The Lagos State Government has ordered the Vehicle Inspection Officers to leave Lagos roads.
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LASTMA DECLARES ZERO TOLERANCE ON VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS
…Urges voluntary compliance by motorists The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday urged motorists to voluntarily comply with the relevant traffic laws operating in the State, vowing to deal decisively with violators in accordance with the law. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Olawale Musa, who stated this after meeting with the Zonal Heads and Commanders at the agency’s […]
Continue reading »FRSC RECORDS NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN CRASHES ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY
Barely three weeks into the enforcement of the speed limit device, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has recorded a noticeable decrease in crash rates on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The FRSC Sagamu Unit Commander, Malam Mohammed Abdullahi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sagamu, Ogun, on Tuesday. The FRSC gave […]
Continue reading »SPEED LIMIT DEVICE: ENFORCEMENT ON PRIVATE VEHICLES SET FOR 2017
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday in Lagos says the subtle enforcement of speed limit is only on commercial and fleet operators, while that of private vehicles will commence in 2017. Mrs Ojeme Ewhrudjakpor, Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) Operations of the corps, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the subtle enforcement on the speed limit “is […]
Continue reading »FRSC WARNS 21,744 MOTORISTS OVER SPEED LIMITERS
The Federal Road Safety Corps has issued a warning to 21,744 commercial motorists between October 1 and 6, 2016, for their failure to install speed limiters in their buses and trucks. The corps described the warning as an advisory enforcement, which does not attract any penalty or fines.
Continue reading »AMBODE WARNS UNIONS, MOTORISTS AGAINST FLOUTING TRAFFIC RULES
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says road users, especially members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria, must obey the state traffic laws or face the consequences. Ambode stated this on Saturday during the inauguration of the Ketu-Alapere slip road on Oluwakemi Street, Alapere, in the Kosofe Local Government Area.
Continue reading »FRSC BEGINS SPEED LIMITER ENFORCEMENT OCTOBER 1
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, has announced that enforcement of the speed limiters on commercial vehicles will commence nationwide on October 1, 2016. Oyeyemi said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a stakeholders’ meeting with relevant government agencies and transport unions.
Continue reading »ENFORCEMENT OF LAGOS STATE TRAFFIC LAWS: REMOVAL OF VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE IN ORDER
The Lagos State Government on Monday has defended the enforcement method of its Special Offences Task Force which favours the removal of number plates of erring vehicles over clamping down and towing of vehicles. The government also denied allegations of highhandedness against officials of the Task Force and those of the Special Offences Tribunal (Mobile Court), describing the coterie of […]
Continue reading »LAGOS MOBILE COURTS GET BUSY: CONVICT SUSPECTS FOR DIFFERENT OFFENCES
The Lagos Mobile courts were busy at different locations in the metropolis Monday trying suspects arrested for different offences bordering on traffic and environmental offences. At Ikeja, the Court under magistrate Nurudeen Layeni convicted 15 offenders, 12 were arrested for street trading and were fined N3000 each or 1 month imprisonment while two others were convicted for street fighting that […]
Continue reading »FRSC AND ANAMBRA STATE TO COLLABORATE ON STRICT TRAFFIC RULES ENFORCEMENT
The Federal Road Safety Corps and the Anambra State Government have agreed to work together to ensure maximum safety on the road. This follows a recent fuel tanker accident that in the state that claimed several lives and valuable property. This was the outcome of a visit by the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, to the state […]
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