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Breaking: LASTMA Moves to Curb Crashes Involving Dispatch Riders in Lagos

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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has intensified efforts to address the rising incidence of road crashes involving dispatch riders across major routes in Lagos State.

Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, the agency’s General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed that new measures are being implemented to enhance compliance with traffic regulations among riders.

He explained that the authority has initiated engagement with unions representing dispatch riders as part of a wider safety awareness and enforcement strategy.

“There are plans to convene a stakeholders’ engagement with courier service operators and riders to promote strict adherence to safety regulations.

“The engagement will focus on encouraging riders to prioritise not only the safety of other road users, but also their personal wellbeing,” he said.

Bakare-Oki reiterated that the Lagos State Government remains committed to safeguarding lives and property through strengthened road safety initiatives.

He noted that the planned forum would bring together rider unions, logistics companies, and other key stakeholders to address recurring safety challenges and reinforce compliance with traffic laws.

The LASTMA boss also highlighted the agency’s school outreach programme, aimed at promoting road safety awareness and responsible behaviour among young people.

According to him, the initiative is designed to instil positive attitudes early, in line with the agency’s mandate to ensure safer roads through public education.

He added that between January and March, the programme reached approximately 38 to 39 per cent of schools across the state.

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2027 ELECTION: ‘We will Interrogate What Peter Obi Did To Northerners As Anambra Governor’ – Prof Yusuf

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Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Prof Usman Yusuf, has recounted what former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, did to northerners when he was Anambra State governor.

Speaking during an interview on Trust TV, Yusuf said Obi sent northerners out of Anambra as governor.

He also alleged that Obi made northerners staying in Anambra at the time to have identity cards.

“Kwankwaso is the vehicle to sell Peter Obi to the North, but we have the record of what Peter Obi did to northerners.

“The evil that men do lives after them. I said this because we (Northern Muslims) are going to interrogate and question Peter Obi’s tenure when he was the governor of Anambra State. What he did to northerners.

“He even made them have an ID card, their names, where they are from and their occupations. In this Nigeria that we live. He will come and explain to us.

“It is the same Kwankwaso that had to fly to Awka and sit with him and say, be careful. I have more Igbos in Kano living in peace than there are northerners throughout the South-East,” Yusuf said.

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The African Democratic Congress, ADC Reacts to Planned State Congresses

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The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has distanced itself from a purported plan by some individuals to convene congresses in some states across the country.

This was contained in a public notice issued in Abuja and signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.

The notice reads: “Attention of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has beer drawn to a purported plan by some individuals to convene congresses in certain states.

“We wish to clarity that, based on the subsisting ruling of the Federal High Court, the ADC is not conducting any congresses until the tenure of the current executives expires.

“We therefore urge loyal party members to disregard any invitations to attend such congresses, as they are merely machinations by agents ot destabilisation seeking to cause contusion within the party.”

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