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The Federal Government, on Sunday, announced plans to shut indefinitely the collapsing Ijora-Apapa Bridge to traffic for palliative work to be carried out from today, saying the measure became necessary in order to save lives and property. The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who made the remark at a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on the defective bridge ...

Lagos State Government yesterday, blamed the persistent traffic gridlock on the Apapa-Oshodi and Lagos-Abeokuta expressway partly on the failure on the road as well as the poor design. The state government stressed that the roads were not designed for the pressure they are presently subjected to. Also, the state government said litigations and slow pace of work by contractors appointed ...