Tag: traffic law
Traffic law confusion: LASTMA opens up
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has opened up on the confusion being generated by the Traffic Law of…
Lagos Sets To Collaborate With Academics To Sustain Traffic Law
The Lagos State Government says it will collaborate with stakeholders in the academics in a bid to sustain the traffic…
LASTMA Declares Zero Tolerance On Violation Of Traffic Laws
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday urged motorists to voluntarily comply with the…
Fulani herdsmen violating Lagos traffic law – Lawmakers
Eromosele Ebhomele Lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday called on the governor of the state, Mr.…
Lagos Mobile Courts And The Quest For Justice
Bilikis Bakare As it is with other mega cities like New York, New Delhi Jakarta and so on, the population…
3 KAI Officials Rape Woman
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three officers of the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, have been arrested for allegedly raping a 24-year old woman…
Much Ado About Okada ‘Ban’ In Lagos
By Tayo Ogunbiyi One never really anticipates that the issue of the ‘ban’ of commercial motorcycles popularly called ‘okada’ in…
Preventing Carnage On Lagos Roads
By Mamud Hassan The incessant cases of road accidents, traffic gridlock and threat to lives and property by trailer and…
Lagos Taskforce Impounds 67 Vehicles On BRT Lane
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has impounded 67 vehicles plying the Bus…
Lagos Bans Illegal LG Taskforce
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has banned all local governments from setting up illegal environmental and traffic taskforce that…
Lagos Bus Conductors To Wear Uniform
Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, Lagos State chapter, has finally unveiled uniforms for commuter bus drivers and conductors in…
JAF Protest: 2 Activists Released
Two of the four activists arrested yesterday by the police during a rally organised by the Joint Action Front, JAF,…
Traffic Law: 35,000 Drivers Attend Driving Schools For Recertification
At least 35,000 professional drivers in Lagos State have visited the various Drivers’ Institutes located in different parts of the…
Toothless Traffic Law: Okada Riders Defy Fashola
Two months after the Lagos State Government commenced the enforcement of its new traffic law restricting the operation of commercial…
Traffic Law: Police Feed Fat On Okada Riders
It is often said that one man’s problem is another man’s blessing. To commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders, the recent…
Touts Still Kings Of Lagos Motor Parks Over 3 Months After Ban
When the Lagos State government enacted the traffic law, the provision mostly applauded by the residents was that which banned…
Traffic Law: 12,000 Motorcycles Impounded, 50 Riders Convicted
The Lagos State Police Command has impounded over 12,000 motorcycles in less than two months since it began the enforcement…
Okada Ban: Relative Sanity On Lagos Roads
Before the enforcement of the new traffic law, driving on Lagos roads, Southwest Nigeria was an issue. It was an…
Okada Restriction: Armed Robbery, Accidents Decline —Police
The Lagos State Security Council on Wednesday met under the chairmanship of Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) with the Deputy Commissioner…
Stop Using Brute Force To Enforce Traffic Law
The unjustifiable shooting of a commercial motorcyclist, known in local parlance as okada riders, Adigun Atilola, yesterday by police officers…
Ease The Pains Of Commuters
Arguably, one of the most controversial aspects of the new Lagos Traffic Law is the restriction placed on commercial motorcycles…
Fashola: It’s Total War On Okada
The Lagos State Government has declared total war on commercial motorcycle riders also known as okada riders plying the 475…
Rider Crushed, Passenger Breaks Arm
A commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death on Saturday morning at Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos. His passenger, a young woman also…
Traffic Law: Police, Aturu Disagree Over Clampdown
There is a disagreement between the Lagos State Police Command and Bamidele Aturu over the ongoing clampdown on commercial motorcycle…
Okada Ban: Police Begin Clampdown
The police at Area ‘G’, Ogba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday began to enforce the state Traffic Law banning…
25 Parties Back Lagos Govt On Traffic Law
Operating under the aegis of Conference of Nigerian Political parties, CNPP, 25 political associations have expressed their support for Lagos…
Lagos Begins Training Of 7,960 Enforcement Officers
In preparation for full enforcement of the new traffic law, the Lagos State Government has begun the re-training of 7,960…
Traffic Law: LASG Mobilises Councils For Enforcement
The Lagos State Government has begun mobilisation of its 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas, LCDAs, for…
COSEG Urges Cooperation Over Enforcement Of Traffic Law
A pro-democracy pressure organisation, Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Group, COSEG, has urged motorists and cyclists to cooperate with Lagos…
Motorcyclists pledge to abide by Lagos Trafiic law
Leaders of commercial motorcycle (Okada) operators in Lagos State have pledged to comply with the new Lagos Road Traffic Law…