Tag: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
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Kidnap gang terrorizing Lagos-Ibadan expressway arrested
Operatives of the Ogun state police command have arrested three members of a kidnap syndicate, who have been terrorizing commuters along Lagos/Ibadan expressway for quite some time now. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that the suspects, Nathaniel Jacob, 24 years old from Nasarawa state, Isah…
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TRENDING VIDEO: DSS, other security operatives ‘attack’ Sunday Igboho on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway
An agitator for Oodua Republic, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Friday raised an alarm over an attempt by security operatives who attempted to arrest him on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway In a viral video shared by former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Sunday Igboho, who was surrounded by some of his supporters was barely dressed…
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Confusion as truck kills pedestrians on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway [PHOTOS]
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG has it that commuters in the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been thrown into confusion following the killing of some pedestrians by a derailed Truck. Although no official reports of number of casualties in the incident, officials of the Federal Road Safety (FRSC) have reportedly stormed the scene of the accident. See…
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Residents, motorists panic over gas leakage along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A gas pipeline leakage along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has caused panic among residents of Arepo, Magboro, and other neighbouring communities. The pipeline which is located close to The Punch newspaper company was ruptured while Julius Berger was carrying out construction works in the Arepo area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. As of the time of…
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Two Indians kidnapped on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The police in Oyo State, South-west Nigeria, on Sunday confirmed the kidnap of two foreigners in Ibadan, the state capital. It was gathered that the two foreigners, who are Indians, were kidnapped on Wednesday. The whereabouts of the victims are still unknown as of the time of this report. Reports have it that the two…
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#EndSARS protesters block Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, movement in, out of Lagos at standstill [Photo/Video]
Protesters on Friday stormed the Magboro area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to continue their demonstration against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigeria Police Force. Finally Mowe-Ibafo, Lagos-Ibadan expressway is on a lockdown.People are happy about it and praying they get close to the protesters so they could join, some are enlightening…
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Early Monday accident claim 4 lives on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Four persons were confirmed dead on Monday in an early morning accident involving a Mazda bus and a Daf truck around Saapade bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:50…
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3 burnt to death in Lagos -Ibadan expressway accident
Three persons were on Friday burnt to death in an accident involving a pick up van around Danco filling station on the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta. According to Umar, the crash occurred around 4:37pm and was…
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Kara Bridge: Fresh fire delays opening Lagos/Ibadan out-bound lane
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says a fresh explosion from the scene of Sunday morning inferno, involving four vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, has delayed the opening of out-bound Lagos lane for motorists. Rescue operations that began in the early morning were still ongoing at the scene of the accident involving three tankers and…
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SAD: 1 burnt beyond recognition, 2 injured in Lagos tanker explosion
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says rescue operations have so far recovered a body burnt beyond recognition at the scene of Sunday’s explosion, involving four vehicles along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The rescue operations were still ongoing at the scene of the accident involving three tankers and a truck. Providing update at 9:00 a.m., Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide,…