No fewer than 500 security agents comprising the Police, Military, Department of State Security, DSS, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, among other paramilitary agencies, yesterday, embarked on a show of force around Lagos metropolises. This was in readiness of the enforcement of Lagos State ban on commercial motorcycles in four additional local government areas
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With the ban on commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada in some parts of Lagos State takes effect today, some commercial motorcyclists, yesterday, besieged the Lagos House, urging Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to suspend the proposed ban on Okada riders. Chairman of MOALS Lagos State Zone C, Mr Tijani Pekins, who led the protest, urged the state
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The Lagos State Government has insisted that there is no going back on the ban of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders. THE DAILY VENDOR reported that the ban is slated to commence on 1st of September (today). The state government said yesterday that enforcement of the ban will commence as scheduled, saying riders and
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In its bid to control and contain the spread of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, the Nasarawa State Government, has banned all commercial motorcycles and tricycles throughout the state, as from tomorrow, Thursday. This was contained in the Government’s Proclamation No.4, issued on Wednesday, signed by the Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule. THE DAILY VENDOR
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There was another protest in Lagos State today (Wednesday), this time around the Iyana Ipaja area of the State over the ban imposed on motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke) operators in the state. The protesters also light bonfires and disrupted business activities in the area. An eyewitness said, “There is a serious shooting and riot
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The Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the Lagos state government might face unemployment and uptick in crime following its ban of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in some parts of the State. “Implementation of transport policy is essentially a state affair,” Amaechi said on Channels TV’s Sunrise daily. “But he (Lagos State governor) has
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