Okada
1 Jul
The Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Mr Dare Ogundare has resolved the crisis rocking commercial motorcyclists, locally known as Okada, in the state. The CP on Friday intervened in the crisis after meeting with leaders and some members of the Okada riders association. The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that some commercial motorcyclists…
26 May
Dean, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Prof. Sunday Joel Josiah, yesterday, expressed concerns over rise in public health threats in the country, stressing the need for the establishment of complementary and alternative medicine.
4 Jan
Chairman of the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force), Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Shola Jejeloye, has said the Agency seized 18,537 motorcycles and impounded 8,642 vehicles in 2022. Jejeloye disclosed this at the Headquarters of the Agency in Bolade, Oshodi, during the review of operational activities of the Agency in…
25 Nov 2022
Gbagada residents, who have been patronising tricyclists for their transportation needs after Lagos State announced a total ban on okada operation in the state, on September 1, 2022, are lamenting that criminals, formerly using Okada to rob in the area have adopted a new strategy.
29 Oct 2022
The Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, yesterday, said that the institution was partnering with renowned Ukrainian universities to train Nigerian students displaced
21 Oct 2022
The Federal Government, yesterday, declared it was yet to take a decision on outlawing commercial motorcycling (popularly called Okada) in the country.
20 Oct 2022
The federal government on Thursday declared that it was yet to take a concrete decision to outlaw the operation of motorcycles, popularly called Okada as a form of commercial transportation in the country. Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, made the clarification in Abuja while speaking at the Annual Strategic Stakeholders Summit of the…
26 Sep 2022
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Task Force) has arrested recalcitrant Okada operators, land grabbers and environmental law violators who refused to heed the warnings.
18 Sep 2022
Baba Funmi, a middle-aged commercial motorcyclist has three daughters two of whom are in tertiary institutions, while the third is in secondary school.
16 Sep 2022
Lagos State Police Command has secured the conviction of 1,490 people for various offences in the state. They consist of miscreants, street traders and traffic offenders among others.
12 Sep 2022
Last week, Lagos State Government extended the ban on commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada to four additional local government areas and six local council development areas
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With millions of Lagos residents still suffering the consequence of the total ban on the operations of commercial motorcycle operators in some local councils, penultimate Thursday’s extension
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