Tag: 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…
Banned Routes: Lagos To Arrest Okada Riders
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has ordered commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as okada riders out of the 475…
Lagos records 36.5% reduction in motorcycle accident
An annual report by the National Orthopaedic Hospital (NOH), Igbobi in Yaba, Lagos has indicated a reduction in the rate…
Lagos Set To Review Okada Ban
Eromosele Ebhomele Commercial motorcycle riders in Lagos State, western Nigeria, may soon have cause to rejoice as the state House…
Motorcyclist Shot Dead In Lagos
Some officers of the Nigeria Police Tuesday morning allegedly shot a commercial motorcycle rider a.k.a. Okada rider, at the Ilupeju by-pass…
Okada Riders Protest Ban On 475 Roads
Thousands of commercial motorcycle riders known as okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest today protested against the Lagos State Road…
Okada Riders Pledge Compliance With Traffic Law
Emerging from a meeting with Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, leaders of commercial motorcycle (Okada) operators in the State,…
Herdsmen Strike Again On Long Bridge
Barely a month after Fulani herdsmen killed Brig. Gen. Sylvester K. Iruh (retd) on the long bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan…
Lagos Cautions Lawyer To Okada Riders To Stop Misleading The Public
The Lagos State Government on Friday cautioned the counsel to the commercial motorcycle operators in a case instituted against the…
Fashola Bans Okada In Ikeja
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has placed a total ban on commercial motorcycle (okada) operation in Ikeja area of…
Robbers On Okada Terrorise Mafoluku
There was pandemonium on Sunday afternoon as dare-devil armed robbers operating on commercial motorcycle (okada) terrorized residents of Mafoluku for…
Stop Riding Okada, Ojudu Tells Graduates
A Senatorial aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr. Babafemi Ojudu, has urged university graduates in the state who are currently riding…
6 Okada Riders Gang-rape Lady
By Moyo Fabiyi It was a terrible ordeal for a 20-year old lady (names withheld) when six commercial motorcycle operators…
Curb The Upsurge In Robbery Attacks
Lately, there has been an upsurge in violent crimes in Lagos and it’s like various security measures put in place…
Community Tasks Govt On Roads
To the members of Sunmoni Hughes community in Ifako-Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria, good roads and functioning…
Ibogun CDAs Get Govt’s Recognition
It was celebration galore when the 45 Community Development Associations (CDAs) under Ibogun Area Community Development Committee were presented with…
ANACOWA Warns Okada Riders
The Lagos State Chairman, ANACOWA Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association, Mr. Ade Ikuesan, has advised all commercial motorcycle operators in…
MOALS Apprehends 30 ‘Okada’ Riders
In a bid to make the restriction order slammed on commercial motorcycle operators commonly called Okada riders more effective in…
‘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,…
Lagos Clampsdown On Okada Riders
At the expiration of the deadline given to commercial motorcycle riders, the Lagos State government this morning clamped down on…
We Won’t Ban Okada Totally —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has assured commercial motorcycle operators popularly called “okada’’ that they will not be totally…
Okada Menace: Lagos Holds Forum
Before it begins final clampdown on okada riders in Lagos State, Nigeria, government is holding a forum tomorrow to deliberate…
Stakeholders’ Forum On Motorcycle Operations Timely
The impending stakeholders’ forum on commercial motorcycle operations in Lagos State is very timely considering the increasing involvement of the…
Repair Ejigbo/Idimu Road, LASG Urged
The deplorable state of Idimu/Ejigbo road has become worrisome not only to those living in the area but also to…
Revenue Collector Assaults Naval Officer
A revenue collector with a local government council, Idowu Shodipo, on Tuesday, appeared before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos…
Corps Member Arrested For Crossing Runway On Motorbike
In a desperate move to catch her flight, a National Youth Service Corps member was arrested by the police for…
Ominous Signs Ahead 2011 Polls
Signs that next year’s general elections may be turbulent have begun to manifest in some parts of the country where…
Lagos Gives Okada Riders Fresh Ultimatum
The Lagos State Government in South-West Nigeria, has issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum to commercial motorcycle operators, also known as…
Curb The Excesses Of Your Men, Lagos Govt Told
Appeal has gone to the Lagos State Government to check the excesses of officials of some of its agencies including…
‘Biafran’ Law Breaker Docked
A 39-year old commercial motorcycle (Okada) rider in Lagos, Nigeria, Innocent, Ifeanyi Nwachukwu has told a Shomolu Magistrate’s Court that…