Okada
18 Dec
A 34-year old man, Kabiru Isyaka, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Sharia Court in Kano over alleged theft of motorcycle parts worth N800, 000. Isyaka, who resides at Darmanawa Quarters, Kano, is being charged with theft, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution, Insp Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Labaran…
19 Oct
An Assistant Superintendent of Police with the Lagos State Police Command was killed on Saturday morning during an altercation with a mob of commercial motorcyclists, known as Okada riders, in the Agege area of Lagos. The officer, whose identity has not yet been released, was leading a team responding to an accident involving an Okada…
30 Sep
Vice-chancellor, Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, on Monday charged the fresh students of the institution for the 2024/2025 academic session to embrace excellence and never compromise excellence in their academic sojourn in the university. Ezemonye gave the admonition to students admitted to the university at the orientation programme organised by the institution in…
25 Aug
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State at the weekend unveiled the leader of the commercial motorcycle (okada) riders association as its candidate for the September 21 local council election in Irepodun Local Government Area (LGA). The APC presented the candidate, Abdulazeez Tinuola, a former councillor, former council vice chairman, and former APC chairman…
29 Mar 2024
Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the average transport fare paid on commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada was N467.84 in February 2024, which was 2.55 per cent higher than the January fare (N456.22).
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