Tag: okada
Suspected Okada Robbers Shot
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested two suspected commercial motorcycle (okada) robbers who invaded a shop at…
Okada: Lagos Itching to Act, Gets its Report
The Lagos state government will anytime from now impose measures to tame the ‘security problems’ that commercial auto-cycling, otherwise known…
Okada Riders Aid Crime In Lagos —Police Chief
The new Deputy Commissioner of Police (operations), Lagos Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos state, South West, Nigeria, Mr. Babatunde Sobulo has…
LASTMA, Okada Riders Clash
Commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada this morning clashed with some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA,…
LASTMA, Okada Riders Clash At Abule Egba
Commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada this morning clashed with some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA,…
Fashola Warns Reckless Okada Riders
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has warned reckless motorcycle riders (okada) to desist from the act while appealing to…
Resist LASTMA Arrest, Opeifa Tells Okada Riders
Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, has told commercial motorcycle operators commonly called…
Mayhem At Mile 12
The pervading peace in Mile 12 area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria was disrupted yesterday when a commercial motorcyclist (okada…
Okada Riders: Courting A Ban In Lagos
Commercial motorcycle riders, also known as okada riders, in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, yesterday went on the rampage after one of…
NURTW Leader Urges Members To Shun Directive
A founding member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Alhaji M. A. Bakare, has urged members of…
Robbery Gang Snatches N3m, Shoots Victims, Another Raids Ketu
Armed robbers at the weekend, snatched about N3 million from a businessman and shot him three times in both legs…
Suspected Okada Robbers Nabbed
Nemesis caught up with four suspected motorcycle thieves on Thursday when they were nabbed by residents of Ijagemo in Iba…
Okada Rider Charged With Stealing 2 Bikes
A man who allegedly stole two motorcycles bought for him to work as an okada rider, Tajudeen Waidi, 25, has…
Commuters Stranded, As Drivers Go On Strike
Thousands of commuters were yesterday stranded in Ikotun and Ejigbo areas of Lagos state following the protest strike embarked upon…
New Okada Laws In Good Faith
Apparently unperturbed by the decision of the Lagos State government to restrict Okada riders in the state from plying certain…
Okada Rider Drugged
A commercial motorcyclist (Okada), Salawu Adebayo, was recently drugged by a suspected thief who tried to steal his motorcycle. P.M.NEWS…
‘Ember Months’: Akpoyibo Assures Lagosians Of Security
As the nation enters the last four months of the year, popularly termed “Ember Monthsâ€, the Lagos State Police Commissioner,…
Okada Riders Succumb To Partial Ban In Lagos
Thousands of motorcycles riders in Lagos State, Nigeria have succumb to the Lagos State Government’s ban on them not to…
Why I Want Ban On Okada-CP Akpoyibo
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Marvel Akpoyibo, has expressed reasons why he would want commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called…
2 Passengers Slash Okada Rider’s Throat
A commercial motorcyclist [Okada rider] identified as Gbenga, has been allegedly murdered in cold blood by two unknown passengers he…