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Check Out Hilarious Reactions to The Temporary Closure of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos

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We are all know how active Nigerians are when it comes to social media platform, most especially using twitter.

Lagosians are however making jokes on twitter about the 3-days temporary closure of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, and it’s quite hilarious.

Read the hilarious tweet below:

Third mainland bridge de lagos you wey dey kwara state de lament. will you goan sidown pic.twitter.com/LYwQFz2wL5

— Balenciaga mama???????? (@Avicii_Queen) August 24, 2018

Situation report: while maintenance still going on third mainland bridge, young stars are taking advantage sharp sharp playing Soccer ⚽ on the bridge. #ThirdMainlandBridge pic.twitter.com/mBuwyb5yEA

— Peacemaker (@iamebendavis) August 24, 2018

Now that Third mainland bridge is closed down, where will i advise all the enemies of progress to jump from oo…. pic.twitter.com/93d5p0uTu8

— Elijah Jayson Oyibu (@jaysonrogue) August 24, 2018

Third mainland bridge shut down + Heavy rainfall and you guys left your house? pic.twitter.com/6lKVzqLLnT

— Instagram: Anny_Robert (@BeardedCoquet) August 24, 2018

Third Mainland Bridge: if routine maintenance was more regular on the bridge, we wouldn’t need to shut it down for more than one night. Na wa o! Let’s cause a tsunami to cleanup our seashore.

— Attamah Ifeanyi (@fybloom) August 24, 2018

Early morning picture of third mainland bridge. I took this shot with my iPhone Y on my way to work. Ambode is working #CleanerLagos pic.twitter.com/dln46vPUir

— Kelvin Odanz (@Kelvin_Odanz) August 24, 2018

Lagos mainland is in total mess today, even bike men struggle to have their way cos of the Third Mainland Bridge ish.
If you take uber, you are on your own oo ????????????

— Blessing Adenekan (@_ibukun1) August 24, 2018

70% of A city of over 20 million people rely on the third mainland bridge (built in the 70’s.)
No new bridges has been built, the vast potential of water transport remains untapped, yet we find a way to praise Ambode n his predecessors.

Our passion for mediocrity stinks.

— TCHIKAY (@chyke777) August 24, 2018

I’m about to leave home in V.I to the mainland. Have they really closed third mainland bridge? If yes, where I go use wey traffic no go break my back? Somebody help a brother… ????????

— Ediye (@iamOkon) August 24, 2018

@Rouvafe: Third Mainland Bridge is temporarily closed from today till Sunday. If you have no serious business on the Island & areas such as Yaba, Surulere, Ikorodu Rd etc, please stay off.

Signed
Concerned Lagosian

— GIDITRAFFIC (@Gidi_Traffic) August 24, 2018

But how is third mainland bridge being closed affect us that are going to ajah from CMS?
How?
What kind of stress is this?
????‍♀️????

— DINMA (@dorchy_berry) August 24, 2018

My friend asked some guy for money, and he said, he can’t do transfers, cos the third mainland bridge was blocked and it affected his account….!????????????????

— Yoyo! (@prettyeyo) August 24, 2018

The current traffic gridlock caused by the closure of Third Mainland Bridge has exposed the failure of successive Governments in Lagos State, especially from 1999 despite, the huge revenue at her disposal. They are more concerned about cosmetic project not futuristic ones.

— aderinto adedayo olu (@hadeydayaaw) August 24, 2018

Thank God say Third Mainland Bridge no long reach Epe oooo

— Son of GRACE???????????? (@KunleScott) August 24, 2018

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma involved in car crash

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South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash overnight after a vehicle transporting him was hit by a drunk driver, police said on Friday.

Zuma, however, escaped from the accident unhurt.

The car crash happened just hours after electoral officials barred Zuma from standing in the May 29 general election, further stoking tensions in the run-up to the polls.

The driver’s car “collided with former president Mr Jacob Zuma’s official armoured state vehicle”, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said.

The 51-year-old man was arrested in KwaZulu Natal province “for drunken driving, as well as on a charge of reckless and negligent driving”, SAPS said.

Zuma and his bodyguards escaped uninjured and the 81-year-old was taken to his place of residence.

Zuma, a former veteran of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), was forced out of office in 2018 under a cloud of corruption allegations but still wields political clout.

In December he announced he would be campaigning for the opposition uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party in an attempt to relaunch his career — a major blow to the ANC.

On Wednesday the ANC launched a new court application against MK, after losing an initial bid to have it disqualified.

The ANC says that MK’s name and logo are similar to those of the now disbanded apartheid-era military wing of the ANC once led by Nelson Mandela, and that this could deceive or confuse voters.

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Delta monarch declared wanted over murder of army personnel turns himself in

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Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe, monarch of Ewu-Urhobo kingdom in Delta, has reported to the police, hours after the military named him as one of the wanted persons for the murder of 17 army personnel in Okuama.

Bright Edafe, Delta state police spokesperson, confirmed Oghenerukevwe’s surrender to newsmen on Friday.

Edafe said the monarch turned himself in on Thursday.

“We have already handed him over to the military, they were the ones that declared him wanted,” the spokesperson said.

The Defence Headquarters had on Thursday declared Oghenerukevwe among eight persons wanted in connection to the murder of the army personnel.

Among those declared wanted are Ekpekpo Arthur, a professor of physics at the Delta State University; Akeywiru Omotegbono, Andaowei Bakrikri, Igoli Ebi, a lady; Akata David, Sinclear Oliki, and Reuben Baru.

Before turning himself in, the monarch released a statement to plead his innocence.

“I am very surprised that my name as the monarch of the kingdom will appear in the list of wanted persons. I have no hand in the killings, I have no hand in encouraging anybody to kill anybody, it is against my philosophy as a human being and my faith as a Catholic,” he said.

“It is a serious crime against humanity and they need to look at the appropriate places and do thorough investigation to know all those who have committed this and bring them to book and let justice prevail.

“I am not a party to this and like I have said earlier, the state government is aware of the turbulence I have been going through and as I speak, an arrangement was made by the government to invite the opponents recently just before this happenings.”

After the killing of the army personnel, President Bola Tinubu and the military high command promised that the perpetrators would be brought to justice.

Speaking during the burial ceremony of the late personnel, Taoreed Lagbaja, chief of army staff (COAS), said it was “highly demoralising” that the soldiers were killed by those they were equipped to protect.

The army chief added that it took over 72 hours of search to recover the vital organs of some of the deceased soldiers.

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Bus conveying 46 passengers crashes in South Africa – 8-year-old is sole survivor

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Forty-five passengers died on Thursday when a bus conveying them crashed through a barrier of a bridge in South Africa.

Only an eight-year-old child survived accident with multiple injuries.

The bus was said to have caught fire after it fell off a bridge approximately 300km north of Johannesburg in the north-eastern Limpopo province.

BBC reports that the passengers were pilgrims travelling from Botswana’s capital Gaborone to an Easter service in the town of Moria.

The vehicle lost control and went off a bridge on the Mmamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, around 300km (190 miles) north of Johannesburg, according to South African public broadcaster SABC.

Speaking with reporters after visiting the scene, Sindisiwe Chikunga, South Africa’s minister of transportation, said the government will carry out an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time,” Chikunga said.

We continue to urge responsible driving at all times with heightened alertness as more people are on our roads this Easter weekend.”

In his Easter message to South Africans, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on citizens to “do our best to make this a safe Easter”.

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