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Lagos Unveils List of Prohibited Routes for Motorcycles, Tricycles
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
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to vacate the court ordering the freezing of the bank account of the Osun Srate government.
In a statement today by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President said he’s “deeply embarrassed not by the EFCC’s exercise of its mandate backed by a court order” because of its timing, which is just a few days to the governorship election in the state next Saturday.
According to him, actions of an institution of State, especially at the Federal level, is always credited to me, as the President, even when I may not have had any prior knowledge of the action.
“Since assuming office, I have consistently maintained that anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies must be allowed to discharge their statutory responsibilities independently, professionally, without fear or favour, or political interference. I have therefore deliberately refrained from directing or interfering in the operational activities of the EFCC or any other investigative or prosecutorial agency because I firmly believe that strong democratic institutions, operating within the confines of the law, are indispensable to democratic good governance and the rule of law.
“As President, I am committed to allowing institutions of State to function and take any action they consider necessary in the interest of proper governance without the need for any prior approval. Indeed, that is why institutions are set up by law with clearly defined powers. While I am yet to be fully apprised of the facts which informed the action of EFCC in approaching the court to obtain the said order freezing the Osun State Government account, I am not in the slightest doubt that the timing of the action of EFCC is inauspicious, and therefore I feel compelled to intervene.
“Osun State is only a few days away from its gubernatorial election. Therefore, nothing ought to be done to give an impression that the EFCC or indeed any other agency of the federal government is being used to interfere with the election.
“Based on the foregoing premise, I am duty-bound to issue a directive on this issue in consonance with the overriding public interest in preserving public confidence and the integrity, credibility, and fairness of our democratic process.
“Accordingly, I have directed the EFCC to immediately proceed to the court to vacate the order and discontinue whatever action it has instituted against the Osun State Government in this regard,” the statement stated.
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it initiated a move to freeze the bank account of the Osun State government.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Governor of Osun State, Mr Ademola Adeleke, claimed that the anti-money laundering agency asked one of its bankers, First Bank, not to release funds to the state government.
According to the Governor, this was part of the strategies to frustrate his administration ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election in the state.
Reacting to the issue on Wednesday night, the EFCC, in a statement, said it has been investigating the state government since March 2026 over an alleged “fraudulent handling of Ecology Funds, Intervention Funds and Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) account to the tune of N11.0 billion.
The organisation noted that some officials of the state government, especially the Accountant General of the State, have had interview sessions with investigators of the EFCC.
“These ongoing investigations of the state government would not have warranted any placement of Post No Debit order on its account but for the precipitate and unwarranted movement of funds from the accounts to different suspicious accounts since August 2, 2026.
“The commission noticed huge transfers of funds into different corporate entities and had to swiftly halt the trend by freezing the accounts from which such heavy funds are being moved,” parts of the statement said.
In the disclosure, the agency noted that its preventive mandate is a public-inclined framework of safeguarding public funds, assets and resources, stressing that it cannot “watch idly while a state government’s account is being pillaged.”
“While the commission is fully aware of the impending governorship election in Osun State, it has a responsibility to act in defence of the sanctity of the funds of the state. It will be uncharitable for the commission to allow an excuse of an upcoming election to fold its arms to perform its legally-assigned functions,” it pointed out.
The EFCC disclosed that it is “keeping watch over the finances of other states like Osun State. Many of these states are on the investigative radar of the commission to ensure accountability and probity. The commission has always pointed out that it is non-partisan and non-sectarian but always working in the overall interests of Nigerians. The Osun State government account was frozen to save public funds from being looted.”
The organisation urged the public “to ignore false narratives and deliberate demonisation of the works of the EFCC. The interests of all Nigerians are greater and will always be protected by the commission.”
By Adedapo Adesanya
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has launched a mobile application designed to monitor fuel consumption patterns in real time across retail outlets nationwide.
The NMDPRA, established under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, is responsible for the technical and commercial regulation of Nigeria’s midstream and downstream petroleum operations. The deployment of the mobile application aligns with the authority’s broader efforts to leverage technology to improve regulatory compliance and strengthen accountability.
The pilot phase of the project began on August 1 in Abuja and its six Area Councils, the authority said in a statement published on X.
As part of the rollout, the Executive Director for Distribution Systems, Storage and Retailing Infrastructure (DSSRI), Mr Ogbugo Ukoha, led a team alongside officials from the Abuja Regional Office to assess the readiness and operational performance of the digital platform at participating retail outlets.
According to the NMDPRA, the application captures inventory and compliance data in real time, enabling regulators to monitor fuel distribution more effectively while improving operational efficiency across the sector.
The authority said the platform would generate reliable, data-driven insights to support evidence-based decision-making, strengthen national energy security planning and enhance transparency in the downstream petroleum industry.
It added that the initiative is expected to provide significant value to government, investors, operators and other stakeholders by improving access to accurate fuel consumption and compliance data.
Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector has undergone significant changes since the deregulation of the petrol market and the removal of fuel subsidies, with regulators placing greater emphasis on data-driven supervision to ensure product availability, prevent supply disruptions and discourage sharp regional disparities in distribution.
