Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Sunday.
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The Mowe Unit Commander of the FRSC, Assistant Corps Commander Lucas Oguntade, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos.
They were arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ogun State Police Command, a statement by the spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said on Sunday.
The duo of Latefat Shofidiya, 65. and Ekundayo Taiwo, 40 were nabbed, after initially absconding from their residence, for stealing power supply by illegally tapping from a source and passing it underground for more than 100 meters right into their home.
This was disclosed by the Managing Director of the NSIA, Uche Orji, during a virtual meeting with newsmen to discuss the Authority’s 2019 financial statement
Ibrahim, representing the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the rain forced workers to stop work.
This followed a recent fire incidence that involved multiple articulated vehicles on Kara Bridge, which led to huge fire, necessitating the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to carry out an integrity test on the bridge as part of safety engineering measures to ascertain the extent of the damage on the road and effect the requisite repairs.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that an integrity test was necessary to ascertain the stability of the bridge, following a recent tanker fire that occurred there.
The FRSC Corps Marshals, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, on Monday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that rescue operations were still ongoing at the scene of the accident involving three tankers and a truck.
The Lagos State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Olusegun Ogungbemide, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Lagos
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Kayode Popoola, on Wednesday said work on section one of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction and rehabilitation was 61 per cent completed.
A female passer-by was burnt to death in an accident involving a tanker loaded with petrol and a commercial Mazda bus around Lotto area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday night.
One person was confirmed dead while three others sustained various degrees of injuries on Sunday in an accident involving two trucks around Kara, Ayetoro area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Two women were on Saturday crushed to death in an accident involving a Mack truck and a motorcycle around Lotto, beside NNPC filling station, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Two persons were on Tuesday confirmed dead in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a motorcycle around new Kara Market on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
This was confirmed by a video that has gone viral
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Adedamola Kuti, has handed over to Kayode Popoola, who stepped into his shoes as the new Lagos State Controller, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
NAN reports that site preparation toward the total reopening began on Saturday with a final inspection of the project by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday said repair works on a 600m stretch outbound the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway had been completed.