Tag Archives: highway

Minister of Works, David Umahi has revealed that the Abuja-Lagos highway will be completed in 2027 and will last for 100 years.    Addressing journalists on Saturday, September 23, Umahi said the proposed 470 kilometres Abuja-Lagos Greenfield superhighway will be built by a private sector consortium at no cost to …

A large number of women mounted a roadblock on Makurdi/Laafia/Abuja federal highway on Friday August 11, to protest the killing of five people by suspected herders in Benue State.    A local who simply identified himself as Sunny, said five people were killed in separate attacks by suspected herdsmen in …

15 occupants of a Toyota bus were burnt beyond recognition in a fatal accident on the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.   The accident occurred at Ituku in Awgu Local Local Government Area of Enugu State at about 8:30pm on Saturday, April 8, 2023, when the ill-fated 18-seater bus, which was travelling …

Youths of Uso community in Owo Local Governent Area of Ondo State, on Friday, blocked the Ogbese axis of the Akure-Owo-Benin highway during a protest over incessant kidnapping in the community.    It was gathered that three persons were abducted near Total Filling station on Thursday, March 23, but one …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted an Assistant Superintendent of Nigeria Immigration Service, Imojara Godwin, in Cross River State.    Imojara was kidnapped alongside YPP Deputy Governorship candidate, Prince Agbor and one Egbung Sandra, on Thursday afternoon, March 16, 2023,  while he was travelling on the Ikom-Calabar highway to …

A baby girl and two teenagers were killed in a shooting on a Chicago highway Sunday night, Feb. 19, officials said.   Three other victims were injured in the shooting on the I-57 expressway on the south side of the Windy City around 10:30 p.m., according to state police.   …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Jos reporter of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Abdulwab Babankanti, and three of his friends on the Bauchi-Jos highway.    A family source who confirmed the incident said Babankanti and other victims were abducted on Monday, January 30, 2023, at Toro community …

There was tension along Zaria-Kano highway as protesting tanker drivers blocked the busy road over alleged killing of their colleague by a soldier.   It was gathered that the incident occurred near Tashar Yari in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.    …

Erin Andrews told an absolutely crazy story during the latest episode of the podcast she hosts with Charissa Thompson. On this week’s Calm Down with Erin and Charissa, Andrews revealed that a driver for a car service provided for her fell asleep while driving her from Chicago to Green Bay. …

An Oklahoma highway got littered with sex toys after a semitrailer hauling the items and lubricants overturned and spilled its “love loads”.    Footage from the crash site shows an overturned truck with hundreds of boxes with metal cans and pink labels spilled out onto the highway on the western end of …