No fewer than four persons on Tuesday were killed, while 10 others sustained degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to reports, the incident, which involved a white Toyota bus with number plate ZUR87ZY, occurred around 5:57 am around Sandcrate along the expressway. Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the…
Mr Philip Aivoji, the chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to sources, the chairman was abducted along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around 6 p.m on Thursday. Hon. Hakeem Amode, the state publicity secretary of the party, while confirming the abduction, stated that the chairman was returning from a stakeholders’ meeting in…
No fewer than five persons have been killed, while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at Fidiwo on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, explained that…
Two children, on Monday, lost their lives in a lone accident involving a Toyota car at Ade Best axis, Isara, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, said the incident occurred at 8:00 am on Monday and was caused…
Barely 24 hours after two persons died in an accident on the expressway, another two persons on Tuesday, killed while six others sustained injuries in a lone accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus marked ACA 607 XT occurred around Car Park C on the…
No fewer than two people have been killed while another injured in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Christmas Day. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday, said that the accident, involving a Toyota bus and…
No fewer than three people have been killed while seven others sustained injuries in an autocrash, which involved two vehicles at Conoil filling station axis along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the incident, which happened on Saturday night, involved a Toyota Hiace bus with registration numbers RLG 846 XA and a trailer marked…
No fewer than ten persons have been killed in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the accident, which happened on Tuesday morning at about 5 am at the Kara turning, Ogun State, towards the interchange on the highway, involved an Iveco truck marked KRA 80 XA and a Hiace bus with…
Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, on Friday, assured the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by November. Umahi, who appeared on the Channels Television programme Politics Today, stated that the completion of the project was marred by lack of funds, which he said would be discussed with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He said, “Let’s give…
No fewer than four persons on Monday were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a luxury bus rammed into a truck, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, while confirming the incident in Abeokuta, said the truck did not…
No fewer than two persons have been killed while one was injured in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a Mazda car at Ayedere, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. According to Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, said the accident…
No fewer than three persons have been killed while one other was injured on Friday in Lagos-Ibadan expressway auto crash. It was gathered that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna vehicle with registration number, BDG 426 HT and a DAF truck, marked, RNG 558 XC. According to Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road…
In preparation for the Eid-el-Kabir festival and the bid to reduce gridlock during the period, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, on Monday, suspended work on the ongoing reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Engr. Mrs Olukorede Kesha, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, made announcement was made in a statement released on Monday, construction…
No fewer than four persons have been killed in a road accident when a driver rammed his car into a moving truck while pressing phone along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident, which occurred opposite Mountain Top University, around Rain Oil Petrol Station in the early hours of Saturday, involved a Lexus RX350 car with registration…
Two persons have been killed in a lone accident involving a truck at the Kara end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Informant247 learned that the accident occurred around 8 pm on Wednesday when the truck was conveying tubers of Yam inward Ogun State, adding that the driver was at top speed when he lost control…
Three persons have been killed and two others injured in when a speeding Toyota car rammed into a moving truck on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the accident which occurred on Saturday evening at Sapaade – Ogere stretch of the expressway, involved a Toyota car marked KSF122 FB and a truck with registration number…
Many passengers were on Wednesday feared dead after a commercial bus reportedly plying one-way rammed into a trailer on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the the bus coming from Lagos inward Ogun State split into two after colliding with the trailer, killing several passengers on board. The accident occurred around 7pm, where bodies…
A tragic incident was on Monday night averted after articulated truck conveying a 40ft container fell on the Kara bridge of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the truck was said to be heading inward Ogun State at too speed when it lost control and overturned around 11pm, where it brought vehicular movement along the…
Ten persons have been confirmed dead on Saturday in an autocrash which involves a Mack truck and a Toyota Hiace bus in the Oniworo area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, saying the incident occurred…
The Federal Government, on Friday, ordered a temporary suspension of construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to make travelling experience easier for holidaymakers returning to their destinations after the festive season. The Informant247 gathered that Julius Berger returned to site on Tuesday after leaving in December 2022, to continue construction work between the popular Long…
