Tag: traffic
Lagos Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Traffic Robbery Attacks
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Western Nigeria, have raised an alarm over robbery attacks in…
TRACE reads riot act to motorists in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta With the “ember” months three days away, motorists in Ogun state have been warned by Traffic Compliance and…
Preventing Carnage On Lagos Roads
By Mamud Hassan The incessant cases of road accidents, traffic gridlock and threat to lives and property by trailer and…
The Trauma On Apapa-Oshodi Expressway
It is highly worrisome that the hellish gridlock along Apapa-Oshodi expressway, occasioned by the indiscriminate parking of trucks and tankers,…
Container Falls On Bus At Apapa-Oshodi Expressway
Cyriacus Izuekwe A truck with registration number XU 68 KR carrying two containers, Thursday fell on a moving bus in…
FG Taskforce’s Invasion Of Lagos Ominous
In the last few days, the pervading peace being enjoyed in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has been threatened by the…
Unknown Traffic Controllers Invade Lagos
Police in Lagos have intercepted a strange group of usurpers posing as traffic officials on Lagos roads. Dressed in grey…
Still On The Notorious Apapa Gridlock
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Once again, pandemonium has returned to the roads in Apapa. Currently, gaining access to Apapa is fasting…
Traffic Picks Up At Lagos Airport
Traffic is picking up again at the Lagos airport after the Christmas holidays. At the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1,…
Lokoja-Abuja road now open for motorists
The Lokoja-Abuja road was re-opened to traffic at about 3.15 p.m. on Friday, six days after it was closed. Mr…
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…
The Longest Traffic Jam In History
China is a great automotive market and will remain so as long as more and more manufacturers are attracted by…
Lagos Aids Mega City Transport With 30 Greatwall Florid
The profile of the Greatwall brand seems to be on the rise as the Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cab…
Patience And The Shut Down Of Lagos
On Thursday, 12 April, Patience, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, came to Lagos and hell was let loose for five…
Traffic Offenders Face Hard Times
Worried by incessant traffic offences committed by both private and commuter bus drivers and even motorcycle riders in Lagos State,…
Lagos Taskforce Nabs 10 Phone Thieves
Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit yesterday swooped on miscreants who specialise in…
Lagos Warns Residents Against Road Damage
The Lagos State Government has warned residents of the state against road damage. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Kadri…
Lagos Set To Enforce Use Of Footbridges
The Lagos State Government will soon begin the enforcement of pedestrian bridge usage by pedestrians, says Commissioner for Transportation, Mr.…
Light Traffic In Lagos
Following the multiplier effect of removal of fuel subsidy on the Nigerian populace there is light traffic on some Lagos…
2 Cars Plunge Into River, Occupants Missing
Two cars collided and plunged into the river along Ijebu-Ode – Benin road by Ososa-Ijebu in Odogbolu Local Government Area…
Nigeria’s Governor, Amaechi Turns Traffic Controller
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi today, along with his aides, took over the control of heavy traffic at the…
Auto Crash In Lagos
There was heavy traffic on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway this morning following an accident which occurred at the Oworo end of…
Cross River To Recover N1000m From Rivers
The Cross River State Government is to recover the sum of N100 million paid to Rivers State in 2009 for…
Varsity Don Proffers Solution To Lagos Traffic Congestion
Emeritus Professor, Michael Filani of the Department of Geography, University of Ibadan has proffered a way to decongest traffic in…
Lagos Charges Mayors On Traffic Menace
The Lagos State Government has charged the Special Traffic Mayors (STM), to assist officers of the state Traffic Management Authority…
Fashola Inspects Project At Falomo
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Sunday inspected the construction of a new on-ramp bridge designed to carry…
Fashola Blasts Jonathan
Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday blasted President Goodluck Jonathan for paralysing traffic in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria during his campaign rally…
Motorcyclist Batters Cop
For daring to stop him at a traffic junction to pass other vehicles, a police inspector, Ekpe Arong, attached to…
Nigerians Bid Pa Enahoro Farewell
Nigerians from all walks of life today gathered at Uromi in Edo State to pay their last respects to the…