According to eyewitnesses, the Mack truck fell on a Volkswagen bus with registration number AKD 489XZ, a highlander Jeep with registration number AGL 366FP and a Toyota RAV4 with registration number AAA 353FH.
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Put in proper context, Oshodi is at the intersection of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and Agege Motor Road.
Previous administrations that made such promises reneged. The disturbing aspect is not their failure to keep their promises but the culture of silence that followed. The discourse today is not about the promises kept but the perception of the world on the quality and standard of living in Lagos.
Ismaila, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The Minister, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja, pointed out that the work would last for several months.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone that the contractor was able to complete the repair works on the bridge on Saturday, hence the lifting of the total closure at midnight.
The Minister gave the update on Thursday during an inspection of construction work on major roads and bridges in Lagos State.
Popoola debunked an earlier claim of a January 13 total shutdown of the bridge in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the total shutdown had to be lifted because the contractor was able to fast-track the delicate task they needed to execute.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Tuesday.
The traffic offenders met their Waterloo during the Squad’s operations along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and Mile 2 area of the State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that trouble started after officials of the Task force stormed the area in the morning and seized some motorcycles.
The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) impounded 21 vehicles and arrested nine drivers for driving against traffic (one-way).
In a counter-affidavit deposed to by one Ayodele Otedola, a litigation clerk in the Federal Ministry of Works, on behalf of the Minister, it was stated that the gridlock on the road “is always caused by Tanker Drivers who normally follow the route to NPA for the purpose of loading and offloading their goods” and that the Minister’s “effort to clear the road and remove the trailers and tankers has not been easy but that effort has been redoubled to achieve this goal”.
A Maritime Expert, Peter Obi, says relocating the tank farms from Apapa Wharf area, Lagos State will stop the perennial traffic congestion in the state.
Osinbajo spoke at a dialogue with stakeholders on the Apapa traffic congestion in company of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman, among others at the Officers Mess of the Western Naval Command in Apapa.
Speaking with reporters after inspecting the progress of the operation in company of heads of security agencies and other stakeholders, the Commissioner for Transportation, Ladi Lawanson, said it was gratifying to report that the Task Force was able to free the road from Toyota to Mile 2 in a rigorous operation that lasted for 72 hours between Friday and Sunday
Trailers parked indiscriminately over a long stretch of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway have been causing massive traffic gridlock on the road for several days now
LASTMA’s General Manager, Olawale Musa, said this after monitoring flow of traffic along Lagos-Abeokuta and Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on Thursday
The Deputy Director, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Sina Thorpe, in a statement on Sunday said the Government in realizing the economic value of Ladipo Street, which is a 2.87km road that connects Agege Motor Road to Apapa Oshodi Expressway service lane at Toyota Bus Stop, decided to rehabilitate and upgrade the road to a dual carriage way by the Lagos State Government.