Transport fares rise
...as fuel shortage lingers in Lagos, environs •DSS threat won’t change anything, cabal must be handled — PETROAN Transport fares in Lagos and environs, yesterday, rose by more than 100 per cent, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and oil marketers battle to find a lasting solution to the fuel shortage. This came as Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, yesterday, faulted the 48-hour ultimatum by the Department of State Services, DSS, that oil marketers make Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol available for Nigerians. Transport fares increases Some of the areas visited by Vanguard confirmed the excessive hike in transport fares. For instance, from Badagry to Mile 2, which cost N400 or N500 before, now costs N1000. Agbara (Ogun State) to Mile 2, which used to be between N300 and N400, now costs N700. From First Gate, popularly called Igboelerin Junction, on the LASU-Igando road, to Iyana Ipaj...