Photo of the Day: LASTMA official enforcing the new traffic law

by Isi Esene We are not sure the exact sort of training the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA ) officials receive before being “unleashed” on Lagos road users, but we doubt this is one of the best practices for maintaining order on major roads. Do you have a LASTMA experience? We’d love to hear... Read More

August 15, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: LASTMA drops manslaughter charges against Yinka Johnson

by Isi Esene Yinka Johnson, the banker who was earlier accused by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) of running over one of its employees, Hammed Balogun, was arraigned yesterday at the Igbosere Magistrate Court on a one count charge of reckless driving, and not manslaughter as earlier proposed. YNaija had, before the arraignment,... Read More

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August 14, 2012

U-turn: Murder case against banker, Yinka Johnson dropped

by Isi Esene There are indications that the murder charges against Yinka Johnson, the banker who allegedly killed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) last Friday, have been dropped. According to the LASTMA authorities, Johnson who was driving a green Land Rover vehicle hit the (now late) LASTMA official, Hammed Balogun,... Read More

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August 11, 2012

The banker didn’t murder anyone: Eyewitnesses deny LASTMA hit and run story

by Isi Esene There are indications that the LASTMA official, Hammed Balogun, who was allegedly run over by a female banker, Yinka Johnson, might actually have been hit by a reckless Danfo bus and not the banker as originally portrayed. The banker, according to the traffic authority, was said to have been driving against traffic... Read More

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August 11, 2012

Female banker (allegedly) runs over LASTMA official, evades arrest

by Isi Esene A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official, Hammed Balogun, was yesterday killed by a female IBTC Bank employee identified as, Yinka Johnson, while driving against traffic in Ajah. The traffic management official was reported to have accosted the woman for contravening the state traffic law when she ran him over and... Read More

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August 3, 2012

Fashola goes hard: Lagos governor signs terminator traffic bill into law

by Isi Esene The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola yesterday signed the state traffic bill in to law. The law, which appeared somewhat like the Old Testament Ten Commandments, with accompanying punishments for violation, prohibits many acts hitherto considered ‘normal’ by Lagos road users. At the signing ceremony which took place at the Banquet... Read More

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July 14, 2012

3 years for ‘one-way’ driving: Law to jail Lagos traffic offenders

by Isi Esene Traffic offenders in Lagos are in for a difficult time if the proposed law by the Lagos State House of Assembly which seeks to prohibit the act of driving against traffic is signed into law by the governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola. The bill stipulates that driving against traffic is punishable with a... Read More

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July 13, 2012

Greatest Yabatech: LASTMA official abducted by students

by Adeniyi Abdul Chaos ensued yesterday as students of the Yaba College of Technology allegedly attacked members of the Lagos Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA. The students are said to have abducted a LASTMA official in addition to wounding three others at the LASTMA Zone 15 Office, Iponri where they also vandalised four impounded vehicles. The... Read More

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July 6, 2012

Gird your loins – Minister (finally) flags-off Third Mainland Bridge repairs

by Isi Esene The time you spend shuttling between Lagos Mainland and the Island might soon get a little much longer and tedious with news that the Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yugudu, is set to kick off the repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge today. This bridge repairs is expected to cost the... Read More

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May 28, 2012

PICTURE: Bus conductor strips naked to protest being arrested for breaking the law

by Tolu Orekoya It was bad enough that Ibrahim, a local danfo (commercial mini-bus) conductor was stopping to pick up and drop off passengers at illegal drop-off points, but he went on to stab a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officer while fighting to prevent his vehicle from being impounded. The incident happened last Wednesday, around 3pm, in Ojota, Lagos, when... Read More

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May 5, 2012

Emmanuel Osanedum: 17 reasons I’ll never leave Lagos (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Emmanuel Osanedum 1. The way the woman at O’jez open-air ‘restaurant’ calls me “My darling” when she’s taking my order of nkwobi. 2. The drive on the 3rd mainland Bridge on Sunday mornings, when there’s no traffic and you’re also not afraid there’ll be any traffic. 3. Sitting down in front of my ‘verandah’... Read More

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March 16, 2012

Photo of the Day: LASTMA official battles on the streets

by Lekan Olanrewaju Just in case you were, for any reason, unsure of the accepted behaviour for citizens of Lagos state, you now have this law enforcement officer setting quite an example of how to conduct yourself in public. Don’t say we didn’t show you. Any ideas for a caption? Let us know below.

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March 16, 2012

“Did Harvard send U to come ruin our life?!” – Check out yesterday’s top ten tweets

by Lekan Olanrewaju From LASTMA to the DG of the SEC, the government, as usual, had everyone talking. Oh! and let’s not forget Manchester United’s loss, check out what had everyone talking yesterday. @SoarNaija: Lastma ‘official’ (government representative) fighting like an area boy! Only for Naija! @ogundamisi: Arunma Oteh did u wak N825K per day... Read More

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Photo of the Day: LASTMA official enforcing the new traffic law

#InCaseYouMissedIt: LASTMA drops manslaughter charges against Yinka Johnson

U-turn: Murder case against banker, Yinka Johnson dropped

The banker didn’t murder anyone: Eyewitnesses deny LASTMA hit and run story

Female banker (allegedly) runs over LASTMA official, evades arrest

Fashola goes hard: Lagos governor signs terminator traffic bill into law

3 years for ‘one-way’ driving: Law to jail Lagos traffic offenders

Greatest Yabatech: LASTMA official abducted by students

Gird your loins – Minister (finally) flags-off Third Mainland Bridge repairs

PICTURE: Bus conductor strips naked to protest being arrested for breaking the law

Emmanuel Osanedum: 17 reasons I’ll never leave Lagos (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Photo of the Day: LASTMA official battles on the streets

“Did Harvard send U to come ruin our life?!” – Check out yesterday’s top ten tweets

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