An accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has left many people severely injured. The accident happened on Saturday morning and involved a Toyota Hiace commercial bus and a Camry car. Witnesses said both vehicles were headed from Lagos Island towards the mainland. Emergency workers from the Lagos State Fire Service and the Federal Road Safety Commission […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a woman, Taiwo Titilayo Momoh who attempted to jump into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge on Friday. Taiwo’s case is coming few days after a medical practitioner, Allwell Orji jumped into the Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge as his remains was retrieved from the water on Wednesday. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, […]
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The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has given a identified the man who today abandoned his vehicle on the Third Mainland Bridge and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon. Spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Kehinde Adebayo, said the man is Orji but did not give any other name. Adebayo said : “The Agency received a distress call […]
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The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency has started the rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos to ease difficulty being faced by motorists. The Engineer in charge of the agency, Lagos East, Mr. Tayo Awodun told newsmen that the agency is working on both carriageways of the bridge in a manner that would not affect the flow of traffic.
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The Lagos State Government says it has started the construction of an alternative road from the Olopomeji area to further decongest the gridlock in the Iyana Oworoshoki area leading to the Third Mainland Bridge. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Dayo Mobereola, who spoke in Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, explained that the move was part of efforts to end gridlock on […]
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No fewer than five people, including two children, have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured after three vehicles crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State. The accident happened at about 6pm on Sunday around the UNILAG Waterfront end of the bridge. It involved a LAGBUS, a Rover Jeep and a Hilux pickup.
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The Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led Government of Lagos State is indeed matching words with delightfully fast-paced actions. A couple of weeks back, commuters and Lagosians in general heaved a huge sigh of relief when the newly contructed layby at the Oworonshoki end of Third Mainland Bridge was commissioned and opened for public use. Swiftly, the Governor led his crew to […]
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Riding on the massive goodwill that trailed the unveiling of the 1st Phase of the Oworo Modern Bus Park, a project targeted at easing the perennial traffic gridlock often experienced at the Oworo end of the third mainland bridge, the Lagos State Government has commenced the immediate construction of the 2nd Phase of the project which is the inward-third-mainland-bridge side […]
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