Tag: Okada riders
OKADA BAN: LG Boss, Councillors Clash Over Allowance
The restriction of commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called Okada riders, to some roads is taking its toll on the revenue…
Okada Ban: Relative Sanity On Lagos Roads
Before the enforcement of the new traffic law, driving on Lagos roads, Southwest Nigeria was an issue. It was an…
OKADA: Rwanda President Backs Fashola
Rwanda President, Mr. Paul Kagame has backed the decision of Governor Babatunde Fashola to restrict the activities of commercial motorcycle…
Stop Using Brute Force To Enforce Traffic Law
The unjustifiable shooting of a commercial motorcyclist, known in local parlance as okada riders, Adigun Atilola, yesterday by police officers…
Fashola-Okada: When The Going Was Good
In the heat of electioneering campaign for the 2011 Governorship election, the romance between Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State…
Okada Ban: Visit Emergency Ward To See Casualties —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has asked those not are happy with the law banning motorcycle riders, known as…
OKADA MENACE: 3,000 Bikes Seized
Several commuters were today stranded as the Lagos State Government withdrew its BRT buses from Ikotun-Iyana Ipaja axis to save…
Fashola: It’s Total War On Okada
The Lagos State Government has declared total war on commercial motorcycle riders also known as okada riders plying the 475…
Rider Crushed, Passenger Breaks Arm
A commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death on Saturday morning at Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos. His passenger, a young woman also…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PDP Will Provide Alternative Govt To Lagosians In 2015′
The Lagos State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Capt Tunji Shelle, has said that his party would offer…
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,…
IG Backs Lagos Traffic Law, Orders Crackdown On Okada Riders
In demonstration of his tacit support for the new Lagos traffic law, the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar has…
OAU Graduate Okada Rider Vows To Remain In Lagos
A graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Shina Senny Shoremekun, who took up commercial motorcycling for a living after a fruitless…
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…
The New Lagos Traffic Laws
By Lola Ayo-Adedeji We welcome the Lagos Traffic Laws considering how safe our roads have become. Before this period, we…
Traffic Law: Okada Riders Beg For Time
Following the ban on okada riders from plying 475 roads in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, some commercial motorcycle operators, also…
Okada Riders Protest New Lagos Traffic Law
Commercial motorcycle riders a.k.a. okada riders today protested against the new traffic law enacted by the Lagos state government. The…
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 Traffic Law: Curbing Recklessness On Roads
For too long, the recklessness exhibited by motorists and okada riders has been the major cause of traffic gridlock and…
The Menace Of Lagos Touts
BY ERNIE OKEKE Lagos State department of Trade and Industry last month celebrated a week of Artisans and Tradesmen. What…
Okada Riders Decry Ban On 475 Roads
Okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have decried government’s ban on them from plying 475 major roads in the…
Are Okada Riders Above The Law?
Daily, we see commercial motorcycle operators do what they want, breaking the law and behaving as if no laws guide…
Riot in Jos over Okada ban
Fear-stricken residents ran for safety in most parts of Jos Jos-North on Wednesday morning as youths made bonfires to protest…
LASG Warns Okada Riders Against Traffic Offences
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye has warned all commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as…
Court stops Lagos from restricting okada riders
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja has stopped the Lagos State Government from enforcing its plan to ban or…