Tag: Lagos-Ibadan
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Yuletide: Fashola directs contractors to make Lagos-Ibadan Expressway motorable
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has directed Julius Berger, the contractor handling section one rehabilitation/reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to speed up construction ahead of the Yuletide. Fashola while inspecting the highway on Saturday, told the Julius Berger team after taking their project presentations to hurry construction ahead of the Yuletide.…
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#EndSARS: Oyo demonstrators obstruct Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Numerous youths on Tuesday morning trooped out in some areas in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and obstructed the Ojoo end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in extension of the #EndSARS protests rocking the country. The expressway was barred where those travelling to Oyo town and the northern part of the country would pass to…
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Sad! Four die, 12 injured on Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
Four persons were confirmed dead, while 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone accident, involving a Mazda bus around Isara bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Monday. Akinbiyi said that…
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8 burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
Eight persons were on Saturday night burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), disclosed this in Abeokuta on Sunday. Umar explained that the accident, which occurred at about 8:45 p.m. near Saapade bridge, was…
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FG to spend Abacha’s loot on Lagos-Ibadan, 2nd Niger Bridge, Kano expressways – Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has stated how the country would spend the US$308 million looted by the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha when it is finally returned. He said this while signing an Asset Recovery Agreement to repatriate over US$308 million of forfeited assets…
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Lagos-Ibadan expressway reconstruction: More buildings to be demolished
Federal Government is set to demolish more buildings on Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the ongoing reconstruction of the expressway. Funsho Adebiyi, Director of Highways, South West, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, told newsmen on Tuesday during a tour of the road, including the Ikorodu-Sagamu Road and Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki expressway, said the reconstruction of the road had…
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Accident: 3 dead, 3 injured on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Three persons have been confirmed dead while three others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday night. The accident involved an Iveco truck and a Toyota Hiace bus before Ishara bridge, Ogere. Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to the…
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4 escape death as tanker overturns on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday said that four persons sustained various degrees of injury when a tanker overturned at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commandant of FRSC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that the accident happened at about…
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Sad! Eight die in Lagos-Ibadan road crash
No fewer than eight persons died while 12 others sustained injuries on Wednesday in multiple accidents involving seven vehicles around Danco filling station on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Thursday. Oladele confirmed that…
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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: FRSC urges motorists to exercise patience
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun, Clement Oladele, on Thursday, advised motorists plying Lagos -Ibadan Expressway to exercise patience and drive cautiously, especially within construction areas. Oladele disclosed this in a statement signed by the FRSC Public Education Officer in the state, Florence Okpe, and made available to News Agency of…