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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has approved the establishment of 30 road camps across the country along critical designated corridors. The Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this at the Fourth Quarter 2018 Strategy Session with 12 Zonal Commanding Officers and 37 Sector Commanders in Abuja on Tuesday. It was reported that the session was the last in the ...

The blockade of access roads in Lagos, Nigeria’s major commercial city continues unabated, as the Mile 2 axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway was for a better part of Thursday, locked down. This caused total traffic gridlock on the road. Motorists were seen diverting to various routes alternative to the expressway, but the alternatives were no better, as several vehicles got ...

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote lamented that check points mounted by Customs, Navy and other agencies were causing traffic gridlock, making life unbearable for motorists. Dangote said this on Wednesday as he appealed to the Buhari government to withdraw Nigeria Customs and the Nigerian Navy from the Ijora-Apapa Wharf road in Lagos to reduce traffic gridlock. “We are going to ...

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that fines payable by traffic offenders may be increased this year, noting that the penalty stipulated by the law is rather low. He also revealed that a total of 4,410 Nigerians lost their lives in 7,937 road crashes in 2017, while 23, 392 victims were ...

Last Sunday was a foretaste of the agony millions of Lagosians who daily ply the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway would endure for the next six months. The congestion on the long stretch of the busy highway was the ripple effect of the blocked Pen Cinema interchange at Agege, due to the construction of the Agege-Pen Cinema flyover. On a day traffic goes ...

Did it come as a shock when our darling Lagos – Africa’s fastest growing city was ranked among the top 3 worst cities to live in the world? In this article we discuss why Lagos is one of the worst cities to live in the world Two weeks ago, Lagos – the most populated city in Nigeria was ranked among ...

The Lagos State government has made it known that access from the service lane into Ikorodu Road at the Ojota Loop inward Ikorodu has been closed. The Nation reports that access from the highway into the service lane is equally closed. According to The Nation, a statement by Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, Biola Fagunwa, said the initiative was ...

Lagos State Government, yesterday, explained why there would be traffic diversion for the 500-man party that will hold between December 3 and 4 on Ahamadu Bello Way, Victoria Island. New Telegraph reports that the state’s Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Lanre Elegushi, while briefing journalists on the planned closure of Ahmadu Bello Way and other adjoining roads, said that the ...

Life is becoming unbearable for motorist plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a result of the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction work on the road. However the Federal Government seems to be sensitive to their plight.  Following attendant gridlock as rehabilitation and reconstruction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway progresses, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has appealed to motorists to bear ...

This article sheds more light on the implications of the new Lagos traffic law. What are the gains and the pains of the new Lagos traffic law to Lagosians and Lagos at large. Find out in this article. It seems the end of the road has come for lawless motorists especially drivers of commercial buses popularly called danfo, with the ...