Tag: okada
Gov Wike bans commercial motorcycle operators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following increasing cases of crime and cult clashes perpetrated by users of motorcycles, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom…
Lagos taskforce impounds 1,576 Okadas
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos state Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences unit says it has seized 1,576 commercial motorcycle…
Motorcycle Rider Kills Unidentified Female Passenger
Yusuf Muhammed A light complexion lady who recently hitched a ride on a commercial motorcycle popularly known as Okada from…
Man Burns To Death On Third Mainland Bridge
An unidentified commercial motorcyclist popularly called okada was Tuesday morning burnt to death on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos,…
Taskforce Seizes 30 Okadas
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have impounded 30 commercial motorcycles…
Angry mob sets Okada thieves ablaze
Angry mob on Tuesday sets ablaze two men over their alleged attempted theft of a motorcycle popularly known as “Okada”…
Sokoto govt. has no plans to ban Okada
Sokoto State Government has said that it has no immediate plan to ban commercial motorcycle operation in the state. The…
Much Ado About Okada ‘Ban’ In Lagos
By Tayo Ogunbiyi One never really anticipates that the issue of the ‘ban’ of commercial motorcycles popularly called ‘okada’ in…
Governor Amosun: A Man Of The People
By Ade Osijo Whenever a situation compels me to travel outside my populated abode in Apapa, Lagos state, as a…
Police Kill 3 Okada Riders
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Policemen from Ishashi Police Station have reportedly gunned down three commercial motorcycle operators also known as Okada riders.…
Cement Truck Kills 3 Men On Auto-Bike
Three persons, all males from the same parents have died in a motorcycle crash, in Ilorin, the capital of the…
Economic Implications Of Okada Restriction
Willoughby Street on Ebute-Meta, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, used to be a busy place of business for motorcycle dealers. The…
Lagos Impounds 6,972 Motorcycles In 3 Months
The Lagos State Government has impounded 6,972 motorcycles between September and November for plying restricted roads in the state. Lagos…
Man Stabs Landlady’s Son To Death Over N50
The police in Lagos, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested an okada rider identified as Igali for stabbing a landlady’s…
Okada : Lagos Police Boss Seeks Total Ban
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Umar Manko has advised commercial motorcyclists commonly called okada riders to be grateful to…
‘Traffic, Environmental Laws Have Come To Stay’
The Chairman, Task force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Bayo Sulaiman(SP) has reiterated the Lagos State government’s resolve…
Activists, Okada Riders Protest Traffic Law
Four members of the Joint Action Front, JAF and leaders of commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders, were arrested this morning…
Yuletide: Onitsha Markets’ Leaders Ban Okada
Markets’ leaders in Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the South-East, have banned commercial motorcyclists from entering their markets during…
Traffic Law: Accident Rate Drops By 60% —LASUTH CMD
The Chief Medical Director, Lagos State Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Prof David Oke says that since the beginning of enforcement of…
Front Page Comment: Lagos And Its Laws
As the Lagos State House of Assembly churns out laws to make the state a better place, we expect the…
Watch this video: The Okada menace is global!
Nigerians who attack the Lagos state government for restricting commercial motor cyclists from the major roads in the metropolis, will…
Uduaghan launches tricycles for urban transport
Nigeria’s Delta state government has inaugurated its first set of 1,250 tricycles, as part of the plan to phase out…
I Never Dated Former NB Plc Boss
Singer Davina Patience Ochema started her journey into music by playing in night clubs, especially at weekends. It was on…
Police Find Gun On Seized Okada
There was a shocking find in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, yesterday when the Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit…
Enugu goes for tricyle
Following the recent ban on motorcycles in Enugu metropolis, the Enugu State Government in the eastern part of Nigeria said…
Bajaj popularises Okada in South Africa
The call on Alex FM radio is aimed at the residents in the overcrowded Johannesburg sprawl of shanties and houses:…
No Plan To Ban Okada In Lagos —Legislator
The Lagos State Government has no plan to ban commercial motorcyclists (Okada) from plying their trade, contrary to insinuations in…
We Use Toy Gun To Rob –Suspects
Two okada (motorcycle) robbery suspects have been arrested and arraigned by men of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti,…
Okada Riders Lament Ban On Ikeja Route
Some motorcycle riders, popularly called “Okada”, said the ban on their operations in some parts of Ikeja by the Lagos…
Lagos Denies Banning Okada operators
The Lagos State Government has not banned the operations of commercial motorcyclists, known as okada riders, on Lagos roads, the…