Tag: Okada Riders
From vigil to robbers’ den: How Okada riders lost their motorcycles in Ilesa
The price of a brand new TVS or Bajaj motorcycle ranges from N900,000 to N1,100,000, according to local…
From ‘ride to death’: Inside Osun town where Okada riders don’t return to their wives, kids
Ilesa - a community in Osun is becoming a haven for killers and robbers. Owners of fairly used…
Inside Osun community where ‘evildoers’ hijack motorcycles, cut off riders’ body parts
When a man in his early forties simply identified as Dare bade farewell to his lover on Sunday…
Register your operations within two weeks or risk suspension – Gov Oyetola tells Okada riders
Osun State Government has given commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders two weeks ultimatum to register their…
Kwara Govt proposes IDs, uniform for commercial motorcycle operators
The Kwara State Government has initiated issuance of Identification Cards (IDs) and uniforms for commercial motorcycle operators as…
Governor Seyi Makinde set to ban Okada riders in Oyo as they flee Lagos
After the ban on operations of commercial motorcycles in neighboring states, the admired Governor of Oyo State,Seyi Makinde,…
Panic in Ekiti as unknown assailants hack Okada rider to death
The people of Aba, a suburb of Ado Ekiti capital city are now living fear and panic, as…
Jigawa govt breaks silence over arrest of 123 okada riders ‘imported’ into Lagos
Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has reacted to the arrest of 123 motorcyclists, otherwise known as…