The Federal Government has announced that the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed from 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha said the closure would be done on the Lagos Island-bound carriageway of the bridge. Kesha who appealed to motorists to obey traffic rules and use alternative routes to prevent hardship as comprehensive repairs continue on the highway, also listed the alternative routes …
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At least one person died in a car that exploded Wednesday, November 22 at the US-Canada Rainbow Bridge border crossing, the FBI has announced. The incident occurred shortly before noon in a car at the border on the bridge connecting Canada to New York State. “This is obviously a very serious situation,“ Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters Wednesday. “We’re taking this circumstance very seriously but to speculate on the origin of this particular circumstance – the reasons …
The Federal Government has announced plans to shut the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos starting from midnight of Saturday, October 21 to midnight of Sunday, October 22 to carry out repairs. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday, October 19. Kesha said the government is ready to begin comprehensive rehabilitation works on the bridge, starting with repairs of the critical portions. “However, in order to alleviate …
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge Supersonic Highway will make travelling from Lagos to Abuja a four-hour journey. According to a statement released by the Director of Press and Public Relations unit of the Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, Umahi stated this during a visit to Ogun and Oyo states on Thursday, August 31, in continuation of his highway inspection tour. During a meeting with the Ogun State Governor, …
A man who was tasered by police three times and fell into the River Thames from Chelsea Bridge has died. An independent inquiry has been launched as police looked into the actions at the bridge. Police were called to the scene after receiving reports of a man armed with a screwdriver on Chelsea Bridge Road at around 9am on Saturday, June 4. Video shared online shows the man, who is in his 40s, shouting at two Met …
Ukraine forces reportedly blew up a bridge about 30 miles north of Kyiv on Thursday February 24, in order to thwart the advance of Russian tanks toward the capital city. The nation’s airborne assault troops targeted the bridge, which crosses the Teteriv River at Ivankiv, helping ground forces stop a Russian tank convoy, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said, according to Newsweek. Russia has been stepping up its advance on Kyiv, with forces approaching from the east, north, and south on Thursday, according …