Tag: Road Traffic Law
Sokoto repeals road traffic law
The Sokoto State House of Assembly has passed a law to repeal the Sokoto State Road Traffic Law of 1996.…
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Jonathan’s Approval Rating Poor, says Fashola
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State granted TheNEWS editors an exclusive interview. He seized the opportunity to speak on…
8 Hours Of Work: Why Danfo Drivers Are Restricted
The Lagos State Government has further explained why it decided to restrict commuter bus drivers, popularly called Danfo drivers in…
8 Hours Of Work: Don’t Panic —NURTW Boss
The Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, has advised drivers of…
Govt Restricts Danfo Drivers To 8 Hrs Of Work
The Lagos State Government says it would begin enforcement of a section of the road traffic law which restricts commuter…
Police Frustrate Lagos Laws —Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, Taiwo Kolawole, has accused the police in Lagos state…
200cc Motorcycle Palaver: Fashola Disowns Opeifa
Governor Babatunde Fashola has disowned the Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa for arrogating to himself the power to grant approval…
One Way Drive: Truck Driver Jailed
A court in Nigeria’s foremost commercial hub, Lagos has sentenced a truck driver to three months imprisonment for driving against …
No Going Back On Traffic Law —Lagos House
The Lagos State House of Assembly has declared that it will not repeal the Road Traffic Law it passed a…
Motorcyclist Shot Dead In Lagos
Some officers of the Nigeria Police Tuesday morning allegedly shot a commercial motorcycle rider a.k.a. Okada rider, at the Ilupeju by-pass…
Traffic Law: Bus Drivers, Conductors To Wear Uniforms From January
Commercial bus drivers and conductors will begin to wear uniforms and badges as from January 2012, says the Lagos State…
Lagos Traffic Law: Fresh Clampdown On Okada
After two months of intensive sensitization on the new Road Traffic Law, the Lagos State Police Command has finally commenced…
Lagos Assembly May Review Traffic Law
The Lagos State House of Assembly may review the impact of the state Road Traffic Law signed recently for implementation…
Okada Riders Protest Ban On 475 Roads
Thousands of commercial motorcycle riders known as okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest today protested against the Lagos State Road…
We Didn’t Ban Vehicles Without Lagos Numbers — Opeifa
The Lagos State Government has denied banning private vehicles with other states’ number plates from plying roads in the state.…
Lagos Traffic Law And Its Many Headaches
The newly signed Road Traffic Law of Lagos State is already giving commercial motorcyclists and many commuters cause for concern…
OAU Graduate Okada Rider Vows To Remain In Lagos
A graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Shina Senny Shoremekun, who took up commercial motorcycling for a living after a fruitless…
Traffic Law: We’re Ready, Say Police
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, say they are battle-ready to enforce the new road traffic law, which has…
Lagos Traffic Law Gazetted, Enforcement Begins
The Lagos State Government has finally gazetted the new Road Traffic Law and is now ready to enforce the provisions…
Lagos Traffic Law Catches Bullion Van Driver
Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has impounded a bullion van and arrested…
Fashola Vows To Enforce Traffic Law
Governor Babatunde Fashola has vowed to enforce the new road traffic law, saying that he wants to sanitise the transportation…
Collect Bribe, Go To Jail —LASTMA Men Warned
The Lagos State Government has vowed to sack any officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, who will…
Okada Riders Decry Ban On 475 Roads
Okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have decried government’s ban on them from plying 475 major roads in the…
‘Biafran’ Law Breaker Docked
A 39-year old commercial motorcycle (Okada) rider in Lagos, Nigeria, Innocent, Ifeanyi Nwachukwu has told a Shomolu Magistrate’s Court that…