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…
60 Lagos-bound men intercepted in truck conveying cows
Some security personnel, on Monday, intercepted about 60 men hiding in a truck that was conveying cows to Lagos State at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the travellers, who reportedly came from Zamfara and…
*LASU’s management calls for caution on death of final-year student (Nation) *We are committed to Badagry seaport project – Sanwo-Olu (Vanguard)
LASU’s management calls for caution on death of final-year student (Nation) The Management of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has called for caution from its students following the alleged murder of one of the institution’s final-year-female students. It…
*Hoodlums stone LASTMA official to death (Punch) *Tinubu urges graduates to acquire right skills for employment (Vanguard)
Hoodlums stone LASTMA official to death (Punch) An official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, Ola Oyeshina, has died from an attack on him by two hoodlums in the Apapa area of the state. Oyeshina gave up the ghost…
Policemen driving against traffic crush two to death (Punch)
Some policemen allegedly driving against the traffic, on Monday, crushed two motorcycle passengers to death on the Long Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The motorcyclist was also said to have sustained injuries during the crash involving…
*More trouble for Lagos-Ibadan Expressway users (Tribune) *Lagos trader robs businessman, rapes housemaid in Abia (Punch)
More trouble for Lagos-Ibadan Expressway users (Tribune) Travellers are in for a prolonged painful experience on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as Julius Berger, the company handling the reconstruction of the road, will close another section of the road for four months…
Hundreds stranded as fallen tanker grounds Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Punch)
Gridlock at the Mowe end of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday left hundreds of motorists and commuters stranded. The traffic jam resulted from a petrol tanker that fell in front of NIPCO Filling Station, Mowe. The gridlock was worsened by the…
FRSC closes Magboro, Kara, Ibafo sections of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway till Friday (Punch)
The Federal Road Safety Corps has announced the temporary closure of only the Ibadan-bound carriageway of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway from Magboro to Kara and Ibafo. Mr Clement Oladele, FRSC Commander in Ogun, made this known in a statement made available…
Gridlock: Motorists sleep on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Punch)
Following an accident, which led to a petrol tanker spilling its content on the Ibafo end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday, many motorists have recounted their ordeal in the resultant gridlock, which lasted till Wednesday afternoon. Punch Metro had…
Gridlock as fire guts Ogun mass transit bus on Otedola Bridge (Punch)
Tragedy was averted on Monday when a mass transit bus owned by the Ogun State Government burst into flames on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The fire, which started around 11am, was said to have resulted from a…