A Nigerian swimming coach, Akinrodoye Dare, also called Coach Dreh, reportedly swam the entire 11.8k. of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Saturday. Coach Dreh was said to have completed the challenge in two hours and 33 minutes, with the aim of raising awareness about mental health issues, particularly suicide and depression. In a video shared on X by …

The Lagos State Government has announced that the the Third Mainland Bridge would be re-opened on Thursday. according to a statement by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on his X account on Saturday. The statement read: “Dear Lagos residents, We’re pleased to share that the Third Mainland Bridge will resume full operations on 4th April 2024, following extensive …

Akintoye Benson, an aide to the chairman of the Lagos State Park and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has reportedly died. Benson, who was seen in a wrecked vehicle in a viral video, was said to have died in an auto crash on Third Mainland Bridge on Thursday night. Confirming his death, a friend of the deceased, Ogunseye …

The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon on Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Monday. She said that the total closure was in …

The Federal Government partially shut down the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge on Tuesday to begin comprehensive rehabilitation works on the bridge. The closure was done at the intersection where motorists coming from Ojota link the Third Mainland Bridge on the island-bound carriageway. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, who supervised the …

The Lagos State Government has said the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed on Tuesday, 9 January, for repairs. The bridge, which was closed to traffic in November 2023, was reopened on December 21 to ease traffic during the Yuletide period. In a statement, the state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi said the closure was to allow the repair …

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Works will close up all ramps of the Third Mainland Bridge to traffic by 7am on Monday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukorede Keisha, made this known in a statement on Friday. Keisha said the Federal Government was set to undertake extensive repairs on the Bridge. The statement read, …

As contained in the N2.18 trillion supplementary budget sent by the Federal Government and passed by the National Assembly on Thursday, the Federal Government owed contractors who worked on the Eko/Marine Bridges the sum of N11,400,024, 608. The Federal Government also allocated the sum of N15 billion for the repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The amount was …

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, on Saturday, said comprehensive rehabilitation of the 11.8-kilometer Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would begin on 1st November and would last three months. Umahi said this during an inspection of the under deck, lagoon sections of the Third Mainland Bridge and other bridges. Umahi, a team of engineers, directors of the Federal Ministry …

The Federal Government, late Sunday evening, reopened the Third Mainland Bridge barely 24 hours after closure for palliative work. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, had expressed satisfaction with repairs done on the Third Mainland Bridge, assuring motorists of a smooth ride till the commencement of comprehensive rehabilitation in January 2024. Kesha gave the assurance on …