It was big relief to witness the commencement of rehabilitation and construction works on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after a long-drawn tussle between Bi-Courtney Ltd, which was commissioned to Build, Operate and Transfer the 100-kilometre road by the Obasanjo/Jonathan administrations. Works…
Gridlock: Fashola orders trailers to vacate Ogere on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday directed trailers parking indiscriminately at Ogere section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to immediately vacate the area to give way for ongoing construction works. Fashola, who undertook an inspection of…
*IGP announces new squad “SWAT” to replace SARS (Guardian)*Sanwo-Olu in Aso Rock to see Buhari over #ENDSARS (DailyTrust)
IGP announces new squad “SWAT” to replace SARS (Guardian) Nigeria’s head of police Mohammad Adamu has established a new Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) squad to “fill the gaps” left by the notorious police unit Federal Special Anti-robbery squad(FSARS). “The…
One dead, two injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash
One person died, while two others sustained varying degrees of injury in a crash that occurred around the Isara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Remo-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Thursday. It was gathered that a Ford bus…
FG shuts Kara bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Sequel to a tanker accident that claimed two lives on Kara bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Sunday, the Federal Ministry of Works has said the road will be shut for integrity tests. A letter addressed to the Lagos State Government and…
*Two dead, many injured as tankers explode on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Punch) *Tankers explosion: Fresh fire delays opening Lagos/Ibadan out-bound lane – FRSC (Guardian)
Two dead, many injured as tankers explode on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Punch) At least two persons have lost their lives and many injured in a fire resulting from an explosion involving four vehicles at the Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway…
Passer-by burnt to death in Ogun tanker fire
An unidentified female passer-by was on Saturday burnt to death in a petroleum product tanker fire in the Lotto area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The crash involved three vehicles – a truck, a petrol-laden tanker and a passenger bus. The…
Lockdown violators, men dressed as cows and other strange happenings
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. 2,310 violators of COVID-19 lockdown order arrested in Lagos (Vanguard) A total of 2,310 violators of…
Presidency says $311m Abacha loot will be used for vital infrastructure development
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said in a statement Tuesday that the $311 million US Dollars – stolen from the citizens of Nigeria during the Abacha regime – and safely returned to the…