•A collapsed bridge Hundreds of passengers were stranded after a temporary bridge constructed by a private individual at the site of the Namnai Bridge collapsed. The Namnai Bridge is located along the Jalingo-Wukari trunk A Federal Highway in Taraba State, reports Daily Trust. The original bridge had given way two years ago and is yet [&hellip...
•A failed section of the bridge on Lagos-Benin Expressway Motorists and passengers were stranded for hours after a truck fell near a failed portion of a bridge along the Isoko axis of the Lagos-Benin Expressway, exposing the river beneath and rendering the route impassable. A viral video from the scene showed queues of trapped vehicles [&helli...
Residents of Kusaki community in Gaube ward of Kuje Area Council of the FCT, Abuja are stranded following a bridge collapse in the area. A resident of Kusaki, Bissalla Ibrahim, who spoke with our reporter on Saturday, said the bridge collapsed as a result of heavy flood that accompanied a downpour, adding that residents have […]
•Collapsed China bridge A bridge collapse caused by torrential rains in northern China killed 12 people and left more than 30 missing, state media said today. Large parts of northern and central China have been battered in recent days by rains that have caused flooding and significant damage. The bridge in the northwestern Shaanxi province [&h...
The Lagos State Government has announced a 90-day traffic diversion for motorists on the Odo Iya Alaro Bridge, which will commence on Monday, July 22, 2024. According to a statement issued yesterday, Thursday, July 18, 2024, the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi stated that the diversion is due to the deplorable state of t...
•South Africa Flag A bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire on Thursday in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people on board, the transport ministry said. An eight-year-old child was the sole survivor and had been taken to hospital with serious injuries, reports AFP. The vehicle had been heading […]
•Accident scene A yet-to-be-identified tricycle rider has been crushed to death after the compactor of a refuse truck fell from a bridge in the Surulere area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Tuesday evening, reports The PUNCH. The truck, owned by the Lagos Waste Management Authority, was said to be […]
•Malian flag Thirty-one people were killed in Mali yesterday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the Transport ministry said. It added that the accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. “A bus that was […]
•FRSC officials controlling traffic The Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps today issued a traffic alert to the motoring public disclosing the complete blockage of Ota-Idiroko Road in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The gridlock was said to have been caused by multiple crashes involving a truck, two tricy...
•Lagos Port access bridge The Lagos State government has announced that traffic will be diverted at the Ijora 7Up end of the marine bridge from February 2 to May 10. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made this announcement in a statement recently. According to the commissioner, the decision to divert traffic is for compre...
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