Petrol Price hike: Car Owners Dump Vehicles, Buy Okada, Keke For Private Transport

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disturbed by the sharp increase in petrol prices, car owners are abandoning their vehicles to purchase motorcycles and tricycles for private transport. A cross-section of Kano residents, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, lamented that they could no longer cope with the continued rise in petrol prices, hence their decision to seek alternative…

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One Dies As Danfo Driver Rams Into Okada On Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

  LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today disclosed that a passenger died and rider seriously injured as a reckless commercial Volkswagen bus (EKY 558 YG) driver rammed into a moving commercial motorcycle at Bolade Intersection inward Oshodi along Lagos-Abeokuta Expresswaya, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department…

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Truck Crushes Three To Death On Okada Plying One Way Along Lagos-Badagry Expressway

LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today recovered 2 dead bodies trapped under an empty long ‘Man-Diesel’ truck by Barracks Bus-stop along Lagos- Badagry Expressway, Lagos The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the 2 (two) recovered dead bodies were passengers on…

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Ogun Police Warn Lagos Cops Over Illegal Okada Seizure In Its Territory

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Police Command has slammed the alleged action of policemen from the Isheri Police Division, Lagos State, who were accused of enforcing the Okada ban of Lagos in Ogun territory. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, described the action as illegal, warning that officers caught would face…

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Apapa Residents Lament As  Okada Riders Return To Port Access Roads A Week After Ban

LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely seven days after Lagos State Government commenced the implementation of the ban on commercial motorcycle operations in six local governments, strong indications have emerged that Okada riders are gradually returning to Apapa port access roads.  Some residents of the Apapa port city who spoke with Daily Sun, have decried the gradual…

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DSS Dismisses Bashir’s Malicious Online Publication On Killing Of Sound Engineer

LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has dismissed a false online publication authored by one Adio Oluwole Bashir who purported to be a former staff of the Service. DSS in a statement signed by Public Relations Officer Department of State Services National HeadquartersAbuja,  Peter Afunanya dated 23rd May, 2022 sighted by NewsRangers …

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