Adebayo Taofiq
11 Apr
It was a tragic Ed-el Fitri celebration, yesterday, as a Lagos monarch, Oba Kabiru Agbabiaka, The Osolo of Isolo, Adeola Olushi III, died minutes after observing the Eid prayers. He was known as one of the most powerful monarchs in Lagos.
4 Feb
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, apprehended an articulated truck driver after crushing a scavenger, pushing wheelbarrow, to death by Mile 12 Market, Ikorodu Road, Lagos.
23 Jan
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), yesterday, rescued a male accident victim on Anthony-Oke Bridge, inward the Gbagada area of Lagos.
14 Jan
Three persons, yesterday, lost their lives after an empty long truck rammed on a commercial motorcycle around Barracks Bus-stop along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
1 Dec
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday arraigned twelve officers before the agency's disciplinary panel for various offenses.
24 Nov
Operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, impounded 15 tankers parked indiscriminately along Second Rainbow down to Mile 2 Bridge, Oshodi -Apapa Expressway, Lagos.
23 Nov
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) impounded 15 tankers parked indiscriminately along 2nd Rainbow down to the Mile 2 Bridge on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos.
12 Nov
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), early yesterday, apprehended a reckless private car driver after killing an innocent passerby around Ogba, Lagos.
3 Nov
A Bus driver and his passengers were, yesterday, injured after his unpainted commercial bus, FKJ 366 XT, rammed into a loaded containerised trailer on outer Marina Road.
11 Oct 2023
Emergency responders, including operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, prevented another petroleum fire explosion on top of Stadium Bridge inward Barracks/Ojuelegba on Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere, Lagos.
26 Sep 2023
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) early Tuesday morning averted what could have been another major fire disaster around Synagogue Church, Oju-Odo area inward Ikotun.
26 Sep 2023
It was a miraculous escape for three occupants of a Toyota Corolla saloon car when a 40ft container, slipped from a truck, and fell on a vehicle in Ojuelegba inward Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere, Lagos.
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