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  • Lagos govt announces traffic diversion for end-of-year decoration

    Lagos govt announces traffic diversion for end-of-year decoration

    Lagos State Government will be diverting traffic away from a section of Ajose Adeogun Street on Victoria Island for an end-of-year decoration by Zenith Bank Plc.

    The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.

    Osiyemi said that the diversion would be for three weekends starting from October 19.

    He said that the  exercise would be carried out in three phases with each phase focusing on different sections of the street.

    “To this end, the following alternative routes have been mapped out for motorists during  the mounting:

    “During the first phase which will cover Jubril Martins to Chicken Republic on Oct. 19 and Oct. 20, traffic inward Eko-Hotel Roundabout will be diverted to the other half (existing section) of Ajose Adeogun Street by VCP Hotel to form a contra-flow traffic, and exit at Eko-Hotel Roundabout.

    “Alternatively, traffic inward Eko-Hotel Roundabout from VCP Hotel will be diverted through Jubril Martins into Muri Okunola to link Patience Coker and access Ajose Adeogun Street to connect destinations,” he said.

    He said that the second phase would cover Molade Okoya Thomas to Mounis Bashorun section and would take place on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27.

    He added that traffic inward Ajose Adeogun Street from Eko-Hotel Roundabout would be diverted to a right turn into Molade Okoya Thomas to link Mounis Bashorun to access Ajose Adeogun Street to continue journeys.

    “During the third phase of the project spanning 10 metres inward Ajose Adeogun on Nov. 2, motorists from Adetokunbo Ademola Street will maintain a lane movement for about 10 metres into Ajose Adeogun Street to connect their destinations.

    “Motorists inward Eko-Hotel Roundabout on Ajose Adeogun Street will maintain a lane movement for about 10 metres into Eko-Hotel Roundabout,” he said.

    Osiyemi implored motorists to note the ease of movement plan, assuring them that  traffic managers would be on ground on the corridor to minimise inconveniences.

  • [Video] Several persons trapped, as fire razes building in Lagos Island

    [Video] Several persons trapped, as fire razes building in Lagos Island

    Several people have reportedly been trapped in a building gutted by fire in Victoria Island area of Lagos state.

    In a video shared on social media, cars packed close to the building were in flames, as people made efforts to put out the fire, which was spreading.

    At the time of filing this report, firefighters were at the scene to calm the situation.

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  • LASTMA announces closure of Ahmadu Bello Way in Victoria Island ahead Buhari’s visit, lists alternative routes

    LASTMA announces closure of Ahmadu Bello Way in Victoria Island ahead Buhari’s visit, lists alternative routes

    The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced the closure Ahmadu Bello Way, from Adeola Odeku Intersection to Adetokunbo Ademola by Eko Hotels Roundabout.

    LASTMA disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos entitled: “Traffic advisory for Thursday, December 9, 2021″. However, it was silent on the reasons for the closure but TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that it may not be unconnected to President Muhammadu Buhari’s expected visit to Lagos on Thursday (tomorrow) for the book launch of elder statesman and a former interim chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande.

    The agency also suggested alternative routes for motorists.

    The advisory read, “Ahmadu Bello Way, from Adeola Odeku Intersection to Adetokunbo Ademola by Eko Hotels Roundabout will be temporarily closed to traffic and traffic diverted to Adeola Odeku, Akin Adesola to connect desired destination.

    “Akin Adesola connecting Ahmadu Bello Way by IMB will be temporarily closed to traffic and traffic will be diverted to Oyin Jolayemi, Oko Awo and Sanusi Fafunwa to connect desired destinations.

    “From Ozumba Mbadiwe (Civic Centre) to Adetokunbo Ademola to Eko Hotels Roundabout traffic will be temporarily diverted after Eko Hotels Roundabout to
    i) Ajose Adeogun,
    ii) Sanusi Fafunwa or
    iii) back to Civic Centre to connect destination.

    “All adjoining streets / feeder roads leading to Ahmadu Bello Way from Adeola Odeku Intersection, as well as those leading to Eko Hotels, from Adetokunbo Ademola Roundabout (Eko Hotels Roundabout) will be temporarily closed to traffic from early hours of the day on Thursday 9th December, 2021.

    “All alternative routes shall be effectively managed by Security and Law
    Enforcement personnel to reduce unnecessary delays.

    “We sincerely apologise for all inconveniences and delays but enjoin all road users to cooperate with traffic management personnel so as have a better traffic flow.”

  • Eko Disco explains outage in Victoria Island

    Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says the electricity outage in Victoria Island was caused by a breaker problem at Alagbon Transmission Substation in Lagos.

    Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, in a statement on Monday in Lagos, said the problem had put Ademola Injection substation out of power supply since morning.

    “As we speak 50 per cent of our customers in Victoria Island including Eko Hotel and Suites are in darkness,’’ the general said.

    Idemudia said that the engineers from the company were working hard to ensure the breaker was replaced.

    He, however, assured the affected customers that power supply would be restored any moment the engineers were through with the repair.

    The general manager also apologised for the inconvenience that the outage would have caused customers within the area.