LASTMA
9 Aug 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) with other emergency responders carried out an emergency operation at the scene of a fatal accident on Eko Bridge inward Alaka area of Lagos. LASTMA Akinde Olusola 'Zebra' (Zone 3 Iponri) who led the rescue team confirmed that the accident recorded two deaths (male and female)…
7 Aug 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in less than 24 hours rescued another eight accident victims at Anthony inward Ojota, Lagos. LASTMA in a statement said Popoola Olushola 'Commander' (Kilo) who led the rescue team disclosed that the accident involved a broken down truck with a fully loaded mass transit bus with…
7 Aug 2023
Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Idowu Owohunwa, at the weekend, arrested 16 persons, including a police officer, officials of the state’s Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for colluding with touts to extort motorists.
6 Aug 2023
Sir, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the then Governor of Lagos State (1999-2007) and now the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, established the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) specifically on July 15, 2000, twenty-three years ago. The quantum leap in traffic management in Lagos has brought a high degree of sanity,…
6 Aug 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, rescued four accident victims at Adeniji Adele, inward Oyebanji, Lagos Island. LASTMA’s Oladunni Ademola ‘Zebra’ (Zone 1 Sura), who led the rescue team disclosed that the lone accident involved a Toyota Sienna (MUS 706 EQ). Ademola disclosed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver…
25 Jul 2023
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised the alarm about increasing extortion along the access roads of the Lagos and Tin Can Island Port Complexes. Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director, NPA, said this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. According to Bello-Koko, this is coming on the heels of the clearance operations the authority…
19 Jul 2023
Operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) have commenced a total cleanup of all environmental degradation in Apapa and its environs. General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, said the cleanup began after the expiration of notices served on owners of illegal shanties, kiosks, containarised shops and…
17 Jul 2023
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) over the weekend commenced a total cleanup of environmental degradation in Apapa and its environs. LASTMA spokesman Adebayo Taofiq in a statement said the police, Op MESA, and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were involved in the cleanup. General Manager of…
14 Jul 2023
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, warned motorists, particularly commercial bus operators against contravening traffic laws around the new Apongbon Bridge, CMS bridge down to Marina on Lagos Island.
10 Jul 2023
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, confirmed the death of 20 people in an auto-crash that involved an 18-seater bus, which collided with a moving trailer in Badagry area of the state.
9 Jul 2023
Over 1.6 million vehicles jot across Lagos State roads daily. Among these, 226 cars run on the roads per km compared to the national average of 16 cars per km.
2 Jul 2023
Recently, the family of Assistant Superintendent of Police, Hezekiah Abiona, killed by some naval officers in December, called for justice over the murder of their breadwinner. Abiona’s offence was flagging down the naval officers and attempting to enforce traffic....
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