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3. [1]
The Oshodi Bus Terminal was constructed by a construction firm called Planet Projects Limited. The construction of the terminal was estimated to cost about $70 million. The terminal was constructed to accommodate about 820 mass transit buses. [2]
The Oshodi bus terminal is divided into three terminals called: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3. Each of the bus terminals consists of 30000 square meters and includes a lot of facilities which includes: loading bays, ticketing stands, driver lounge, parking areas, restrooms and many others. [3] The Oshodi Bus Terminal started operation in May 2019 as announced by the contractor handling the project. [4] Terminal 1 is for interstate transportation, and it was designed for destinations spanning the southwest, southeast, FCT, and Northern states. [5] Terminal two is for intercity routes. Ikeja, Agege, Iyana Ipaja, egbeda, Abule Egba etc. Terminal 3 takes route such as Mile 2/Festac, Airport road, Bariga/New Garage, Tincan, Orile, Apapa/Wharf, ejigbo, Ajegunle/Boundary, Ojodu/Berger, Gbagada/Anthony, Eko Ijumota, Iyana Isolo/Jakande Gate/ Itire, Ojota/Ketu/Mile 12, Adeniji, Eko Hotel. [6]
The Oshodi Bus Terminal was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on 24 April 2019, also present for the commissioning was the Ex-Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, Present Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu, Abiola Ajimobi, Ibikunle Amosun and others. [7]
To increase the connectivity of different parts of Lagos the Lagos Red Line was constructed. The Red Line is a 37km North – South rail route proposed to run from Agbado to Ebute Metta with eight proposed stations at Agbado, Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, Ebute Metta. The Oshodi terminal 3 will serve as a transport interchange for both bus and train routes.
Along the rail tracks of Oshodi, young people from socially deprived areas play chess. In December 2021, 19-year-old homeless Fawaz Adeoye won the district's championship a few months after he was first introduced to the game. [8] [9]
Lagos or Lagos City is the most populous city in Nigeria, with an estimated population of 21 million in 2015. Lagos is the most populous urban area in Africa. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 following the government's decision to move their capital to Abuja in the centre of the country. Lagos is a major African financial centre and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. The city has a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion in Africa. Lagos is also among the top ten of the world's fastest-growing cities and urban areas. The megacity has the fourth-highest GDP in Africa and houses one of the largest and busiest seaports on the continent. Due to the large urban population and port traffic volumes, Lagos is classified as a Medium-Port Megacity.
Lagos State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin, Lagos State borders Ogun State to the northeast making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state. Named for the city of Lagos—the most populous city in Africa—the state was formed from the Western Region and the former Federal Capital Territory on 27 May 1967.
Lagos Island is the principal and central local government area (LGA) in Lagos, it was the capital of Lagos State until 1957. It is part of the Lagos Division. As of the preliminary 2006 Nigerian census, the LGA had a population of 209,437 in an area of 8.7 km2. The LGA only covers the western half of Lagos Island; the eastern half is simply referred to as Lagos Island East LCDA.
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Third Mainland Bridge is the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland, the others are the Eko and Carter bridges. It was the longest bridge in Africa until 1996 when the 6th October Bridge located in Cairo was completed. The bridge starts from Oworonshoki which is linked to the Apapa-Oshodi expressway and Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and ends at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island. There is also a link midway through the bridge that leads to Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba. The bridge was built by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC. The phase one of the project was commissioned by President Shehu Shagari in 1980 and completed by President Ibrahim Babangida in 1990; it measures about 11.8 km in length.
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Railway stations in Nigeria include:
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The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) is the Lagos State Government agency created to coordinate transport planning, policies, and public transport infrastructure implementation in the Lagos Metropolitan Area, Nigeria. The organisation oversees wide range of transport planning and implementation of transport strategies and plans in Lagos, as well as the Lagos Rail Mass Transit and the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System. It is based in Ikeja.
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J.N. Zarpas was a Greek owned transport company that operated in Lagos during the colonial period. The firm was founded by John Nicholas Zarpas in 1929 and it dominated public transportation within the metropolis from 1933 to 1958.
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Mafoluku Bus Terminal is located in the vicinity of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. The Mafoluku Terminal provides a means of connection to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and the domestic wing of the airport, the terminal is also a gateway station that would serve Mafoluku, Oshodi, and Ajao Estate environs, providing bus connections primarily to Oshodi Transport Interchange, Ikeja Bus Terminal, Mile 2 and other parts of Lagos.
The Oshodi–Apapa Expressway was constructed between 1975 and 1978 as a major route to Tincan and Apapa Port and also a major route into the country from Murtala Mohammed International Airport. As a result of neglect and so many years of the expressway, it however virtually collapsed, causing the drainage system to also collapse completely.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Lagos State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Lagos State, Nigeria. The election for Ojo federal constituency was declared inconclusive due to collation of results allegedly being interrupted by accusation and counter-accusation by agents of the political parties. On the 10th of March 2019, INEC declared PDP's Tajudeen Obasa, winner of the election.
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