Tag: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
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Tankers explosions: FRSC diverts traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced diversion of traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, following an explosion involving four trailers on Sunday morning at Kara Bridge. The Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. “Following the unfortunate crash that involved three fuel tankers…
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Passengers stranded as petroleum tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
A large number of motorists and commuters were yesterday night held up in a gridlock caused by petroleum tanker explosion near the Kara Bridge, outward the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. While the motorists could not abandon their vehicles, many commuters, however, resorted to trekking on the other lane inward Lagos. The tanker fell…
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Five killed, 10 injured as bus burst into flame on Lagos–Ibadan expressway
Five passengers were charred and 10 others suffered some degrees of burns on Friday when a bus conveying them burst into a hurrying flames after it had somersaulted at the Onigari corridor of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway. The lone crash occurred in the morning when the commercial bus coming from Sokoto stopped over briefly…
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Yuletide: FG opens Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to resume construction January
The Federal Government has opened the construction area at the Lagos-Sagamu end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway to commuters. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, said on Tuesday morning that it was done to ease traffic during the festive period. “Contruction works will resume in January, ” he said. Details later…
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We’ll deliver Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project in 2021 – Julius Berger
The Sagamu-Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project will be completed by 2021, the contractor, Julius Berger, has said. The Operations Manager, Julius Berger, Thamm Olaf, told the Senate Committee on Works, led by its Chairman, Kabiru Gaya, on Sunday, that the project, which was to be completed in 2017, was stalled due to paucity…
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Accident: Marcopolo bus collides truck along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, 9 feared dead
No fewer than nine persons were feared dead on Tuesday in an accident involving a Mercedes-Benz Marcopolo bus and an Iveco truck at Aseese area on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the figure to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta. Oladele said that the accident…
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Tanker accident: FRSC cautions motorists on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has advised motorists travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to be cautious following an accident on the long bridge inward Lagos State. Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred at 5:56 am on Sunday. He said…
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Four dead, several injured as tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
There was panic on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday as a tanker loaded with fuel was hit by a container-laden truck igniting fire immediately. Four persons were feared while unconfirmed number of people were injured and receiving treatments at an undisclosed hospital. The accident occurred at Onigari Village, close to the Foursquare Gospel Church camp…
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Dogara calls for speedy completion of 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara on Tuesday called for the completion of the Second Niger Bridge and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, saying that they are pivotal to national development. Dogara made the call while declaring open a two-day investigative hearing on the nature of the contract or concession arrangement on the projects, organised by…
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36 feared dead as 2 passenger buses collide, catch fire on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
More than 36 people were on Saturday feared dead as two passenger buses collided and caught fire at a Quarry site at Km 96, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to an eyewitness, the two 18-seater buses had a head-on collision and the buses caught fire immediately. “All the passengers in the two buses were burnt…