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,…