For a capital city, the state of Kampala's roads is appallingly inapt and an embarrassment. With the current heavy rains, potholes are increasing by the day. At peak hours, commuter cars, private cars, heavy trailers, boda boda cyclists and pedestrians have to compete on the narrow roads, making driving in Kampala an agonising inconvenience.
Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotola, yesterday alerted the nation on how two aircraft, flying almost on the same altitude, narrowly escaped air collision last week.
The federal government yesterday explained why utility vehicles attached to the former Head of State and two-time presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) General Muhammadu Buhari, were withdrawn.
Traders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti will have their turnaround time on roads while transporting their goods from within and outside the countries reduced because of the planned improvement in the region's road infrastructure.
Enugu State Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mr. Godwin Ede, has called for a ban on the sale of alcoholic drinks in motor-parks to curb drunkenness among drivers.
Lagos State Government has threatened to arrest drivers of unpainted commercial buses plying any road within the metropolis without route number.
The corpses of the 40 victims of the Oct. 30 boat mishap at Bukuro village in Baruteen Local Government Area of Kwara State have been buried at the bank of river Nano.
The customs zonal controller in charge of federal operations (FOU) ZONE A, Lagos Comptroller Musa Tahir has reiterated that the zonal officers have the right to interrogate and intercept any container within the area of their jurisdiction.
A 30-year-old driver has being arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate's court for alleged reckless driving. The driver, Kayode Ilugbode, was accused of driving a tipper a dangerous manner at Airport Road, by Gosa junction that led to an accident involving a Honda Accord car with registration number FT 322 EKY. Prosecutor Jeremiah Elijah stated in court that the truck hit the Honda car from behind ...
Twelve persons died over the weekend in two separate road accidents while on their way to Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, to attend a rally organised by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party to receive decampees.
The Minister of Transport, Ibrahim Isa Bio, has restated the federal government's commitment to revamping the transport sector for effective inter-modal transportation.
The old presidential jet OK1 is going to be around for some time, perhaps until the end of the global recession, the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has said.
Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, said in Yenagoa, yesterday that the state airport project would gulp N45 billion.
Oyo State governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, yesterday, in Ibadan, formally launched 200 brand new taxi cabs into the state transportation system under the State Youth Improvement Scheme, declaring that graduate drivers are being involved as beneficiaries of the programme to enable them partner with government in its on-going efforts at improving the state transportation system.
In its efforts to combat crime the Borno State government has donated 10 patrol vehicles to vigilante groups and local hunters employed by it to complement the efforts of other security agencies in fighting crime. While presenting the vehicles, Governor Ali Sheriff said the vigilante groups will work together with the police, Operation flush and other security agencies in the state to track down ...
