### [2026-08-22](/feed/2026/08/22/index.md)

##### Lagos–Badagry Expressway
# Five people are killed in a head-on road collision along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway near Lagos, Nigeria. 




### Sources:

1. [The Daily Post Nigeria](https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/22/five-killed-in-fatal-head-on-collision-on-lagos-badagry-expressway/)

### Changes:

1. Five people are killed in a head-on road collision along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway near Lagos.  _2026-08-22 16:01:43 (First version)_
1. Five people are killed in a head-on road collision along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway near Lagos, Nigeria.  _(Current version)_

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