The Lagos State Government has issued an announcement regarding traffic diversion at the National Stadium Bridge along Funsho Williams Avenue. The diversion is scheduled to take place on the nights of September 1 and 2, 2023, between 10:00 pm and…
Street trading: Stiff punishment awaits both seller, buyer — Lagos task force
The Lagos State Task Force has warned commuters and pedestrians to refrain from patronising illegal street traders, as a stiff punishment awaits both the buyer and the seller once apprehended. A statement on Sunday by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, spokesman, Lagos…
Lagos reopens Eko Bridge Sunday, 15 months after inferno
The Lagos State Government has announced the reopening of the Eko Bridge linking Lagos Island and the Mainland to vehicular movement from 12 am (WAT) on Sunday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while at the Apongbon section of the bridge on Sunday…
FG guarantees Apongbon Bridge May reopening
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Umar Bakare on Friday said that the Apongbon Bridge rehabilitation works had achieved 50 per cent completion. Bakare told journalists that all damaged components of the bridge razed by fire were…
LASTMA warns drivers on parking around Apongbon
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned commercial bus operators and private car owners operating around Apongbon area of Lagos to desist from indiscriminate parking of vehicles. The General Manager, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, who led an enforcement team…
Gridlock as fire razes shops under Apongbon bridge in Lagos
Fire on Wednesday gutted shops under the Apongbon section of the Eko Bridge in Lagos State. The fire incident caused gridlock and crippled commercial activities around the Lagos Island area of the state. Though the cause of the fire incident…
FG reopens Eko Bridge, begins repair of Airport flyover
The federal government has announced the reopening of Eko Bridge, which had been under repairs, to traffic on Friday, August 13. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, in a statement on Thursday night, said the 10-week rehabilitation…
Lagos: Public utilities, security and the environment – Gbenga Onabanjo
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Lagos State was created in 1967 under the leadership of General Yakubu Gowon. At that time, it was the smallest of the 12 states that were created in terms of geographical land size. It had a population of…
FG reopens Eko Bridge, Marine Bridge Monday
The Federal Government has approved the reopening of the Marine Beach Bridge and the Eko Bridge in Lagos State. The government had shut the Eko Bridge and Marine Beach Bridge in March and May respectively for repairs while declaring it…
*Explosion: NNPC commiserates with Lagos, victims (Punch)*Sanwo-Olu visits widow of man killed in Surulere #EndSARS protest (Guardian)
Explosion: NNPC commiserates with Lagos, victims (Punch) The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has commiserated with the Lagos State Government and victims of the tanker explosion which occurred on the Otedola Bridge in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.…