Hundreds of motorists heading towards Abuja and other parts of the North were yesterday stranded at the Osi-Eruku axis of the Ilorin-Omu-Aran-Kabba federal road due to a gridlock.
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GRIDLOCK ON BENIN-ORE ROAD AS ARMED ROBBERS KILL ONE, ROB PASSENGERS
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Thursday shot dead a middle-aged man and dispossessed several passengers of their belongings on the Benin-Ore Road, in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Continue reading »BREAKING: TANKER CRASH CAUSES GRIDLOCK ALONG LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY (PICTURES)
A 33,000 litres fully-loaded Petrol Tanker crashed this morning near Redeem Youth Centre resulting in heavy traffic gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Continue reading »MAY 1ST DISASTER: 4 BURNT TO DEATH IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT
Four persons were burnt to death this morning on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway following an accident involving an IVECO Truck and a Toyota bus belonging to………
Continue reading »ACCIDENTS CAUSE GRIDLOCK ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY – FRSC
Commuters on Wednesday morning faced a hard time going about their businesses after multiple accidents caused heavy traffic on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway The gridlock is linked to accidents involving three trucks. The Federal Road Safety Commission said in a text message that the incidents involving container-loaded trucks “caused total blockade on both sides of the Lagos /Ibadan express way this […]
Continue reading »JULIUS BERGER: LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY GRIDLOCK WILL NOT END TILL NOVEMBER
Julius Berger, the construction company handling the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, has stated that the traffic gridlock on the expressway will not ease up till November. The construction firm’s manager, West Division, Mr. Wolfgang Loesser, spoke to the press when he led his team on a courtesy visit to the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Leosser said the […]
Continue reading »RESIDENTS, MOTORISTS LAMENT SLOW WORK PACE ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY
Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have lamented the slow pace of work and the demarcation of the expressway from the Warewa end of the long bridge, Ogun State, and the resultant gridlock. They lamented that Julius Berger Plc, the construction company working on the expressway, used dividers to block a major part of the bridge and worked sluggishly without caring […]
Continue reading »FATAL TANKER EXPLOSION CAUSES GRIDLOCK ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY
Vehicular movement in and out of Lagos through the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was yesterday halted for hours, following a fallen petrol tanker, which was gutted by fire around 11.05p.m. on Tuesday night at Kara-Ibafo end of the highway, a few metres from the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) camp. The situation was so chaotic that it forced the queue of […]
Continue reading »LAGOS-IBADAN GRIDLOCK: FRSC, OTHER TRAFFIC MANAGERS TO THE RESCUE
Following the lock down of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Monday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has deployed more men to rid the road of perennial gridlock. Mr Hyginus Omeje, Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that his men would work with other traffic management agencies and […]
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