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Lagos Unveils List of Prohibited Routes for Motorcycles, Tricycles

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8 years ago

14/11/2017

By Dipo Olowookere

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, the Lagos State government released the list of prohibited routes for motorcycles and tricycles in the state.

Since last week, the task force in the state has been arresting some motorcycle riders fondly called okada riders, seizing their motorcycles.

The Lagos State government said it has banned motorcycles and tricycles on major highways in the state.

Below is the full list of prohibited routes for motorcycles and tricycles in Lagos State.

MAJOR HIGHWAYS

Lagos Ibadan Expressway
Apapa Oshodi Expressway
Oworoshoki Oshodi Expressway
Lagos Ikorodu Expressway
Lagos Abeokuta Expressway
Babangida Bouleverde
Eti-Osa Lekki Epe Expressway
Lagos Badagry Express
Funsho Williams Avenue
Agege motor Road
Eti-Osa Lekki Coastal Road

Bridges

Iyana-Ipaja Bridge, Agege/Alimosho Local Government
Dopemu Bridge, Agege/ Alimosho Local Government
Airport/Ikeja Bridge, Ikeja Local Government
Agege Motor Road/Oshodi Loop,Oshodi,Ikeja/Mushin Local Government
Mushin/Isolo Link Bridge, Mushin Oshodi Local Government
Dorman Long Bridge Surulere/Lagos Mainland Local Government
Ojuelegba Bridge,Surulere/Lagos Mainland LocalGovernment
National Stadium Flyover,Surulere Local Government
Iganmu/Funsho Williams Bridge Surulere Local Government
Apapa –Iganmu Bridge Surulere Local Government
Apapa-Ijora Link Bridge, Apapa/Lagos Mainland Local Government
Liverpool Bridge,Apapa, Apapa Local Government
Mile 2 Bridge-Loop, Amuwo-Odofin, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government
Okota (Cele)/ Ijesha Link Bridge Mushin/Oshodi-Isolo Local Government
Apakun/Apapa-Oshodi Bridge Network, Mushin/Oshodi/Isolo Local Governemnt
Ikorodu Road/Anthony Clover leaf Bridge Somolu/Ikeja Local GOvernement
Trade Fair Flyover Bridge, Ojo Local Government
Festac/ Amuwo-Odofin Link Bridge Amuwo Odofin Local Governement
2 Flyover bridges along Alhaji Masha Rd, Surulere Local Government
Ojota Clover Leaf Bridge, Kosofe/Ikeja Local Government
Ogudu Bridge Kosofe Local Government
3rd Mainland Bridge Lagos Island/Mainland/Somolu Local Government
Maryland flyover Ikeja/Somolu Local Government
Ikeja/General Hospital flyover Bridge Ikeja Local Government
Kodesho Bridge, Oba Akran, Ikeja,Ikeja Local Government
Opebi Link Bridge,Ikeja Local Government
Sheraton-Opebi Bridge, Ikeja Local Government
Jibowu/Yaba flyover Bridge, Lagos Mainland Local Government
Carter Bridge Lagos, Lagos Mainland Local Government
Bariga-Ifako Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government
Apapa-OShodi Expressway/Alapere Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government
Bariga/Oworonshoki Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government
Apapa- Oshodi Expressway/3rd Mainland Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Governemnt
Apapa-Oshodi Expressway/3rd mainland Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Governemnt
3rd mainland/Oworonshoki Bridge Kosofe Local Government
Eko Bridge Lagos Island/Lagos Mainland Local Government
Apongbon flyover,Bridge Lagos Island Local Government
cowry bridge (officers Mess )Lagos Island/Eti-Osa Local Government.
Mcwen Bridge (Bonny camp) Eti-Osa Local Government.
Marina/Ikoyi Bridge Lagos Island /Eti-Osa Local Government.
Ikoyi/Obalende Bridge Eti-Osa Local Government.

OTHER ROADS

AGEGE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

1.Oba Ogunji Road

Old Abeokuta Road
Capital Road

4.Alfa Nla Road

5.Oko-Oba Road

6.Akilo Street

7.Agunbiade Road

8.Ogba Road

9.Ipaja Road

10.Maricas Road

11.Oyewole Road

12 Arigbanla Street

Dopemu Road
Oke-koto Road
Oniwaya Road
Adebisi Awosoga Street
Old ota Road
Ijaiye Road
Akin Doherty Road
Amoo Street
Pen Cinema Round About

22.Surulere Street

23.Agbedeji Street

24.Ayige Street

25.Sule Street

26.Ashipa Street

27.Salawu Street

AJEROMI-IFELODUN LOCAL COVERNMENT AREA

Baale Adeyemo Street
Mba/Cardoso Street up to Ota Wharf
Mobile Road Up To Boundary Road

4.Boundary Road-Aiyeke Bridge-Tolu Bus/Stop

Wilmer Crescent

6.Industry Road

Achapo Road/New Road
Idewu street

9.Baale Adeyemo Road

10.Malu/Mobile Road

Ojo Road
Cemetery/Mosafejo/Alaba Road
Bakare/faro road

APAPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

1.Creek Road

Wharf Road
Burma Road
Randle Road

5.Marine Road

Kofo Abayomi Road
Liverpool Road
Point Road
Park lane
Itapeju Avenue
Entire Network of Road in Apapa GRA

12.Dock Yard Road

Oduduwa Road
Ladipo Oluwole Road
Bonny Road

16.Commercial Road

Malu/Mobile Road
Warehouse Road
Orile-Igamu Road

ALIMOSHO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

1.Ipaja -Ayobo Road

2.Okoro Road

3.Egbeda-Idimu Road

4.Egbeda-akowonjo Road

5.Iyana-Ipaja-Idimu Road

6.Idimu-Ipaja-Idimu Road

7.LASU-Iba Road

8.Ikotun-Egbe Road

9.Ipaja Road

10.Igando Road

11.Egbe-Idimu Road

12.Old Ota Road

13.Meiran Road

14.Ayobo Road

15.Ajasa/command Road

16.Baruwa Road

17.Liasu Road

18.Governor’s Road

19.Abaranje Road

20.Ijegun Road

21.Shasha Road

22.Baruwa/Aina Obembe Road

23.Adefemi Road, Ipaja

24Go ye Road

AMUWO – ODOFIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1 Oshodi-Apapa Expressway

Durbar Road/Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Road

3.The Entire Network of Roads in Festac Town

Circular Road
The entire Network of Road in Zones A,B,C & D of Amuwo Odofin Low Cost Housing Estate
Old Ojo road

7.Mumuni Adio Bodmus way

8.Lagos Badagry Expressway

BADAGRY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Lagos Badagry Expressway from Eric Moore to Seme Road
Badagry Roundabout to Top Road

3.Joseph Dosu road

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) ROADS

1.Inner marina

Broad Street
Nnamdi azikwe Street

4.King George V Road

5.Idumagbo Avenue

Outer Marina

7.Adeniji Adele Street

8.Martins Street

Balogun Street
Odunlami Street

11.Ereko Road

12.New Balogun Street

Campbell Street
breadfruits Street
Abibu Oki Street
Davies Street
Kakawa Street
Force Road
Oloto/fasbery Road

EPE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Femi Agbalajobi
Ayetoro Road
Hospital Road
Marina Road
Central Mosque Road
Kasali Oluwa Street
Ekundayo Street
Lagos Road
Ijebu to Itoikin Road from Agbowa to Itoikin
Omu-Ijebu to Ketu Roundabount
Ketu Roundabout to Ejinrin Town
Ota Road
Olofin Road
Orungbo- Ido Road
Agbowa- Ikosi Road
Ketu Roundabout to Epe
Ketu Roundabout Itoikin

ETI-OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

The entire Network of Roads and bridges in Ikoyi Obalende and Victoria Island Local Council

Development Areas

Eti- Osa- Lekki- Epe Expressway

IFAKO-IJAYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA/OJODU/OJOKORO LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA

Ogunnusi Road
Lateef Jakande Road
College Road
Jonathan Coker Street
Iju Road
WEMPCO Road
ACME Road
New Oko-Oba Road
Lagos Abeokuta Expressway
Agbado Road
Bale Animashaun Road
Yaya Abatan Road

IKEJA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Lagos Ibadan Expressway (from Lagos Boundary to Lagos and Toll gate)
Sheraton Link Bridge
Oba Akran Avenue
Obafemi Awolowo Way
Kudirat Abiola Road
Moboloaji Bank- Anthony Road
Lateef Jakande Road
Nurudeen Olowopopo Drive
Otunba Jobi Fele Way
Allen Avenue
Opebi Road
Secretariat Road
Mobolaji Johnson Road
Osho Street
Hakeem Balogun Road
IPM Way
Ashabi Cole Street
Toyin street
Entire Ikeja GRA Road Network
ACME Road
WEMPCO Road
Oduduwa Road
Isaac John Street
Alausa Secretariat Perimeter Road Network
Simbiat Abiola Road
Kaffi Street
Opebi Link Bridge
Ikosi Road
Adeniyi Jones Avenue
Entire Alausa CBO
LADIPO Oluwole Avenue
ASBFI Road
Olowu Street
Ola Ayindan Street
Unity Road
Armoire Avenue
Ijaola Street
Iyaoloye Crescent
Olu Akerele Street
Emmanuel Street
Odo- Iyalaro Underbridge
Olotunbosun Street

IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ikorodu Road(from Mile12 to Ikorodu Benson Roundabout)
Ipakodo- Ibesha Road
Lagos- Ikorodu Express Road
T.O.S Benson Road
Oba Sekumade Road
Lagos-Shagamu Road
Obafemi Awolowo Road
Ikorodu-Itoikin Road
Igbogbo Road
Ayangburen Road
Alhaji Street

Ikoyi/Obalende Local Council Development Area

Alfred Rewane Road
Glover Road
Alexander Road
Awolowo Road
Bourdillon Road
Gerald Road
Osborne Road Estate 1 & 2
Lugard Avenue
Olu Holloway Road
Bayo Kuku Street
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan Avenue
Mobolaji Johnson Road
Club Road
Federal Secretariat Road
Thomson Avenue
Lateef Jakande Avenue
Moore Road
Oyinkan Abayomi Road
Maroko Close
Adeyemi Lawson Street
Femi Okunnu Road
Jabita Close
Onikoyi/Turnbull Road
Iru Close
Ajayi Bembe Street
Entire Park view Estate Road
Awori Road
HFP Way
HEP Road
Lawrence Road
Reeve Road
St. Gregory Street
Ribadu Road
Raymond Njoku Street
Okotie Eboh Street
Keffi Street
Norman Williams Street
Ilabere Avenue
Oloto Road
Ojora Road
McPherson Avenue
Olanijonyin Avenue
Owena Street
Agodogba Road
Moboloaji Johnson Road

46.Bedwell Road

Murtala Muhammed Roa
Obalende Road
Toyan Street
Odo Street
Awolowo Road
Bankole Oki Road
Ademola Street
Turnbull Road

55.Cameroon Road

Yemi Cardoso
Banana Estate
Dolphin Duplex
Dolphin High Rise
Alhaji Kannike Street
Igbo Street
Moshalashi Street
Eleshin Road
Ajeniya Street
Dr Bode Olajumoke Street
Alhaji Bashorun Close
ALhaji Alade Odenewu Street
Aromire close
Barrow Avenue

70.Olofin Street

71.Lalupon Street

KOSOFE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

1.Ogudu Alapere Expressway (from Toll Gate to 3rd mainland bridge)

Ogudu Road
Demurin Street
Alapere Road
CMD Road
Doyin Omololu Street
Davies Street
50 Metres from Ikorodu road on ikosi road

9.Omololu street

Diya Street
WIlliams Street

LAGOS ISLAND LGA

The entire netweork of roads and bridges in Lagos Island east and lagos island west local government

LAGOS MAINLAND LGA

Herbert Macaulay Way
Barikisu Iyede Street
Murtala Muhammed way
Third mainland bridge

5.Ijora Causeway

Commercial Avenue
Old Yaba road
Sabo Round About
University Road
Abule -Ijesha Road
Harvey Road

12.Montgomery road

Onike Iwaya Road

14.Morocco Road

15.Aje street

16.Musiliu Smith Road

17.Hughes Avenue

18.Birrel Avenue

Hussey Road
Oweh street
Aggrey road
Borno way
Apapa Road
Jibowu Street

25.Iwaya ROad

26.Okobaba Street

Cemetery Street
Freeman Street

MUSHIN /ODI -OLOWO LOCAL GOVT AREA

Agege Motor Road(From Mangoro to Moshalasi Junction)
Fatai Atere way
Idi – Araba street
Ilupeju By pass
Itire Road
Palm Avenue
Ladipo street
Layi oyekanmi street
Olateju street
Isolo Road
Ojekunle Road
Ilasamanja road

13.Ogunmokun street

Association Avenue
Kayode street
Town planning way
Coker Road
Post Office Road
Mushin Road

OJO LOCAL GOVT AREA

Igbo Elerin Road
Lagos – badagry expressway

3.iYANA sCHOOL bUS STOP AT iSHASI rOAD

Oba Ayoka to Iba New Site
Alaba Int’l market raod
Olojo drive

7.Ojo Igbede Road

Nepa Road
Ishasi Road

10.Abule Aka Road to Ajangbadi Road

Akoberu /Sabo Road
Itire – Ilogbo Road
Iyana Era – Ilogbo Road
Ajangbadi – Shibiri Road
Kemberi/Aka Road

OSHODI/ISOLO LOCAL GOVT AREA

Okota Road
NNPC road
Oshodi – Apapa expressway
Airport Road
Egbe Road
Ago – Palace Way
Isolo Road
Osolo Way
Abimbola Street
Ejigbo – Ajao Estate Link Road
Estate Isheri – Oshun Road
Post Office Road
Oyetayo Street
Oshodi ROad
Church Street

16.Afariogun Street

Sehinde Callisto Street
Mafoluku Road
Adeyemi Street
Ajibulu street
New Airport Road

SOMOLU LOCAL GOVT AREA

Ikorudu Expressway (From Mile 12 to Yaba Terminus)
George Street
Morocco Road
Market Street
Bajulaiye Road
Fola Agoro Street
Apata Street
Oguntolu Street
Pedro Road
Igi Olugbin Street
Ashagbon Street
Gbagada Road
St. Finbarr’s Road

14.Jibowu Street

Oweh Street
Issac John Street
Watchtower Avenue
Shylon Street
Shipeolu Street

SURULERE LOCAL GOVT AREA

Funsho Williams Ave
Adeniran Ogunsanya Street
Ogunlana Drive
Bode THomas Street
Akerele Road
Itire – Ojuelegba Road
Tejuosho Street
Alhaji Masha Road
Itire – Ijesha Road

10.Ishaga Road

Eric Moore Road
Randle Avenue
Agbebi Street
Babs Animashaun Road
Ijesha Road
Enitan Street
Adeshina Street
Adelabu Steet
Adetola Street
Nuru Oniwo Street
Adekunle Kuye Street
Shaki Crescent
Oshogbo Street
Tokoso Street
Okotoa link bridge
Opere street
Odichie Street
Olatunde Onimole Street
Brown Street
Agboyin Street
Agboyin Avenuew
Nnobi street
Sanya Street
Opeloyeru street
Kilo street
Adetioye Street
Fasoro Street
Oladimeji street
Ojuolape street
Solabomi Street
Ogungbesan Street

IRU /VICTORIA ISLAND LOCAL GOVT DEVELOPMENT AREA

Ahmadu Bello Way
Adeola Odeku Street
Kofo Abayomi Street
Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue
Ajose Adeogun Road
IDOWU Taylor Street
Idowu Martins Street
Adeleke Adedoyin Street
Elsie Femi Pearse Street
Musa Yar Adua Street
Walter Crrington Ccrescent

12.Bishop Oluwole street

Samuel Manuwa Street
Akin Olugbade Street

15.Molade Okoya Thomas Street

Sinari Daranijo Street
Bishop Aboyade Cole Street
Ligali Ayorinde Avenue
Saka Tinubu Street
Karimu Kotun Street
Muri Okunola Street
Etim Inyang Crescent
Adetokunbo Ademola Street
Adeola – hopewell Street
Ahmed Onibudo Road
Engineering Close
Sanusi Fafunwa Street
Tiamiyu Savage street
Olosa Street
Oyin Jolayemi Street
Marinho Drive
Moshood Olugbani
Fatai Durosinmi street
Adeyemo Alakija Street
Oko Awo Close
Afribank Street
Jide Oki Street
Festival Road
Federal Housing Complex Road
Oba Idowu Oniru Road
Palace Road
Oniru New Market Road
Water Corporation Road
Akin Adesola Street

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Bill Seeking Creation of Unified Emergency Number Passes Second Reading

Published

18 hours ago

04/12/2025

Adedapo Adesanya

By Adedapo Adesanya

Nigeria’s crisis-response bill seeking to establish a single, toll-free, three-digit emergency number for nationwide use passed for second reading in the Senate this week.

Sponsored by Mr Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, the proposed legislation aims to replace the country’s chaotic patchwork of emergency lines with a unified code—112—that citizens can dial for police, fire, medical, rescue and other life-threatening situations.

Lawmakers said the reform is urgently needed to address delays, miscommunication and avoidable deaths linked to Nigeria’s fragmented response system amid rising insecurity.

Leading debate, Mr Yar’adua said Nigeria has outgrown the “operational disorder” caused by multiple emergency numbers in Lagos, Abuja, Ogun and other states for ambulance services, police intervention, fire incidents, domestic violence, child abuse and other crises.

He said, “This bill seeks to provide for a nationwide toll-free emergency number that will aid the implementation of a national system of reporting emergencies.

“The presence of multiple emergency numbers in Nigeria has been identified as an impediment to getting accelerated emergency response.”

Mr Yar’adua noted that the reform would bring Nigeria in line with global best practices, citing the United States, United Kingdom and India, countries where a single emergency line has improved coordination, enhanced location tracking and strengthened first responders’ efficiency.

With an estimated 90 per cent of Nigerians owning mobile phones, he said the unified number would significantly widen public access to emergency services.

Under the bill, all calls and text messages would be routed to the nearest public safety answering point or control room.

He urged the Senate to fast-track the bill’s passage, stressing the need for close collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), relevant agencies and telecom operators to ensure nationwide coverage.

Senator Ali Ndume described the reform as “timely and very, very important,” warning that the absence of a reliable reporting channel has worsened Nigeria’s security vulnerabilities.

“One of the challenges we are having during this heightened insecurity is lack of proper or effective communication with the affected agencies,” Ndume said.

“If we do this, we are enhancing and contributing to solving the security challenges and other related criminalities we are facing,” he added.

Also speaking in support, Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno said a centralised emergency number would remove barriers to citizen reporting and strengthen public involvement in security management.

He said, “Our security community is always calling on the general public to report what they see.

“There is a need for government to create an avenue where the public can report what they see without any hindrance. The bill would give strength and muscular expression to national calls for vigilance.”

The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Communications for further legislative work and is expected to be returned for final consideration within four weeks.

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Tinubu Swears-in Ex-CDS Christopher Musa as Defence Minister

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18 hours ago

04/12/2025

Modupe Gbadeyanka

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

The former chief of defence staff (CDS), Mr Christopher Musa, has been sworn-in as the new Minister of Defence.

The retired General of the Nigerian Army took the oath of office for his new position on Thursday in Abuja.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this development in a post shared on X, formerly Twitter, today.

“General Christopher Musa takes oath of office as Nigeria’s new defence minister,” he wrote on the social media platform this afternoon.

Earlier, President Bola Tinubu thanked the Senate for confirming Mr Musa when he was screened for the post on Wednesday.

“Two days ago, I transmitted the name of General Christopher G. Musa, our immediate past Chief of Defence Staff and a fine gentleman, to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation as the Federal Minister of Defence.

“I want to commend the Nigerian Senate for its expedited confirmation of General Musa yesterday. His appointment comes at a critical juncture in our lives as a Nation,” he also posted on his personal page X on Thursday.

The former military officer is taking over from Mr Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Sunday on health grounds.

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Presidential Directives Helping to Remove Energy Bottlenecks—Verheijen

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20 hours ago

04/12/2025

Adedapo Adesanya

By Adedapo Adesanya

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Mrs Olu Verheijen, says Presidential Directives 41 and 42 have emerged as the most transformative policy tools reshaping Nigeria’s oil and gas investment landscape in more than a decade, by helping eliminate bottlenecks.

Mrs Verheijen made this assertion while speaking at the Practical Nigerian Content Forum 2025, noting that the directives issued by her principal in May 2025, are specifically designed to eliminate rent-seeking, slash project timelines, reduce contracting costs, and restore investor confidence in the Nigerian upstream sector.

“These directives are not just policy documents; they are enforceable commitments to make Nigeria competitive again,” she declared.

She noted that before the directives were issued, Nigeria faced chronic delays in contracting cycles, which discouraged capital inflows and stalled major upstream projects.

“For years, investment stagnated because our processes were too slow and too expensive. Presidential Directives 41 and 42 are removing those bottlenecks once and for all,” she said.

According to her, the directives have already begun to shift investor sentiment, unlocking billions of dollars in new commitments from international oil companies.

“We are seeing unprecedented investment inflows. Shell, Chevron and others are returning with confidence because they can now see credible timelines and competitive project economics,” Verheijen said.

Speaking on the link between streamlined contracting and local content development, she stressed that the directives were crafted to reinforce, not weaken, Nigerian participation.

“Local content is not an obstacle; it is a catalyst. It helps us meet national objectives, contain costs, and deliver projects faster when applied correctly,” she explained.

Mrs Verheijen highlighted that the directives complement the government’s data-driven approach to refining local content requirements while ensuring Nigerian talent and enterprises remain central to new investments.

“Our goal is to empower Nigerian companies with opportunities that are commercially sound and globally competitive,” she said.

She pointed to the current spike in industry activity, over 60 active drilling rigs, as evidence that the directives are driving real operational change.

“We have moved from rhetoric to results. These directives have triggered a new cycle of upstream development,” she said.

The energy expert added that the reforms are critical to achieving Nigeria’s production ambition of 3 million barrels of oil and 10 billion standard cubic feet (bscf) of gas per day by 2030.

“To meet these targets, we need speed, efficiency, and collaboration across the value chain. The directives are the foundation for that,” she noted.

She also linked the directives to Nigeria’s broader regional ambitions, including its leadership role in the African Energy Bank.

“With a $100 million facility now launched, we are ensuring that investment translates into jobs, technology transfer, and long-term value for Nigeria,” she said.

Mrs Verheijen concluded by urging the industry to uphold the spirit and letter of the presidential instructions.

“These directives are a collective responsibility. Government, operators, financiers, and host communities must work together to deliver the Nigeria we envision,” she said. “We remain committed to ensuring Nigeria remains Africa’s premier investment destination,” she said.