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July 8, 2024 No Responses

LASTMA Impounds 9,370 Vehicles, Records 256 Casualties In Six Months

Between January and June 2024, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) impounded 9,370 vehicles for alleged traffic violations. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki revealed this at the weekend during a meeting with relevant stakeholders in the...

July 5, 2024 No Responses

Driver Jailed 12 Years For Killing LASTMA Officer

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday convicted and sentenced a commercial bus driver, Elijah Shokoya, to 12 years imprisonment for killing an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA). Justice Oyindamola Ogala jailed Shokoya af...

May 13, 2024 No Responses

LASTMA Launches Call-Up Centre

The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) is set to inaugurate a call-up centre aimed at providing timely assistance and information to road users while also enabling them to report incidents or misconduct by agency personnel on Lagos roads. Sola...

May 3, 2024 No Responses

LASTMA Tasks Cadet On Professionalism

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has emphasised the importance of professionalism among its cadet officers in serving the motoring public across the state and ensuring effective traffic management. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tr...

January 5, 2024 No Responses

LAGOS: RED LINE RAIL, OPEBI LINK BRIDGE, 15 JETTIES TO EASE TRAFFIC IN 2024

The Lagos State Government, through the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso has listed some iconic projects that will shape the face of commuting in Lagos State in the Year 2024. Some of the projects, according to the Commissioner...

December 24, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Releases Impounded Trucks

The Lagos State Government has released trucks impounded by the Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) during a special operation on Friday, 22nd December, 2023. City Business News report that the trucks were impounded for impeding traffic flow on the Cele-Apap...

December 23, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Urges Lekki Residents To Open All Street Gates

The Lagos State Government has urged residents in Lekki Phase I, Phase II and its environs to open all Street Gates located in the area from the hours of 6.00 am to 11.00 pm daily during this yuletide season. A...

November 28, 2023 No Responses

New LASTMA Boss Unfolds Agenda

The newly appointed Acting General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Bakare Oki Olalekan has advised personnel of the Agency to be civil, demonstrate empathy and shun corruption in whatever guise while dischar...

February 25, 2023 No Responses

Increasing Road Accidents Menace In Nigeria

Deaths and injuries associated with road accidents in on the increase in Nigeria despite efforts to curb the trend by the Federal Government. The menace is, however, not peculiar to Nigeria as there is a global epidemic of Road Traffic...

December 8, 2022 No Responses

FG Tasks FRSC On Seamless Traffic During Yuletide

The Federal Government has tasked the Federal Road Safety Corps to ensure seamless movement of traffic nationwide before, during and after the Yuletide. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha gave the charge during the.....

November 7, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Begins Impounding Of Unpainted Commercial Vehicles

The Lagos State Government has directed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to begin to arrest and impound unpainted commercial vehicles from Monday across the state. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, said this in a stat...

September 26, 2022 No Responses

LASTMA Urges Motorists To Obey Traffic Laws

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned operators and drivers of ‘LagosRide’ Taxi across the state to obey the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, said this on...

July 15, 2022 No Responses

Emirates Refuses Heathrow’s Demand To Cut Flights

Emirates has rejected Heathrow Airport’s demands for airlines to stop selling summer tickets, calling the move “unreasonable and unacceptable”. The airline accused the airport of having a “blatant disregard” for customers after it...

April 2, 2022 No Responses

LASTMA To Officials: Discharge Duty With Decorum

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned its officers to ensure decorum and civility while discharging their duties on the road and in public domain. The agency’s General Manager, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, issued the warning in a statement.....