Syndicate specializes in stealing vehicles, dismantling them through complicit scrap dealers, and selling parts to conceal evidence. NSCDC confirm sealing of five shops at Zuba scrap market used for dismantling stolen vehicles.  Recovered 5 vehicles, including a Toyota Camry and multiple vehicle documents and registration number plates. The intelligence-driven tactical unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismantled a notorious interstate car-snatching syndicate oper...

Lagos State Ministry of Transportation warns motorists against patronising fake vehicle documentation agents. States that vehicle documentation is a statutory function carried out only by duly authorized agencies of the Ministry. Warned that any document issued outside these official channels is invalid and constitutes a serious offence. The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has warned the motoring public to desist from patronizing unauthorized vendors when obtaining vehicle documents like...

The Lagos State Government has clarified that the recent Federal High Court judgement in Abuja, barring officers of the Vehicle Inspection Services (VIO) from impounding vehicles and imposing fines on motorists, does not apply in Lagos. In a statement by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN), the state government clarified that the judgment, though binding, is only applicable to motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Lagos State Government a...

LASTMA impounds twenty-seven (27) commercial and private vehicles over loading violations in Lagos. Says overloading pose grave dangers not only to the occupants of the offending vehicles but also to other road users. Decried rampant overloading of commercial buses, private cars and articulated vehicles as blatant disregard for public safety. LASTMA therefore urges all motorists to adhere strictly to stipulated loading capacities. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has impound...

Nigeria signs agreement with South Korea’s AEDC to establish Africa’s first EV manufacturing plant. The agreement marks a major step in the country’s push to localize vehicle production and green technology adoption. With a electric vehicle (EV) production capacity of 300,000 vehicles, the plan is expected to create about 10,000 jobs. Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee (AEDC) for the establishment of what the Nati...