Tag: Motorcycle Operators
Traffic Law: Police, Aturu Disagree Over Clampdown
There is a disagreement between the Lagos State Police Command and Bamidele Aturu over the ongoing clampdown on commercial motorcycle…
Lagos Traffic Law: Okada Riders Vow Resistance
Commercial motorcycle operators, also called Okada riders, in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria have vowed to resist the new traffic law…
Security Agencies Educate Okada Riders
Commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as Okada riders in Badagry have been commended by security agencies. The commendation came during…
Lagos PPRO Warns Okada Riders
Worried by the incessant reports of robberies involving motorcycle operators in Lagos State, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Task Force Releases Seized Motorcycles
The Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences has begun to release impounded motorcycles seized from riders that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Protest Against Excesses Of LASTMA
Traffic on the popular Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos, South West Nigeria, was disrupted for hours as motorcycle operators, popularly…
Okada Riders Protest In Lagos
Commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as ‘okada’ riders, in the Ikeja area of Lagos on Tuesday protested against alleged harassment…
Lagos Assembly Stalls Ban On Okada
The Lagos State House of Assembly, South-West Nigeria, has frustrated the move by the Ministry of Transportation to stop commercial…
Police, SSS Set To Ban ‘Okada’ On Expressway
The police and the State Security Service (SSS) said they are battle ready to enforce the ban placed on commercial…
Don’t Ban ‘Okada’, Lagosians Tell LASG
The decision by the Lagos State government to impose certain restrictions on the activities of commercial motorcycle operators in Lagos…
Restriction Of Okada Riders
Wary of the excesses of commercial motorcyclists, who are also known as okada riders, the Lagos State government has finally…
Lagos Bans Carrying Of Pregnant Women, Kids On Okada
The Lagos State Government on Monday banned the use of commercial motorcycles (Okada) for the carrying of pregnant women, with…