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…Ebonyi Govt. should fish out mad men from our Streets – Okada Union By Peter Okutu AN angry ‘mad’ man (name withheld) in the early hours of Saturday, was reported to have killed an Okada Rider, Mr. Elias Ofoke in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital. The victim, a father of six children, hails from Agbaja
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By Bose Adelaja There was outrage, on Monday, on the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, following the death of a male motorcyclist allegedly crushed to death by a truck. The incident occurred at about 11 am, at Olowotedo, adjacent a new generation church camp, inbound Lagos State. The tragedy was recorded when a hit
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By Bose Adelaja There was outrage, on Monday at the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, following the death of a male Okada rider allegedly crushed to death by a truck. The incident occurred at about 11am, at Olowotedo, adjacent a new generation church camp, inbound Lagos State. The tragedy was recorded when a hit
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By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor On Friday July 17th, 2020, Mama Zainab, as she was popularly called, sent her 12-year-old daughter, Zainab Justina Adeyemo to a neighbouring village, Eshe-Akoko in Akoko North west Local government Area, Okeagba, Ondo state. The vivacious Zainab, a senior prefect at Saint Augustine Nursery and Primary School in her village,
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James Ogunnaike Pandemonium broke out in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State as an angry mob on Saturday set ablaze a refinery truck whose driver recklessly crushed an okada rider to death around old Ibadan road in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance
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By Peter Duru – Makurdi A 28-year-old commercial motorcycle operator (also known as Okada rider), Terver Awuha, of Idye community in Makurdi town has been remanded by a Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly raping 6-year-old Bella Omachi, twice. Arraigning the suspect, the Police Prosecuting Officer, Sergeant Friday Kanshio told the court that the mother of
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DELTA State High Court sitting in Asaba, Tuesday sentenced 42 years old Okada rider, Nonso Onyeje to 14 years imprisonment for having anal sexual intercourse with a 9 years old boy.
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BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME A commercial motorbike rider, Mr. Eugene Oliseyenum has been allegedly murdered in Oria, Abraka, Ethiope East local government area by suspected ritualists known as Yahoo Plus Boys. A Police source who spoke to the Vanguard on condition of anonymity said two suspects had been arrested in connection with the death, adding that they were being investigated
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A tanker driver yesterday, escaped being lynched by a mob in Ikorodu area of Lagos State after a commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death by the tanker.
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UGHELLI—AN unidentified commercial motorcycle operator, popularly known as Okada, was Sunday night confirmed dead in a head-on collision with another Okada.
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