Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi says that he wants Uber drivers to apply for public transport licenses and comply with legislation, or be removed from SA roads. The minister’s comments come as tensions between metered taxi drivers and Uber drivers flare up, with the former accusing the latter of stealing potential work while getting
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Nigeria Holds National Summit On Truck Transit Parks
Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Transportation will on Tuesday in Abuja hold a national summit on Truck Transit Parks. Organizers of the event said the focus of the summit is to brainstorm on ways to address the infrastructure deficit in the country, provide a short-term resting place for truck drivers on long-distance
Ethiopian Airlines starts flight services to Kaduna, Aug.1
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it is commencing scheduled flight services thrice a week to Kaduna in North Western Nigeria from August 1, 2017 The airline made the announcement in a statement signed by its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, in Lagos last week. GebreMariam said the airline would operate the
Ogun auto crash kills baby, mother, eight others
Scene of the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu accident AN auto crash on Thursday morning claimed 10 lives along Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, leaving five others critically injured. The accident involved a white Mazda passenger bus travelling from Sango Ota end of Ogun State to Ijebu-Ode and a Mack truck at Ibara area, due to alleged reckless driving
Horrific German Autobahn bus crash and fire claim several deaths
Wreckage continues to smoulder at the crash site in Bavaria - Reuters Monday July 3, 2017. German authorities have confirmed that several people died when a coach went up in flames after it collided with a lorry on a stretch of Autobahn. The two vehicles collided on Monday morning near Muenchberg in Bavaria, southern Germany. There were 48
4 train cars derail in Washington, USA
Portions of an Amtrak passenger train have derailed near a town in Washington state's Pierce County. There appears to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment near the town of Steilacoom, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. Four cars of the train, which was carrying around 200 passengers, derailed
Will you fly a commercial airplane without seats?
Budget airline wants to introduce standing room only flights Considering removing the seats from its airplanes. VivaColombia is not the first airline to play around with the idea. So far, regulators have not approved the idea for safety concerns. Colombian budget airline VivaColombia is considering ripping out all the seats from its
Dotimi Pots of Soup Delivered by Courier
.…Moov facilitates Dotimi Mobile Pots of Soup and Signature Parcels partnership In a bid to continue serving its clientele freshly prepared dishes, mainly native Nigerian soups and stews garnished with embellishments, Nigeria’s foremost domestic soup makers, Dotimi Mobile Pots of Soup has announced a partnership between the soup processing company and
Railway Concession: 20 Locomotives, 20 wagons to arrive in May
The Federal Government has disclosed that come May 29, General Electric (GE) will bring in 20 locomotives and 200 wagons to boost the country's rail transit services. As part of the ongoing negotiations with the GE, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi pointed out that the concessionaire showed more interest in
Transport sector restructuring is crucial to Nigeria’s Economic Prosperity
To achieve the transport component of the Vision 2020 and place Nigeria on the path of economic prosperity, a Professor of Transportation Geography, Department of Geography, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Samuel Iyiola Oni emphasized the urgent need for restructuring the transportation sector in Nigeria. Professor Oni, at an inaugural lecture in