NOVEMBER 22, 2020 The Federal Government will spend ₦311 billion on the construction and rehabilitation of the 127.6-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), disclosed this during an inspection tour, and a town hall meeting on the dual carriageway at Ogere, Ogun State. The road awarded to Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria, … Read more
Four persons on Monday were saved in a multiple auto crash along Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Reports has it that the victims, three males and a female were said to be badly injured as one suffered a severed limb. The accident which occurred in the night involved an empty tanker with number … Read more
3 persons have lost their lives with one injured after a granite-laden truck that reportedly crashed into a Mazda bus on Friday night on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Youths in the area also prevented law enforcement agents from towing the accidented truck away, insisting it must be set ablaze. According to eyewitnesses, the Iveco truck with number … Read more
There is gridlock at the long bridge, Wawa section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the standstill was caused by a fire outbreak, The Punch reports. It was learnt a car was gutted by fire in the middle of the bridge around 1.30pm. Read also: HRM Oboni II, Attah Igala Is Dead The … Read more
– A accident that occurred along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway has killed three persons and left six others injured – The bus was conveying passengers from Kwara state to Lagos – The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the incident Three people have reportedly died while six others were … Read more
Due to the tanker accident that claimed two lives on Kara bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Sunday, the Federal Ministry of Works has announced that the road will be closed for integrity tests. This was made known in a letter signed by the Deputy Director, Highways, Federal Ministry of Works, K.Y. Ibrahim, to the Lagos State Government. READ … Read more
The rescue operations of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recovered one dead, and two injured bodies at the scene of Sunday’s tanker explosion at Kara Bridge, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The FRSC Lagos State Sector Commander Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide, in a statement, said that two injured persons had been moved to the hospital. He … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said one person has died and several others injured in two separate accidents on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. In a statement by Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander of the corps in Ogun on Monday, the corps said one the accident was caused by a driver who was … Read more
In order to enforce full compliance with the total lockdown directive of the Federal and Ogun State governments, authorities in the state have announced the restriction of vehicular movement in 12 major roads across the Ogun. The 12 routes along the Ogun traffic corridor for closure are: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway; Abeokuta-Ifo-Sango/Ota Expressway; Interchange-Sagamu-Ijebu/Ode-Benin/Ore Expressway; Abeokuta-Odeda-Ibadan Highway; … Read more
Tragedy struck on Friday as two persons lost their lives in a fatal accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. It was gathered that the fatal accident occurred around New Makun area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, leaving nine other persons with various degrees of injuries. The accident which involved Toyota Hiace bus marked KSF 272 YN experienced … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, on Sunday confirmed the accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which claimed the lives of five persons and injured nine others. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at 9.10 p.m. around … Read more
–FRSC on 24-hour standby to ease traffic on Lagos-Ibadan expressway The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it is on 24-hour standby with over 100 personnel deployed to ease traffic on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Julius Berger, a construction company, had on Monday announced partial closure of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to carry out reconstruction of Berger Bus … Read more
Three persons were confirmed dead in an accident involving a Toyota Sienna and a Mack tipper around Onigaari on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Monday. Mr Akinbiyi said the accident was caused by speeding and … Read more
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps has advised motorists to make use of alternative routes in view of the imminent closure of inbound Lagos traffic along the Lagos-Ibadan Highway for reconstruction and rehabilitation work on the 600km stretch of the corridor to be carried out from Berger (New Garage Bus Stop) to … Read more
The Federal Government has postponed the planned closure of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for repairs The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Adedamola Kuti, announced that the closure has been moved from Aug. 3 to Sept. 2. He explained that due to the busy nature of the highway, the Federal Ministry of Power, Works … Read more
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday said four persons sustained various degrees of injury when a tanker overturned at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commandant of FRSC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun State, that the accident happened at about 6.50 … Read more
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun, Clement Oladele, on Thursday, advised motorists plying Lagos -Ibadan Expressway to exercise patience and drive cautiously, especially within construction areas. Oladele disclosed this in a statement signed by the FRSC Public Education Officer in the state, Florence Okpe, and made available to journalists in Abeokuta. … Read more