Eko Hot Blog reports that at least eight people, including a yet-to-be-identified mother and her baby, are reportedly missing in the Agege area of Lagos State after flood induced by a heavy downpour was said to have washed them away. According to Punch, the heavy downpour occurred on Thursday with flood overruning a canal around … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a man attached to a task force allegedly punched a tricycle driver identified as Esikak Esieme to death following an argument over N200 ticket levy in Rivers State. It was gathered that the task force officials had waved Esikak who was carrying a passenger to a stop and demanded the … Read more
The Police have arraigned a man for stealing a tricycle in Lagos State. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigeria Police Force has arraigned a 29-year-old man, David Ochasi, before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing a tricycle worth N1 million in the Bariga area of the state. EDITOR’S PICKS Nigerians To … Read more
Tricycle And Two Other Vehicles Involved no fatalities recorded EDITOR’S PICK Stranded As Adamu Evicts Them From APC Secretariat You’re Goats – Adeboye’s Son, Leke Slams RCCG Pastors Pastor Demolishes Church After Wife Was Caught With Assistant Pastor EKO HOTBLOG reports that after a heavy downpour on Wednesday, a large billboard fell along … Read more
Many passengers have been dead as train crushed truck and tricycle in Kano. EKO HOT BLOG reports that many unspecified number of passengers have been dead when a train in motion crushed a Dangote cement truck and a commercial tricycle in Kano State. The incident occurred on Obasanjo Road in Kano metropolis at about 11:30 … Read more
A staff of a consultant firm sited in Ilorin has been arrested by officers of Kwara state police command for allegedly slapping a tricycle rider to death. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon around the Egbejila area of the city. Our platform reliably gathered that the suspect, Mr Kayode Oluwatomi, who is a staff of … Read more
“The owner of the cylinder had just refilled it with gas and unknown to her, the cylinder was leaking. The rider of the tricycle parked by the roadside for the woman to fix the leaking cylinder, but unfortunately, there was a car with a radiator problem parked nearby.” One person has been confirmed dead while … Read more
He said the move is to alleviate the pain residents of the state go through following the restriction of motorcycle and tricycle operations The Lagos State Government has announced that it would launch buses to replace motorcycles popularly known as Okada and tricycles known as Keke to ply inner roads in the state. Governor Babajide … Read more
Tricycle operators Tricycle operators in Yenagoa on Tuesday staged a protest against alleged killing of their colleague Commercial tricycle operators in Yenagoa on Tuesday staged a protest against alleged killing of their colleague by members of a task force set up by the state ministry of transport. The deceased, simply identified as Mike, was said … Read more
A Nigerian Police officer has been dismissed for allegedly killing a tricyclist who refused to give him N100 bribe in Adamawa The affected policemen, Corporal Richard Japheth, had on June 1, 2020, in Maiha Local Government Area allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old tricyclist, Arabo Dauda, for not giving a bribe of N100. The slain … Read more
A tragedy was averted yesterday morning in the Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos State as a tricycle conveying a woman and her two kids fell into a drainage. The Keke Napep driver was trying to over-take another tricycle which resulted to the collision as it fell, leaving the driver, the woman and her kids hanging. Residents … Read more
The ban on Okada and tricycles did not seem to go well on Lagosians as they have been forced to walk long distances to bus stops to secure a ride. This has spiked series of protests across the state for the ban to be reversed. Ekohotblog reported that a LASTMA patrol vehicle was burnt down … Read more
The Lagos State Government has commenced the enforcement of the ban on Okada and Tricycle operations within the Lagos Central Business District in accordance with Section 3 of the Lagos Road Traffic Law, 2012. The Special Adviser to the Governor on CBD, Prince Anofiu Olarenwaju Elegushi disclosed this while monitoring enforcement of the ban within … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the influx of tricycles into city roads as a means of transportation, is an indication of failure of intra-city bus systems. Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, on Friday. Kazeem decried dominance of … Read more
A 24-year-old tricyclist, Simon Offum, who allegedly stole a tricycle valued N1.2 million parked at Maroko Police Station, was yesterday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos. Offum, a resident of Golden Pearls Estate, Sangotedo, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and breach of the peace. It was alleged that the … Read more