NDLEA Intercepts 1.63 Million Cross-Border Tramadol Pills

NDLEA Intercepts 1.63 Million Cross-Border Tramadol Pills

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted 1.63 million pills of high-strength tramadol smuggled through a West African transit corridor. State narcotics agents seized the massive haul of 250mg opioids from two long-distance trailers during coordinated operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The vehicles carried the illicit stock inside specially altered compartments welded beneath their…

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Umahi Renames Lagos To Calabar Highway After Tinubu, Unveils Fresh Approvals

  The Federal Government has renamed the Lagos to Calabar Coastal Highway as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway, tying the country’s costliest single road project directly to the man whose administration revived it, even as questions over the project’s price tag, procurement and environmental footprint remain unresolved. Minister of Works David Umahi announced…

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Kara Bridge Repairs to Resume Wednesday After Gridlock Pause

Kara Bridge Repairs to Resume Wednesday After Gridlock Pause

The Federal Government has announced that rehabilitation work on the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will resume on Wednesday, March 4. The project, which involves the critical replacement of deteriorated expansion joints, was abruptly suspended on Saturday after construction-induced gridlock paralysed the corridor. Layi Komolafe, the Federal Controller of Works in Ogun State,…

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FRSC to Penalise One-Way Driving as Kara Bridge Repairs Disrupt Lagos–Ibadan Expressway

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced stricter enforcement against motorists driving against traffic on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway as repair works commence on the Kara Bridge section of the road. Speaking at the scene of a major traffic backlog on Monday, Lagos Sector Commander of the FRSC, Kehinde Hamzat, warned that all offenders —…

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