Tag: Third Mainland Bridge
Third Mainland bridge closure: FRSC, LASTMA assure free flow of traffic
The Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Lagos State Command on Thursday, assured residents of the state of free flow of…
Nigerian Govt shifts 3rd Mainland Bridge closure to August 24
The three day closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for Investigative Maintenance Test earlier slated to begin on July 27,…
Third Mainland Bridge: Lagos residents advised to use BRT, Waterways
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have advised Lagos residents to use Bus…
3rd Mainland Bridge: NUJ, motorists laud FG on planned repair
The Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Dr Quasim Akinreti, on Thursday joined…
FG to shutdown Third Mainland Bridge for repair
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Adedamola Kuti, said on Tuesday that consultations had begun for the closure…
Third Mainland Bridge to be closed for repairs
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, said on Tuesday that consultations had begun for the closure…
Woman jumps into Lagos Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge
An unidentified woman has committed suicide by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge.
Medical doctor jumps into Lagoon from 3rd Mainland Bridge
An unidentified man has jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge.
Contractors abandon Third Mainland Bridge repairs
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has come under heavy criticism from residents in Lagos over the abandonment of the…
Police arrest militant leader in Lagos
The Police have arrested one Abiodun Amos, 43, suspected to be the leader of a militant gang planning to bomb…
Lagos decongests 3rd mainland bridge traffic
The Lagos State Government has finally reduced the perennial traffic on Third Mainland Bridge during peak hours with the completion…
PICTURES: Accident on Third Mainland Bridge
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Here are pictures from an accident scene on Third Mainland Bridge. A bus travelling from Ajah…
Lagos lights up Third Mainland Bridge
In line with the ongoing statewide “Operation Light up Lagos” project, the Lagos State Government has completed the illumination of…
Nigeria orders underwater inspection of Lagos bridge
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N290.745 million contract for a comprehensive underwater inspection of the state…
Senator, FG Disagree Over 3rd Mainland Bridge
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District and the Federal Government have disagreed over the condition of…
3rd MAINLAND Bridge: Knocks, Kudos For Jonathan
Lagos residents have given more knocks and less kudos to the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government over the rehabilitation of…
Total Closure Of 3rd M/Bridge Sunday
The Lagos State Government has said the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed totally to traffic on Sunday to allow…
Evolving A Functional Intermodal Transportation System
By Sola Ogunmosunle It is no longer news that the Third Mainland Bridge, one of the three bridges connecting Lagos…
Total Diversion On 3rd Mainland Bridge On Monday
Following an information obtained from the office of the Federal Director of Works, South West Zone, Engr. Ejike Mgbemena, the…
Youths Turn Closed 3rd Mainland Bridge To Football Pitches
Some youths around Oworonsoki area of the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos now under repairs, have turned the closed part of…
Driver Throws Road Marshal Out Of Moving Bus
In his desperate bid to evade arrest and prosecution, a driver, Seun Adenuga, allegedly threw a Federal Road Safety Corps…
Lagos Charges Commuters On Water Transportation
Due to the repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge, the Lagos State Government has charged commuters to explore the…
3rd Mainland Bridge: Commuters Besiege Rail, Ferry Services
Commuters in Lagos on Monday besieged train and ferry stations, following the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for…
Lawmakers Summon Julius Berger, Others Over 3rd Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the management of Julius Berger and the Federal Controller of Works for…
Bridge Repair: 500 LASTMA Men For Traffic Duty
The Lagos State Government is to deploy 500 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, to man alternative…
LASAA Allays Fears Over Collapsed Third Mainland Bridge Billboard
The management of the Lagos State Signage and advertisement Agency (LASAA) has allayed fears of stakeholders in the outdoor advertising…
Woman Dies In Auto Crash
An unidentified woman died this morning when a commuter mini bus painted in Lagos colour summersaulted on Third Mainland Bridge…
Pregnant Woman Burnt To Death
A pregnant woman has died in a commuter bus in Lagos, southwest, Nigeria when the bus caught fire while in…
Traffic Improves As Lagos Chases Traders Off Highways
Lagosians have commended the action of the Lagos State government and its innovative acts geared towards ridding the major highways…
Fashola Blasts Jonathan
Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday blasted President Goodluck Jonathan for paralysing traffic in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria during his campaign rally…