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A tanker conveying diesel on Saturday evening rolled over and exploded on the Michael Otedola Bridge causing panic among commuters plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye said the accident which occured at 5.30p.m.
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commiserated with the Lagos State Government and victims of the tanker explosion which occurred on the Otedola Bridge in the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, in a statement signed by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public
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The Police Command in Lagos State has said that no life was lost to the accident which involved two tankers laden with Petrol and a container that occurred on Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Saturday. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement released
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck in the early hours on Thursday, May 21, 2020, when a tanker suddenly rammed into a commercial bus and a car on the popular Otedola Bridge, along Lagos Ibadan-Expressway, killing an unidentified passenger, a female while others sustained injuries in the process. According to reports, an infant was among the
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Emergency responders in the early hours on Tuesday, averted what could have resulted in fire explosion with attendant danger when two tankers laden with Kerosene and Diesel respectively, had a head-on collision at the popular Otedola Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to report, the unfortunate incident occurred at about 8 am inward
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy struck in Lagos in the early hours of Saturday, January 4th 2020, when two yet to be identified bodies were recovered in an auto crash involving a truck and a Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, on the notorious Otedola Bridge, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the driver of the ill
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Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with registration number KJA-900XR, on Saturday burnt fire on the Otedola Bridge. The Public Affairs Officer of LASEMA, Mr Nusa Okunbor, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos. According to him, an investigation revealed that the tanker experienced burst tyres
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The Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with registration number KJA-900XR, on Saturday burnt fire on the Otedola Bridge. The Public Affairs Officer of LASEMA, Mr Nusa Okunbor, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos. According to him, an investigation revealed that the tanker experienced burst
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni For the fourth time within a week, emergency response team in the early hours of today, Saturday, prevented possible fire explosion as another tanker loaded with 33, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, fell on the notorious Otedola Bridge, along Lagos Ibadan Expressway. The incident, according to report, happened at 4.45
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Tragedy occurred again at the notorious Otedola Bridge, Lagos, along Lagos- Ibadan Expressway, in the early hours Wednesday, when a yet to be identified male person lost his life in a fatal multiple-auto accident. According to an eyewitness, Remilekun Abiola, the accident involving five vehicles, occurred about10 am during the early morning
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