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RegulateNotBan: #OccupyLagos protesters storm Lagos City Marathon, tell Sanwoolu to halt Okada ban

PROTESTERS on Saturday stormed the venue of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon challenge in the state to demonstrate against recent ban on the...
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Fashola backs Lagos govt, says Okada cannot be part of the plan

MINISTER of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday backed the Lagos State government on the recent ban of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in...
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Travails of residents, investors amidst Okada ban in Lagos

SANDRA, an accountancy student of Yabatech secured employment as a motorcycle rider to fend for her siblings and save up for her Higher National...
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Dozens arrested as okada, tricycle riders protested in Lagos over ban

PROTEST in some parts of Lagos on Monday by operators of banned commercial motorcycles degenerated into chaos at Ikeja and Ijora when they resorted...
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Why FG cannot intervene in Okada, tricycles ban in Lagos – Amaechi

THE Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said it is not the duty of the federal government to intervene in the recent ban of ‘okada’...
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Lagos okada ban: Motorcycle operators appeal to Sanwo-Olu

OPAY, Gokada, Maxng, and other commercial motorcycle taxi operators on Friday took to the street in Lagos to protest the recent ban on Okada...
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Okada is symbol of poverty, used to rob, steal – Lag govt speaks on ban of motorcycles

THE Lagos state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, has shed more light on the recent decision of the government to ban motorcycles,...
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