•The newlywed couple A newly wedded couple who were returning from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry alongside 16 other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries following a multi-vehicle collision on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State today. This was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authorit...
•Yemi Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command successfully intervened to prevent a 59-year-old man from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge yesterday The RRS announced the rescue via a post on its official X handle, @rrsLagos767. The post indicated that the incident occurred around 12:00 p.m. ...
•Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos A tragic head-on collision involving two Mazda commercial buses with registration numbers LND 624 YE and EKY 804 YH occurred today on the Third Mainland Bridge near Ilaje, en route to Iyana-Oworonsoki, resulting in one fatality and eight others being grievously injured, according to a statement signed by the Spoke...
•Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos In a dramatic turn of events, a 65-year-old blind man, Ewenla Ibrahim Adetomiwa, and an 18-year-old mentally unstable teenager were rescued from attempting suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. Adetomiwa, a resident of Ikorodu, Lagos, took his two children, aged 16 and 12, to the bridge, intending to jump into the...
•Third Mainland Bridge The federal government has pegged vehicle speed limits on the Third Mainland bridge at 80 kilometres per hour. Minister of Works, David Umahi, declared the latest speed limit during the official opening of the bridge, reports Nigerian Tribune. The minister, who was represented by the Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Ol...
The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, which was partially closed to traffic in the last seven weeks, has been re-opened after comprehensive repair works with lane markings, new streetlights and CCTV installed. Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, confirmed the re-opening in a statement. Osiyemi said: “Dear Lagos Residents, W...
•Third Mainland Bridge The federal government is ramping up security at the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos with the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) and solar lights as parts of the repair works. One of Africa’s longest bridges has been under repairs for weeks, causing gridlock to motorists and other road users. While it has [&...
Barring any last minute change in plans, the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, which has been partially closed to traffic in the last seven weeks, will be re-opened on April 4, 2024. Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, confirmed the re-opening yesterday, Saturday, March 30 in a statement. Osiyemi said: “Dear Lagos Residents...
•Third Mainland Bridge There will be no vehicular movement on the dual carriage Third Mainland Bridge for 24 hours beginning from noon today, the Federal Ministry of Works has announced. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, who dropped the hint in a statement, said that the total closure was in continuation […...
•Third Mainland Bridge The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon tomorrow Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos yesterday. She [&he...
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