LASTMA
4 Jun 2023
For failing to address the daunting challenge of vehicular traffic, which is one of the challenges that it was set up to effectively address 23 years ago, stakeholders, as well as motorists, have stressed the urgent need to rejig and rebrand the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to make it fit for purpose.
31 May 2023
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has cautioned motorists queuing up for fuel at different filling stations not to cause traffic congestion and hinder other road users. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, said this yesterday while deploying more officers on monitoring traffic around filling stations including other traffic-prone areas across the State.…
29 May 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, recovered the body of a cart pusher trapped under a fallen container at Goye, Dopemu area of the state.
22 May 2023
Several passengers, including a child on board of a commercial bus, yesterday, escaped death by whiskers in a multiple auto crash, which occurred in the Gbagada area of Lagos State.
16 May 2023
Ahead of the proposed commissioning of the Dangote Refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, the 22nd of May, 2023, Lagos State government has urged residents to plan their movement in and out of the Lekki-Epe corridor between 8.00am and 2.00pm.
9 May 2023
Determined to identify and honour uniform personnel in Abuja and Lagos, in line with the workers day celebration, Lead Sponsor of Project Unifeed, Mojibade Sosanya, and a team of young volunteers, recently took to the streets of Lagos and Abuja....
8 May 2023
Lagos State Government has deployed additional 500 Traffic Management Solution (TMS) devices to personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to enhance transparency in traffic management in the state.
5 May 2023
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said its officers have received 500 additional Traffic Management Solution (TMS) cameras for monitoring. "The Lagos State Government has deployed addition 500 Traffic Management Solution (TMS) devices to personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to enhance transparency in traffic management across the State," LASTMA spokesman…
2 May 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and Lagos State Police Command have agreed to strengthen partnerships on traffic management in the state.
27 Apr 2023
A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official, Lateef Kabir was rewarded with a cash gift of N100,000 for his uncommon act carried out to help ease traffic congestion. Kabir got the cash gift on Thursday, 27 April from one Chief Ajayi Abdul Lateef Adekunle. Those in attendance during the cash presentation include LASTMA Commander…
25 Apr 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, rescued three victims (two males and one female) at Mosalasi Round-About inward Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos.
24 Apr 2023
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Monday disclosed that one of the victims of an accident that occurred in Iyana-Ipaja was caught with more than 100 used diapers. LASTMA spokesperson Adebayo Taofiq in a statement said one of the three accident victims its operatives rescued died on the way to the hospital. "Operatives…
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