Tag: commercial motorcyclists
Photo News: Okada riders take over Lagos roads as Gov Ambode goes to sleep
From the look of things, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State no longer cares about the unruly activities of commercial…
FCT Commercial motorcyclists deplore robbery attacks on them
Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as `okada` operating in Karu area of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the incessant attacks…
Commercial motorcyclists protest police extortions in Delta
Commercial motorcyclists in Ogwashi-Uku community of Delta have withdrawn their services from Azagba village, Ogwashi-Uku road over alleged cases of…
FRSC set to partner traffic agencies to enforce Lagos ‘Okada’ restriction laws
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will collaborate with other agencies to enforce the existing laws restricting the…
Motorcyclists, unions fracas under control, says Lagos Police
The Police in Lagos say it has successfully restored normalcy to the NNPC area of Ejigbo, a suburb where fracas…
Motorcycle Riders Lynch 2 Policemen
Cyriacus Izuekwe Two policemen serving at Area ‘E’ Festac Town, Lagos State, western Nigeria, have been reportedly lynched by angry…
Motorcyclist on the rampage in Ikorodu again
Damilare Okunola Motorcyclists, popularly called ‘okada riders’ ensured that motorists and residents of Sabo area of Ikorodu, Lagos, South western…
Nigerian Policemen Chase Okada Rider To Death
A commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada rider, identified as Rahman, has allegedly been chased to death by men of the…
Tricycle Operators Hail Okada Ban In Delta
Tricycle operators in Delta State have commended the state government for introducing the tricycle and hailed the ban on commercial…
Traffic Law: Group condemns Okada riders protest
A pressure group, Joint Action Movement, JAM, has described as illegal, the recent protest of some commercial motorcyclists popularly called…
Okada Riders In Fresh Protest
Thousands of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, this morning embarked on a peaceful procession in Lagos to protest the…
Okada Riders Should Obey The Law
Despite the judgment delivered by the Lagos High Court affirming the right of the Lagos State Government to legislate on…
Okada Riders Fix Protest For Wednesday
Commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have vowed not to yield to the Lagos State Government’s…
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…
Segun Ogundimu Urges Fashola To Reconsider Stance On Okada Ban
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State and former Commissioner for Transport and Health, Dr Segun…
Traffic Law: 12,000 Motorcycles Impounded, 50 Riders Convicted
The Lagos State Police Command has impounded over 12,000 motorcycles in less than two months since it began the enforcement…
2,000 Days: Fashola Counts Gains Of Okada Ban
Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State on Sunday rendered an account of stewardship to commemorate his 2,000 days in…
Lagos Traffic Law: Fresh Clampdown On Okada
After two months of intensive sensitization on the new Road Traffic Law, the Lagos State Police Command has finally commenced…
Okada Ban: Police Begin Clampdown
The police at Area ‘G’, Ogba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday began to enforce the state Traffic Law banning…
Lagos Traffic Law And Its Many Headaches
The newly signed Road Traffic Law of Lagos State is already giving commercial motorcyclists and many commuters cause for concern…
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…
Lagos Panel backs Okada Ban
The Lagos State government may soon ban commercial motorcycle operators, also known as okada riders, in the state and restrict…
‘Okada Riders Are Not Criminals’
Mr. Tijani Perkins, the Chairman of the Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State, on Sunday expressed concern over the labeling…
Lagos Has 300,000 Okada
Lagos State has 300,000 registered commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders, but a large percentage of them still needed to perfect…
Ketu Riot: 32 Okada Riders Charged32
The police in Lagos yesterday arraigned 32 suspects before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogudu in connection with the…
Delta Re-Run: Residents Defy Restriction On Movement
Despite the restriction on movement of persons by the government during Thursday’s governorship re-run in Delta, traders and commercial motorcyclists…