When the Plateau State Government banned the operation of commercial motorcycles, otherwise known as ‘Okada’, in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis sometime back, there were mixed reactions to the ban. While there are those who felt the ban would compound the difficulty of commuters who had depended on them for ease of movement, many other residents heaved a sigh of relief for various reasons, principal among which was because of the negative use to which the bikes were being put by criminals and miscreants.

AS far as residents of Ejigbo, Ikotun and other communities in old Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State are concerned, the government headed by Babatunde Fashola has been most unfair to them with respect to the provision of infrastructural facilities, especially roads.

Barely a year after the Lagos State Government prohibited the operations of commercial motorcycles on 475 roads and bridges in the state, it has also outlawed the operations of commercial tricycles popularly called Keke Marwa on major roads across the state.

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IT is a general knowledge that some train passengers from various Lagos terminus through Ikeja, particularly, hang on train cabins to avoid payment of fares. Few unlucky ones had lost their lives in the process while the lucky ones either sustain injuries or got maimed.

Operations at five major oil firms in Kirikiri town, Oriade Local Council Development Council Area, LCDA, of Lagos State, were paralysed penultimate Monday and Tuesday when residents protested against the deplorable state of roads in the community and lack of employment opportunities for its youths.