An early morning accident that occurred at the Ago Adura axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Saturday claimed one life. The spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed this to PUNCH Online in a telephone conversation…
9 dead, 7 injured in Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway crash
Nine persons have been reported killed in a road crash at Kere Town in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The sad accident, which occurred on Tuesday along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, also saw seven injured persons. The spokesperson…
Truck crushes woman to death on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun Command, said a truck crushed a woman to death at Dalemo area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Thursday night. Mr Anthony Uga, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, who confirmed the incident to the News…
Gridlock as Lagos residents protest bad road
Residents of adjoining communities along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, on Wednesday, protested to demand an immediate repair of some sections of the road. Led by human rights activists, under the auspices of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the…
Anticipated violence: Police heavily man roads as residents vote in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State on Saturday, mounted very heavy security posts in the metropolis as residents voted in the Governorship and House of Assembly Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy security presence was…
Guber Poll: Lagos commercial drivers embark on brisk business amid heavy security
There is massive deployment of security operatives on major roads in Lagos as the governorship and state house of assembly elections get underway. The security agents at different points and road intersections mounted road blocks with tyres and other items.…
2 die, 4 injured in road crash on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Tuesday said that two persons died while four others sustained injured in an accident that involved a commercial bus, truck and motorcycle around Conoil Bus-Stop on Lagos-Abeokuta highway. Mrs Temitope Oseni,…
Tanker explosion kills 2, injures 3, destroys 12 vehicles in Ogun
Two persons were on Thursday burnt to death, three injured while 12 vehicles were also affected in an early morning tanker explosion at Ilo Awela area of Sango Toll gate on the Lagos -Abeokuta expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public…
Confusion as LAWMA, LAGESC demolish approved property in Lagos
A businessman, Oladele Soneye, has accused officials of the Lagos State Environment Sanitation Corps and the Lagos Waste Management Authority of demolishing his car wash along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, in the Abule Egba area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered…
Editor recounts six-day ordeal in the hands of kidnappers who demanded for N10m
A senior journalist and former editor with The Sun Newspapers, Alhaji Abdulfatah Oladeinde, has recounted how he spent six gruelling days in the kidnappers’ den, saying it was the almighty God that saved him from death. Oladeinde, who is also…
