Tag: Okada riders
Obiano gives commercial motorcycle riders July 1 deadline
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has given commercial motorcycle riders popularly called “Okada riders” in Onitsha and Awka until July…
Lagos govt issues 3-day ultimatum to Okada riders
The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has given commercial motorcyclists in the state three days to register with…
List of 520 roads Okada, Keke Marwa are banned in Lagos
Following the recent controversy surrounding the arrest of Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada inside streets in Lagos, the State…
Lagos begins total enforcement on okada riders
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is beginning full enforcement on okada riders from plying the restricted 475…
Ambode warns Okada riders, hawkers, traffic offenders
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday read the riot act to commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada riders,…
Again, Lagos State warns hawkers, Okada riders
The Lagos State Government in its effort at implementing the Section 3 of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law 2012…
Lagos taskforce arrests 93 Hoodlums, Okada riders
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and other Special Offence Unit have arrested 93 miscreants and…
Lagos issues 21 days ultimatum to Okada riders to vacate restricted routes
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has given okada riders in the state a 21-day ultimatum to vacate all restricted…
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…
Okada Riders Protest: Normalcy returns to Lekki Phase 1 – Police
The Lagos State Police Command said on Wednesday that it had quelled the protest by commercial motorcyclists, otherwise called “Okada…
2015: Dimeji Bankole throws money at commuters, Okada riders
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta What could be described as a popularity test played itself out Thursday evening at Kuto roundabout, Abeokuta, the…
New Lagos Police Boss Gives Okada Riders Ultimatum
The new Lagos State Police Commissioner, Kayode Aderanti has issued a 14-day ultimatum to commercial motorcycle operators, also known as…
2015: PDP Woos Lagos Okada Riders With Motorcycles
By Jide Osokoya As part of its strategy to capture power in 2015 from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in…
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…
Commercial motor-cyclists sue Gov. Oshiomhole
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian Operators of Commercial motorcycles,popularly known as ‘Okada riders’, have dragged Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to…
Mass Protest In Benin Over Motorcycle Ban
Thousands of operators of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, took to the streets of Benin City, capital of Edo State…
LASTMA Is Our Biggest Challenge
Despite the increasing demand for tricycles popularly known as ‘Keke Napep’, the Ikeja chairman of tricycle operators, Olainukan Adeagbo explains…
Okada Riders Decry Extortion
Commercial motorcycle operators, also known as okada riders in FESTAC Town have cried out over extortion by policemen attached to…
Okada Robbers On The Rampage
By Cyriacus Izuekwe & Ayodeji Dedeigbo Despite the restriction placed on commercial motorcycle operators also known as okada riders in…
Lagos Traffic Law: Group Calls For Understanding
A socio-political organisation, Humanity Services project (HSP), has called on all stakeholders involved directly or indirectly in the new Lagos…
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…
LagosTraffic Law: Court dismisses motorcyclists suit
Henry Ojelu &Anthonia Ohiero A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today dismissed the suit filed by commercial motorcyclists (Okada…
Sex Workers Lament Low Patronage
While many residents of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria have continued to lament the effects of the partial ban on the…
Traffic Law: Police Feed Fat On Okada Riders
It is often said that one man’s problem is another man’s blessing. To commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders, the recent…
A Night With Okada Riders Under Lagos Bridge
Time was about 10pm. But the illumination from shops and houses along the roads on both sides of the bridge…
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…
OKADA: 57 Councils Join ForcesTo Enforce Ban
The Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDA, of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have…