LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has narrated how he narrowly escaped a suspected kidnap attempt while travelling from Ibadan to Lagos along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near Ajebo area of Ogun State. The victim, who shared his experience on social media, said the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. while he was driving through a section…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversy has surrounded the death of suspected lovers inside a vehicle along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the lovers died while having sex inside a Toyota Sienna vehicle around the NASFAT area of Mowe-Ibafo axis of the expressway. However, the police denied the claim. The corpses of the lovers…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday, as a tanker caught fire on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, before Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, explained that…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders, over the weekend, killed a commercial driver identified as Oluwatosin Aruwajoye, and abducted five passengers, while another person, Ibrahim Tiamiyu, was shot in the thigh at the Onigaari axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. One of the passengers, however, managed to escape. The driver’s corpse has been…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday were stranded as livestock traders caused gridlock on the road. PUNCH Metro gathered that in anticipation of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the traders around the Kara Market, Ogun State, displayed their animals on the road, thereby restricting motorists to a little portion of the road. Our…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman and two other men have been confirmed dead in a multiple accidents that happened around the Danco axis on the Lagos-Ibadan Highway. The spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi explained…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For many Nigerians in Diaspora, returning to the country to visit their families and friends is far from being an easy decision. There is the initial hesitation that arises from a deep-rooted fear of the unknown. The thought of travelling by road from Lagos, Abuja, Kano or Port-Harcourt – where the major…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fourteen passengers, including three children, have been burnt to death in an accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Our correspondent gathered that a silver Toyota RAV 4 with registration number, LND 13 GS; a silver Toyota Camry marked, GGE 369 GJ and a Mazda bus with unidentified number, were involved in the accident which…