Tag: Motorcycle
Ban on commercial motorcycles, relief as crime rate reduces
By MOSES OMOROGIEVA
In May, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State announced the total ban on the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as...
Police reinforce ban on night movement of motorcycles in Katsina
By ABBAS BAMALLI
KATSINA- The Katsina State Police Command says the ban on motorcycle movements from 10p.m to 6a.m within the city will be reinforced...
Planned Okada ban: ActionAid calls for safety net to alleviate deepening...
By HUSSAINA YAKUBU
KADUNA- ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has urged the Federal Government to consider alternative safety net to buffer the impact of the planned ban...
Lagos govt to crush 250 seized motorcycles
By MOSES OMOROGIEVA
LAGOS- The Lagos State Government says it has concluded plans to crush 250 motorcycles, including power and dispatch bikes seized for contravening...
Mob burns down 25 motorcycles after rider allegedly kills pedestrian
By MOSES OMOROGIEVA
LAGOS- A mob on Thursday in Lagos burnt 25 motorcycles in reaction to alleged killing of a pedestrian by a motorcycle.The burnt...
Hit-and-run tipper driver kills motorcyclist in Anambra accident
A tipper driver hit and killed a motorcyclist at Umunya on Nteje-Awka Expressway on Sunday before fleeing the scene, the Anambra State Command of...
Bandits on rampage in Zamfara kill 30 persons in 4 villages
No fewer than 30 people have been killed in renewed bandit attacks on four villages in Zamfara State, authorities and locals have said.
The attacks...
Lagos Task Force impounds 81 motorcycles on restricted routes
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force), on Tuesday, impounded 81 motorcycles for plying restricted routes in the state.
A statement issued...
Soldiers kill 5 wedding guests in Taraba
By SYLVANUS VIASHIMA JALINGO - Five persons reportedly returning from a wedding were allegedly killed Friday morning by Nigerian soldiers at Bassa village in Ardo-Kola...
Bandits kill 13, injure 7 in Kaduna
No fewer than 13 persons have been killed and seven others injured in a series of bandits’ attacks on communities in Zangon Kataf, Kauru...
Kaduna: Troops ambush, kill 2 bandits, recover Indian Hemp
Military troops of Operation Thunder Strike on Saturday laid an ambush on bandits in Chikun, Kaduna State, killing two of them, seizing Indian Hemp...
Gunmen abduct 19 in Niger community
No fewer than (19) nineteen people have been abducted in Kutunku village in Wushishi local government area of Niger state on Monday.
Those abducted include...
Petrol station, shops razed in Nnewi gas explosion
Dispensing meters of a petrol station, tanker and shops were gutted by fire on Friday following a gas explosion along Nnewi-Nnobi Road, Nnewi, Anambra...
Pandemonium as armed robbers invade hotels in Mararaba
Hotels in the suburbs of Nasarawa State may no longer be safe for visitors who intend to spend their yuletide break as men of...
Woman Dies After Posting A Video Of Herself Decapitating An Owl...
A woman who decapitated an owl and shared the video online has died.
It was gathered that the 21-year-old Colombian woman sparked outrage after posting...
Troops Foil Robbery, Kill 1 Kidnapper, Nab 2
Troops of Operation Accord in Sokoto State have rescued scores of motorists and also foiled a robbery operation along Tashan Bawa-Kuyelo road. The troops,...
Task force, Okada riders clash on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway
Officials of the Lagos State Task Force and Okada riders on Tuesday clashed at Second Rainbow Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
It was gathered that...
‘Soldiers found my motorcycle with herdsmen day after I was attacked...
Masara Damla Dickson, a student of Federal College of Education, Pankshin, in Central Nigeria, was two weeks ago violently attacked and left for dead...
Lagos council bans Danfo, Okada, Keke Marwa
The Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area in Lagos has banned the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles...
Thugs invade Abuja industrial estate, loot warehouses
Hundreds of hoodlums, on Sunday, invaded the Idu Industrial Layout in Abuja, raiding several warehouses.
Our correspondent, who witnessed the looting, reported that the thugs...