Passenger operations of the Blue Metro rail will be suspended on Saturday and Sunday to switch to electricity. The Lagos Blue metro rail will “momentarily pause” passengers’ operations to switch to electricity, the state’s governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. The governor made this known on Wednesday via his X handle. The governor said the metro […]
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The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has given contractors handling abandoned road projects a 14-day ultimatum to return to the site or face revocation of the contracts. He disclosed this while briefing State House reporters at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He also threatened to drag […]
City says Potsdam Road bridge is okay but the households will be relocated Mbuyiselo Pama says he can feel the ground shake whenever a truck goes over the Potsdam Road bridge. He lives in a two-room shack with his wife and three children under the bridge, where there are now 225 households. Some have dug […]
Nairobi — The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a special unit dedicated to the investigations of accidents in the roads, rail, pipeline and maritime sectors. The Cabinet gave a greenlight for the establishment of the Kenya Transport Accident Investigation Bureau (KTAIB) following a meeting held at the Kisumu State House Monday. The proposed intervention […]
FRSC says a bus rammed into a truck at a bend in the “Kara” axis of the expressway. Four persons were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday when a luxury bus rammed into a truck. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. The […]
Police have released the name of the sixth victim who died last Friday when their light aircraft crashed in the Zvemahande area in Mashava. Pichumoney Viswanath (58) of Rio Zim Limited is believed to have come into the country as a visitor. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: “Reference is made to the […]
Minister to Place University of South Africa Under Administration South Africa’s Higher Education and Training Minister, Blade Nzimande, has notified the University of South Africa (Unisa) of his intent to place the institution under administration, a decision expected to be officially announced soon, reports News24. This decision comes after an independent assessor, Professor Themba […]
The majority shareholder in the Sperrgebiet Diamond Mine (SDM), Harpal Randhawa, has died in a small plane crash in Zimbabwe. The company’s acting chief officer, Abraham Grobler, confirmed that Randhawa and his son died on 30 September. According to media reports from Zimbabwe, six other people onboard the Cessna 206 aircraft, owned by RioZim, also […]
At least 53 people, including women and children, have been killed in six different boat mishaps in four LGAs of Mokwa, Shiroro, Agwara and Borgu of Niger State in the last one month. A document obtained from the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) showed that Mokwa LGA topped with 30 deaths followed by Borgu, […]
The passengers were going to a weekly market in Yauri A boat carrying 50 people has capsized in Yauri Local Government, Kebbi State with 40 passengers unaccounted for. The boat capsized on Monday around noon while it ferried passengers to the Yauri weekly market. PREMIUM TIMES learned that the boat was coming from Kasabo in […]
The Kebbi State Government has condoled with members of immediate families, Yauri Emirate Council, and the Local Government over a boat mishap involving 30 traders. In the ugly accident, 23 people were feared dead. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the governor disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of […]
TANZANIA : TANZANIA will receive another passenger plane, make Boeing 737- MAX9 today as continuation of the government’s efforts to transform air transport and propel the economic growth. The statement was made by the Minister for Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa in a press conference held in Dar es Salaam, where he said the ceremony will […]
At least 23 persons were reportedly killed in a boat mishap which occurred in Yauri river in Kebbi state. In a statement made available to journalists and signed by the chief press secretary to the governor, Ahmed Idris quoted the governor condoling the bereaved families of the victims of the boat accident which claimed the […]
Rwanda plans to set up an aircraft hangar and centre of excellence in aviation training in Kigali, aiming to build local capacity and empower the labour force in the aviation industry, not only in Rwanda but also in the region and beyond, The New Times understands. According to an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) […]
Nairobi — President William Ruto has affirmed that the government is not planning to privatise the Port of Mombasa amid claims from a section of opposition leaders. The Head of State, who was speaking yesterday at the United Democratic Alliance’s (UDA’) National Delegates Convention in Bomas, Nairobi, took a swipe at those spreading the privatisation […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offenses Commission, ICPC has auctioned two 20 footer containers of samples of items seized from officials of government agencies undertaking physical examination at the Tin-can Island Port. This is disclosed by the National Coordinator of the Port Standing Task Team, PSTT, Moses Fadipe, at a meeting with stakeholders at […]
The EFF has called for a ‘shutdown’ in the Western Cape on Monday, 2 October, over a number of issues, including ‘unjust taxi impoundments’. But, unlike the August taxi strike, the ‘shutdown’ isn’t being organised by the industry itself. The Western Cape is preparing for another possible protest over issues in the taxi industry, on […]
Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport has successfully passed a safety audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and confirmed high level of compliance with international standards. The Minister of State for Transport, Fred Byamukama confirmed the development on Thursday. “At the closing meeting of the audit held on September 18, 2023, ICAO’s lead auditor issued […]