One person has been confirmed dead, while six others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mack truck and a Toyota Hummer bus around Eldorado axis on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Monday. Mr […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N10.7billion for the establishment of new 10 rice mills and N68.6 billion for road projects across the country. This was disclosed by the Ministers of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri and that of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola after the Council’s meeting chaired by President Muhammadu […]
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At least 18 persons were feared dead in an accident involving a Ford Explorer jeep and a Mazda bus at Alapako area on Lagos /Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that five persons died and 13 others injured in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at Wazobia, at about 9.00 a.m. Oladele said […]
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Five persons have died and some 19 others injured in multiple accidents that occurred in the wee hours of Thursday, at Kara Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was reportedly caused by a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of diesel which rammed into a stationary truck carrying brewery products. Fifteen people sustained injuries in the accident […]
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Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State has started a road project aimed at connecting the Agric area of Ikorodu to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway through the Arepo area of Ogun State. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday on the road in the Agric area of Ikorodu, Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Rotimi Ogunleye, who […]
Continue ReadingTwo construction giants — Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) — have returned to site to resume work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Reconstruction and rehabilitation works on the highway were suspended due to some issues with the Federal Government which include funding. A NAN correspondent, […]
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The News Agency of Nigeria has reported no fewer than 14 persons have died in two separate accidents at Ogunmakin on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. NAN reports that the accidents occurred on Wednesday and Thursday in the early hours of the morning. The first of the accidents was said to have occurred on Wednesday at about […]
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