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FG, LASG mute on planned 2-day blockade of Lagos-Badagry road by residents

Barely four days after a social media message went virile over planned total shutdown of the entire length of ever-busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway by aggrieved residents on the axis over unprecedented number of potholes causing massive gridlock daily, no comment has…

Badagry road: After our story on how potholes caused tanker fire, CCECC begins filling

The main contractor handling Lot 2 expansion of Lagos-Badagry Expressway, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), early Wednesday morning rolled out equipment including Caterpillars to begin massive filling of potholes between Alakija/Festac Junction down to LASU Gate. Business Hilights had…

‘Lagos-Badagry expressway gridlock now worse than Apapa experience’

Residents along the only Lagos international border highway, the Lagos-Badagry Expressway have described the state of the road as more hellish than the intractable Apapa port access roads. Our correspondent who drove along the road reports that the ongoing road…

LCCI hails end of Customs check-points on highways, but…

The Director-General of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Muda Yusuf has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) for keying in to the presidential drive for ease of doing business by dismantling Customs check-points on…

Disquiet at Lagos Customs commands over ban on Customs checkpoints by CG

Barely 24 hours after the announcement by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali on Tuesday ordering the immediate dismantling of checkpoints, checks in commands around Lagos show sad moods and fears of meeting revenue targets. Most of the…

Recent rains frustrating target speed of work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway—CCECC

More negative impacts of recent heavy rains that submerged parts of Lagos communities and flooded several highbrow major roads in the state have emerged. On Thursday, the contractors handling Lagos-Badagry Expressway and the Lagos Light Rail projects, Chinese Civil Engineering…

Mile 2 Jetty in shamble as Ambode plans to construct 8 new ferry jetties

Residents of Mile 2 and environs have called on the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to rehabilitate the Mile 2 Ferry Jetty and put it to use so as to ease the intractable traffic gridlock along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway….