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...DEPLOYS PERSONNEL, AMBULANCES, PATROL VEHICLES ACROSS THE STATE As part of its responsibilities to ensure safety, the Federal Road Safety Corps Lagos Sector Command has deployed 3700 personnel comprising (Regular and Special Marshals), 42 Patrol Vehicles, three Tow Trucks, 11 Power bikes, and three Ambulances across the state as part of its efforts to achieve zero Road Traffic Crashes and fatalities during the Christmas and New Year Celebrations. As a yearly practice, the FRSC is specially dedicated to ensuring free flow of traffic and prompt response to Road Traffic Crashes....

A change in the echelon of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), has led to the removal of the General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In his place, Bakare-Oki Olalekan has been appointed. The appointment takes immediate effect. Oreagba was appointed on the 14th of September 2021, by Sanwo-Olu to oversee LASTMA, an organization that has come under intense criticism due to infractions by some staff. In a press statement by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transportation, Olawale Musa, the appointment of Mr. Bakare-Oki Olalekan is for...

...AS TRUCK DRIVER DIES It took tremendous efforts for operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to rescue a motor boy who was trapped under a fully loaded 40ft container on Thursday night at Wharf Road, Apapa. Unfortunately, the driver of the truck was unlucky as he died instantly during a fatal accident opposite Area B Police Command's outward Apapa area of Lagos. The Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, who disclosed this in a statement added that the LASTMA Egbetola Sulaiman 'Zebra...

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) led by LASTMA Akinde Olusola today averted a fire disaster around the stadium bridge inward  Ojuelegba area of Lagos. In a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, said LASTMA Officer Akinde Olusola of Zone 3, Iponri area of Surulere has confirmed that a gas-laden truck with registration No KRD 281 XL hit the newly erected barrier by the government at Alaka inward Stadium. Olusola confirmed further that in an attempt for a gas...

...ARMY TO LEND SUPPORT AT STRENGTHENING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Nigerian Army have agreed to strengthen their partnership on traffic management in Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba disclosed this in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the agency,  Adebayo Taofiq during a working visit by the 9 Brigade Commander, Ikeja Cantonment, Brigadier General Adegoke Moses Adetuyi on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at LASTMA Headquarters at Oshodi. Mr. Oreagba while receiving the Military personnel, disclosed that it...

The National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) has called on the leadership of the Nigerian Army and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), to immediately call their men to order with a view to stopping the ugly show of shame where personnel of the two services engaged in physical combat on the streets, saying: "Enough is enough." The President of NAOSNP, Mr. Samson Oki, in a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Association, Mr. Eric Elezuo, condemned in strong terms the unwarranted physical attacks...

...TO PROSECUTE VIOLATORS Lagos State Government has warned skit and filmmakers to desist from the use of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) uniform and other accoutrements, saying it is now illegal. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba frowned at the demeaning manner in which movie and skit makers portray LASTMA institution in their movies and skits, using LASTMA uniform without recourse to Section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 which criminalize such unauthorized use. This was made known by Oreagba, in a press statement...

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, Monday, August 7, 2023, rescued another eight accident victims at Anthony inward Ojota, Lagos In a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said that Popoola Olushola 'Commander' (Kilo) led the rescue team disclosed that the accident involved a broken down truck with a fully loaded mass transit bus with registration No: KTU 850 YD. Lastma Popoola disclosed further that a preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the fully loaded commercial mass transit...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa has vowed to sustain the clampdown on dubious individuals, thugs that are extorting truck drivers and motorists on identified hotspots in Lagos State. In that vein, some thugs and recalcitrant law enforcement officers, have been arrested by the police in Lagos following complaints from drivers. In a statement on Saturday, the spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said that the Commissioner of Police has set up an enforcement team with the mandate of raiding spots that have been identified...