Tag: Okada Ban
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Special Report: How Nationwide ‘okada’, mining ban would reverse Buhari’s 9 million jobs
Tackling unemployment was one of the strategic campaign promises on which Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari rode to victory in 2015 when the country’s population was 181 million and unemployment rate stood at 4.3 per cent. President Buhari had said he would stabilize the naira against the dollar, operate the economy with clear unambiguous regulatory framework…
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LASG inaugurates Anti-Okada Squad to collaborate with Police
The Lagos State Government has inaugurated an Anti-Okada Squad to join the Police in enforcing the ban in the six local government areas and highways, major roads and Bridges. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that the ban was in line with the Transport Sector Reform Law…
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INVESTIGATION: How Lagos Okada ban is affecting residents, SMEs; Igboho warns riders will revenge
The Lagos State Government says it is not slowing down reinforcement of the Lagos Traffic Law 2012 (as amended), which it embarked upon since June 1, 2022, despite resistance by commercial motorcycle operators and calls by some residents for the government to reconsider its position.
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Update on Police vs Okada riders clash: Idi-Araba residents accuse police of operating out of scope
Residents of Lagos state have blamed men of the Nigeria Police Force for events that led to a breakdown of law and order at Idi-Araba in Mushin Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on Tuesday. Recall that the Lagos state government had announced a ban on the activities of commercial motorcyclists in Eti-Osa, Ikeja,…
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BREAKING: Okada riders clash with police in Lagos
Some commercial motorcycle riders popular referred to as “Okada riders” are currently engaged in a face-off with men of the Nigeria Police. TNG can confirm sounds of gunshots been fired into the air at Idiaraba, near the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, in a bid to disperse scores of protesters. It is not immediately clear what…
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‘Okada’ ban remains on June 1 – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said there is no going back on the June 1 proposed ban of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ on highways. Sanwo-Olu said this while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday evening, after the State Security Meeting, at Lagos House, Ikeja. Newsmen reports that the Heads of security services…
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Oniru raises alarm over okada riders plan to attack Lekki
Oniru of Iru, Oba Abdulwasiu Lawal, has raised an alarm that commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders are planning attacks in Lekki area of Lagos. The warning followed the ban on Okada operations by Lagos State Government in Lekki and other areas in the state.
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Okada, Keke NAPEP ban: Strict compliance absent in some Lagos environs
Residents in Lagos on Saturday, February 1st, 2020, woke up to the blatant reality of a new dawn in traffic order as the metropolis was lacking of usual activities of “Okada” and “Keke NAPEP, “ in compliance with the state government ban on their operations. TheNewsGuru reports that in some parts of the state since…
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Group gives Gov Sanwo-Olu 7 days ultimatum to lift ban on motorcycles, tricycles
A group, Save Climate and Democracy Naija Coalition, on Wednesday gave a seven-day ultimatum to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to lift ban on the operations of motorcycles and tricycles in some areas of the state. The Spokesman of the group, Mr Ayo Ademiluyi, said in Lagos that the state government would face the…
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![[Video] Female bike rider gets car gift after her viral speech against ‘Okada’ ban](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sandra-1.jpg)
[Video] Female bike rider gets car gift after her viral speech against ‘Okada’ ban
The Kokun Foundation gifted a lady identified as Sandra a car, after she went viral in an interview she did to speak against the ban of commercial motorcycles in Lagos. Sandra, an OND graduate of Accountancy from College of Technology, is currently on her one-year Industrial Training with one of the bike-hailing company as a…