Tag: traffic law
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…