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Nigeria: Island Roads Closed For 7th Lagos Autofest 2025 Race

Nigeria: Island Roads Closed For 7th Lagos Autofest 2025 Race

December 19, 2025 12:34 pm

Lagos State government announces road closures on key Island routes Sunday for the 7th Lagos Autofest, urging motorists to plan alternative travel.

Lagos State authorities have announced temporary closures on several key roads on Lagos Island ahead of the 7th Road Edition of the Lagos Autofest 2025, set for Sunday, December 21, 2925.

The event, which draws thousands of car enthusiasts and spectators each year, will see a high-speed showcase along the city’s downtown streets, prompting significant traffic adjustments in one of Africa’s busiest metropolitan areas.

In a statement, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, detailed that vehicle movement …

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LASTMA Speaks As Ban On Gokada, Opay Takes Effect

February 1, 2020 1:05 pm
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says the compliance of commercial motorcycle (Okada) and Tricycle (Keke) operators to the ban and restriction is “pretty good”.

The LASTMA’s General Manager, Mr. Olajide Oduyoye, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday.

Oduyoye said that there would not be fight or argument with any operator who willingly complied with the law.

He said that officers of the authority were on ground for the enforcement of the extant law on okada and keke operations from today (Feb 1).

“The compliance is pretty good

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LASTMA Officer Attacked In Apapa Dies

November 30, 2019 7:04 am

A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA) official, Ola Oyeshina who was attacked at about 5:00 pm on Friday, 29th November during the course of sanitising Iganmu-Sifax axis of Apapa has died.

The Guardian learnt that the officer was hit with a huge stone which got him severely injured and was immediately rushed to Area “B” police station along with two of the people that attacked him.

ACP Bayo Sulaimon thereafter ordered the detention of the two attackers that were arrested while a letter of medical referral was issued for the victims attention at the hospital.

Due to the trauma …

Mr Olajide Oduyoye Emerges LASTMA New General Manager

Mr Olajide Oduyoye Emerges LASTMA New General Manager

October 13, 2019 12:23 pm

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Mr Olajide Oduyoye as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

The LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Mr Olumide Filade, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oduyoye replaced Mr Olawale Musa, who has since been elevated to the position of Permanent Secretary in the state’s Transportation Ministry.

Filade said that Oduyoye had assumed duty at the LASTMA Headquarters in Oshodi.

Oduyoye, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT), …

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