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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by LKO(m): 9:08pm On Mar 05, 2016
olaleye3230:
Idiot Na wetin dey your mind be dat abi mumu Like you....


U are actually the idiot here. Is this d right place to ask dat silly question? Y not create your own topic? Are u trying to be foolish or u are a born fool? Village tout.
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by engineerboat(m): 9:10pm On Mar 05, 2016
opeyemiieblog:
Some of the most dangerous roads to travel in Nigeria are as following :

1). Abuja-Lokoja-Okene-Kabba: If you have travelled from anywhere in the Southwest of Nigeria to Abuja through the Lokoja-Okene road in Kogi State, then you will understand that this is a road of death. Not only is this road bad, it is a haven of armed robbers. Thousands of passengers travelling the Lokoja-Okene road to Abuja or to Ondo State have been waylaid by armed bandits and dispossessed of their goods. The same can be said of the Ilorin-Kabba-Lokoja road and the Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road among others along that same axis.


2). Lagos-Sagamu-Ore-Benin road: An analyst noted that “If there is any road in the country that has portrayed successive governments in the country in bad light as failed governments in the last two decades, it is the Lagos- Sagamu –Ore –Benin road.” This road is not only bad and terrible for motorists, it is also a den of robbers where unfortunate passengers have been robbed and raped if their vehicles break down along the road. Travelling through the road is like travelling through the valley of the shadow of death.


3). Lagos-Ibadan
expressway: Constructed in 1974, the 120-kilometre highway is the only major road linking Lagos to Ibadan and other states within and beyond the Southwest of the Nigeria. The FRSC reported that in 2012 that 775 people died in 2,075 accidents along this road. The main dangers along this major expressway linking other states to Lagos is that of unmotorable road and frequent accidents, largely caused by oil tankers and overspeeding vehicles on the expressway filled with potholes.


4) Okigwe-Umuahia road: The ever-busy Enugu Port Harcourt expressway has always been a death trap for commuters. While road contractors hired to repair and maintain the road had abandoned it due to funds not being released by the government, the roads have fallen into terrible disrepair and become a death-trap for motorists and passengers alike.


5) Otukpo-Otukpa road in Makurdi: It is true that Otukpo and Otukpa roads are both within Makurdi in Benue State, this is a major road where craters, gulley erosion, potholes, and even dare-devil robbers rule the road. From Otukpa to Otukpo, the ancestral home of Idoma kingdom; you’d be forced to dance along with your vehicle to no rhythm for close to four hours in the journey, which ought not to last for about one or 2 hours. A columnist wrote that “For regular travelers, the thought of venturing on Otukpa- Otukpo road is the beginning of a journey into uncertainties, eternity or the easiest way of booking appointment with fate and grave, nay a way of bring money for nearby coffin makers.”


6) Enugu-Awka-Onitsha road: The deplorable state of the highway linking Enugu, Awka, and Onitsha has forced hundreds of motorists to abandon the road and reroute via the old road from Udi to Awka. Several people have died in traffic accidents occurring on this
road, and it continues to be a serious headache to passengers and motorists alike.


7) Kaduna-Abuja road: The Kaduna highway links many states in the north of the country to Abuja but boasts of over 400 potholes. In fact, the state of the road bears no image of a channel that links major states in the north to the Federal Capital Territory. An 18- seater Hummer bus was once involved in a ghastly motor accident that caused the loss of 14 lives along this road – they were all burnt to death beyond recognition. The vehicle had been coming from Kano State to Abuja.


report from http://www.praizeblog.com/2016/03/7-most-dangerous-roads-to-travel-in.html?m=0


abuja-kaduna roads,

stop your thrash once again

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Nobody: 9:10pm On Mar 05, 2016
Sokoto to Kontagora- Niger State is the worst of all the 7 roads
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by HybridMan: 9:15pm On Mar 05, 2016
Oyo/ogbomosho/ilorin road..den of death a one lane road use by both coming and going cars..The curves won't allow you to see the coming trailer..You will see a lot of burnt accident cars by the road side..

Shame on this country...No Nigerians should be in hell..They are experiencing hell already...

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by swaggprofessor(m): 9:15pm On Mar 05, 2016
opeyemiieblog:
Some of the most dangerous roads to travel in Nigeria are as following :

1). Abuja-Lokoja-Okene-Kabba: If you have travelled from anywhere in the Southwest of Nigeria to Abuja through the Lokoja-Okene road in Kogi State, then you will understand that this is a road of death. Not only is this road bad, it is a haven of armed robbers. Thousands of passengers travelling the Lokoja-Okene road to Abuja or to Ondo State have been waylaid by armed bandits and dispossessed of their goods. The same can be said of the Ilorin-Kabba-Lokoja road and the Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road among others along that same axis.


2). Lagos-Sagamu-Ore-Benin road: An analyst noted that “If there is any road in the country that has portrayed successive governments in the country in bad light as failed governments in the last two decades, it is the Lagos- Sagamu –Ore –Benin road.” This road is not only bad and terrible for motorists, it is also a den of robbers where unfortunate passengers have been robbed and raped if their vehicles break down along the road. Travelling through the road is like travelling through the valley of the shadow of death.


3). Lagos-Ibadan
expressway: Constructed in 1974, the 120-kilometre highway is the only major road linking Lagos to Ibadan and other states within and beyond the Southwest of the Nigeria. The FRSC reported that in 2012 that 775 people died in 2,075 accidents along this road. The main dangers along this major expressway linking other states to Lagos is that of unmotorable road and frequent accidents, largely caused by oil tankers and overspeeding vehicles on the expressway filled with potholes.


4) Okigwe-Umuahia road: The ever-busy Enugu Port Harcourt expressway has always been a death trap for commuters. While road contractors hired to repair and maintain the road had abandoned it due to funds not being released by the government, the roads have fallen into terrible disrepair and become a death-trap for motorists and passengers alike.


5) Otukpo-Otukpa road in Makurdi: It is true that Otukpo and Otukpa roads are both within Makurdi in Benue State, this is a major road where craters, gulley erosion, potholes, and even dare-devil robbers rule the road. From Otukpa to Otukpo, the ancestral home of Idoma kingdom; you’d be forced to dance along with your vehicle to no rhythm for close to four hours in the journey, which ought not to last for about one or 2 hours. A columnist wrote that “For regular travelers, the thought of venturing on Otukpa- Otukpo road is the beginning of a journey into uncertainties, eternity or the easiest way of booking appointment with fate and grave, nay a way of bring money for nearby coffin makers.”


6) Enugu-Awka-Onitsha road: The deplorable state of the highway linking Enugu, Awka, and Onitsha has forced hundreds of motorists to abandon the road and reroute via the old road from Udi to Awka. Several people have died in traffic accidents occurring on this
road, and it continues to be a serious headache to passengers and motorists alike.


7) Kaduna-Abuja road: The Kaduna highway links many states in the north of the country to Abuja but boasts of over 400 potholes. In fact, the state of the road bears no image of a channel that links major states in the north to the Federal Capital Territory. An 18- seater Hummer bus was once involved in a ghastly motor accident that caused the loss of 14 lives along this road – they were all burnt to death beyond recognition. The vehicle had been coming from Kano State to Abuja.


report from http://www.praizeblog.com/2016/03/7-most-dangerous-roads-to-travel-in.html?m=0
I notice say na only these b d bad roads wwey op don pass.All these road dey good compared to gboko-taraba road, biu-yola if OP these road e go ever remain grateful to God
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Nobody: 9:16pm On Mar 05, 2016
Some of the pics are complete falsehood!

For one, I've plied Abuja-Kaduna several times and yes it has a few potholes but NO gullies as the OP falsely portrayed!

Also Abuja-Lokoja axis for me is one sweet drive till you approach Lokoja axis where construction is still ongoing. Please post real pics and stop the blatant lies

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by olaleye3230: 9:16pm On Mar 05, 2016
I see you very rude and crazy i got no time for your BS......
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Skymiyke(f): 9:19pm On Mar 05, 2016
Try Jengre-Saminaka road,3hrs turn 5hrs!

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by LKO(m): 9:21pm On Mar 05, 2016
FILEBE:


hehehe. For you mind you talk wetin funny abi. Hehehe. Dude. You are one hell of a dry joker and an unserious fellow. Someone asked for your opinion and the best you could do is make fun of him? If you got nothing to say, should you not just shut your trap? Why are some beings like this?


Shut dat stinky mouth of urs now before I do dat for u. Tell dat friend of urs to create his own topic, dis is certainly not d right place to ask dat question.
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by anunimus(m): 9:21pm On Mar 05, 2016
you've not gone through jebba in kwara too kotongura Niger too yahuri kebbi state dat road is the easiest road to ply if u want to commit suicide.

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by oluwaseyi1992(m): 9:21pm On Mar 05, 2016
you no mention AKURE owo highway
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Niceman4u(m): 9:21pm On Mar 05, 2016
Deplorable federal roads yet we ve federal minister of works nd the non-functional Ferma!
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Nobody: 9:22pm On Mar 05, 2016
most of the roads have been repaired ...Ur info isn't so current Op .....

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Chomsky1967(f): 9:22pm On Mar 05, 2016
minosky:
You did not mention Ohafia/Arochuwu road
God bless you my brother! That Road fit dislodge pregnancy! I took that route from owerri to aro, I had to rush 3 canned beers to regain balance... Regardless, I love Road trips!
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Adeyinka1758(m): 9:22pm On Mar 05, 2016
timilehing:
Ondo/Ore road, Oyo/ogbomosho road. Come see curves of life!
Dat ogbomoso ehn na die oh, travellin 2marow just wish mysef journey mercy
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by shockwave(m): 9:23pm On Mar 05, 2016
opeyemiieblog:
more @ lalasticlala


5) Otukpo-Otukpa road in Makurdi:


6) Enugu-Awka-Onitsha road:


7) Kaduna-Abuja road:

Op that your picture of Kaduna-Abuja road is very very very misleading! I can reliably tell you that the roads up north are better than lagos-ibadan road. The last time i checked, Kaduna- Abuja road is the only expressway you can attain 180km/h comfortably. Besides that picture doesnt depicts somewhere down south. Please get your facts right before you post next time!

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by femoyor: 9:23pm On Mar 05, 2016
goodpath:
what about Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road?
That is d worst road in naija. Anytime I travel to bida from ilorin, I always have headache and body pain. Tank God is ova
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Nobody: 9:23pm On Mar 05, 2016
Compared to others before him aside maybe Abacha, GEJ built more roads. but that does not make the assertion made by the VP false. We all should drop all this sychophancy and ask for real change. It is very easy for APC to condemn PDP meanwhile, time is burning out for them already. Buhari wasted his first six months in office, the little achievement does not comeasurate with our expectation and what he has capacity for. Low oil price excuse cannot go too far because Yaradua too experience about 2 years of oil slump and international depression... Yet the country did not collapse. #istandwithbuhari... But if this hardship continue unabated, 2019 seem too far to vote him out.

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by finofaya: 9:24pm On Mar 05, 2016
I burst a tyre after venturing into a pothole on that abj kd road. I could only hang on to the steering wheel for dear life while the car sorted itself out. The road invites speed and then out of nowhere a pothole comes at you. Last time I used that road it was littered with skid marks from emergency braking. I even passed some people covering two pools of blood with sand. On the bright side the skid marks give you advance warning of a pothole. You also need to see that kd to kano road and kd to minna through dikko. The exhaustion alone from having to drive on them can kill you, given the near constant braking, swerving and tension.
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Smooyis(m): 9:25pm On Mar 05, 2016
When VP Osinbajo spoke about this some weeks back, many of us were insulting him.

Do we really have any good road in Nigeria? I mean standard roads. Most unfortunate for an oil rich nation.

Time to look inward to having local consortium of road engineers to repair, build roads and thus save us billions of naira wasted on foreign firms.
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by glossy6(f): 9:25pm On Mar 05, 2016
Jeez
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Nobody: 9:25pm On Mar 05, 2016
The most dangerous road to travel in Nigeria is Ibadan/Oyo/Ogbomosho/Ilorin. If you want to see "Fantastic" accidents and great loss of lives and property.....its on that road
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by SenJoe(m): 9:26pm On Mar 05, 2016
olaleye3230:
Please My Brother i need your advice i have 600k for a business plan in outskirt of Lagos am looking around osun state and Ekiti state but some of my friends advice me to travel out of the country Please What do i do and what good businesses can you guys suggests for me...

I hope you know you are very funny?
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by glossy6(f): 9:26pm On Mar 05, 2016
Bern1992:
Thank God, I dont even have road in my state not to talk of a bad one angry

ABIA?
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by opeyemiieblog(m): 9:27pm On Mar 05, 2016
shockwave:


Op that your picture of Kaduna-Abuja road is very very very misleading! I can reliably tell you that the roads up north are better than lagos-ibadan road. The last time i checked, Kaduna- Abuja road is the only expressway you can attain 180km/h comfortably. Besides that picture doesnt depicts somewhere down south. Please get your facts right before you post next time!
OK sir
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by olayinkajnr(m): 9:27pm On Mar 05, 2016
Op, you lied about KADUNA-ABUJA express Road. That pic is very misleading. Among all the roads you listed, KADUNA-ABUJA is the best. Replace it with Mokwa-Ilorin. Kaduna - Abuja express way is in good condition and can be travelled comfortably without any hitches.

shockwave:

Op that your picture of Kaduna-Abuja road is very very very misleading! I can reliably tell you that the roads up north are better than lagos-ibadan road. The last time i checked, Kaduna- Abuja road is the only expressway you can attain 180km/h comfortably. Besides that picture doesnt depicts somewhere down south. Please get your facts right before you post next time!


YOU are damn right. I wonder where they get their infos from. So misleading
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by miracleoscar(m): 9:27pm On Mar 05, 2016
The list cannot be complete with just the mention of this seven names.Where is Lafia-lamorde road,enroute Numan.

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Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by SenJoe(m): 9:27pm On Mar 05, 2016
finofaya:
I burst a tyre after venturing into a pothole on that abj kd road. I could only hang on to the steering wheel for dear life while the car sorted itself out. The road invites speed and then out of nowhere a pothole comes at you. Last time I used that road it was littered with skid marks from emergency braking. I even passed some people covering two pools of blood with sand. On the bright side the skid marks give you advance warning of a pothole. You also need to see that kd to kano road and kd to minna through dikko. The exhaustion alone from having to drive on them can kill you, given the near constant braking, swerving and tension.

My dear brother, you just spoke my mind.

Gbam
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by sunshine1974(m): 9:32pm On Mar 05, 2016
ziky2010:
Oyo-Ogbomosho road.So many curves
that road cones to mind too.....very narrow and yet its a haven for trailers.....i can never sleep traveling on that road.
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by Raymee(m): 9:32pm On Mar 05, 2016
This news is almost stale now. Who put am here?
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by sunshine1974(m): 9:33pm On Mar 05, 2016
Op u have missed out the No1 on that list.......Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road down to bida.......dat shld top the list
Re: 7 Most Dangerous Roads To Travel In Nigeria( SEE PHOTOS) by lereinter(m): 9:34pm On Mar 05, 2016
opeyemiieblog:
more @ lalasticlala

5) Otukpo-Otukpa road in Makurdi:

6) Enugu-Awka-Onitsha road:

7) Kaduna-Abuja road:
cooloyo ogbomosho road shoul be included

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