Wike Orders 10km Extension of Outer Southern Expressway to Wasa Junction, Defends Land Allocation Policy

Wike Orders 10km Extension of Outer Southern Expressway to Wasa Junction, Defends Land Allocation Policy

By Toffa Momoh ABUJA — FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has directed the immediate extension of the 10km Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from Ring Road II Junction at Apo to Wasa Junction, saying the move will complete the arterial network and improve connectivity for residents and businesses. Wike gave the directive during an inspection of infrastructure projects scheduled for commissioning to mark President Bola Tinubu’s third year in office. He said […]

May 16, 2026 4

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Boxing Day: Two die, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway auto crash

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of two people and 15 others injured in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. The spokesperson for FRSC in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Abeokuta. Okpe noted that the accident occurred at 4:34 p.m. on Thursday. She explained that the incident was caused by tyre burst, […]

December 27, 2024 103

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Two die as truck, bus collide on Sagamu-Benin expressway

Two persons have lost their lives in the early hours of Monday when a passenger bus rammed into a truck along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway. This is just as four other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries while 14 escaped unhurt. The spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the vehicles involved were an unregistered Howo truck and a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number BEN 823 […]

July 1, 2024 78

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Motorists groan as Ogun ram market causes gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Motorists on Wednesday found themselves stranded on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as buyers and sellers of livestock at the Kara Market blocked sections of the road causing a massive traffic jam. Our correspondents, who monitored the traffic congestion along the corridor, observed that large trucks carrying livestock, which were parked by the side of the highway for offloading, compounded the gridlock on the corridor. While the livestock were being offloaded from […]

June 13, 2024 72

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Six die, 11 injured in Kaduna–Zaria Expressway auto-crash

Six persons have died while 11 sustained injuries in a multiple road crash on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo, said the accident occurred at Aliko filling station on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway on Tuesday at about 06:25hrs. Nadabo attributed the multiple accidents to speeding and dangerous driving, which resulted in the temporary halting of the movement of motorists. He, however, said that the […]

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