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Nigeria: Several Killed in Fuel Tanker Explosion

EIGHT persons, including a pregnant woman and a naval rating, were yesterday burnt to death after a 33,000 litre tanker loaded with product suspected to be diesel, exploded at Orile Iganmu, in Lagos.

  Vanguard
Namibia: Air Namibia Hedged Against Fuel Price Increases

Air Namibia says the rapidly increasing prices of fuel may have had a negative impact on its financial projections but scheduled flights and operations have remained unchanged.

  Namibia Economist
Nigeria: Barred Petroleum Depots - FG, Lagos Meet Operators

FEDERAL Government and the Lagos State government yesterday maintained sealed lips over the sixteen petroleum tank farms in the state barred from use of the bays to take delivery of imported petroleum products owing to the traffic jam caused by articulated tankers which load from their depots.

  Vanguard
Ghana: Danger On Sunyani-Atronie Bridge

The Brong Ahafo File has identified a very scary death-trap, on the Sunyani- Atronie Bridge, which forms part of the road recently commissioned by His Excellency President John Agyekum Kufuor, resulting in a hole in the bridge, which puts fear in motorists who ply the road.

  Ghanaian Chronicle
Angola: Transports Minister Assesses Infrastructures in Soyo

The Angolan Transports minister, Augusto da Silva Tomás, left this Friday for Soyo City, in the northern Zaire Province, to learn about the functioning of the sector.

  ANGOP
Mozambique: Campaign to Inspect Defective Vehicles

The Mozambican government's National Traffic Institute (INAV) plans to stop thousands of vehicles in the streets of Maputo, the neighbouring city of Matola, and the central port of Beira, and inspect them for technical defects.

  AIM
Kenya: News Commuters stranded after ferries breakdown

Thousands of commuters were stranded for hours at the Likoni ferry channel after three of the four ferries developed mechanical problems on Thursday.

  Nation
Namibia: City to Revisit Bicycle Concept

The City of Windhoek says it is planning to reinitiate a process that will lead to the establishment of bicycle infrastructure.

  New Era
South Africa: Bourke St, Pretoria to Be Closed to Traffic

Bourke Street in Sunnyside, Pretoria, will be closed to motorists from 4 August as construction for the Gautrain continues in the area.

  BuaNews
Nigeria: Chanchangi Incident - the Positive Result of Rapid Response [analysis]

Last week, there was, again, another aircraft incident in Port Harcourt. This time, it involved one of Chanchangi Airlines' B737-200. No one was hurt seriously, and the rapid efforts of the Federal Airports Authority's (FAAN) fire fighting squad saved a potential fatality. There were fire hydrants, especially water and anti-fire foams which sprayed the aircraft repeatedly offsetting any impeding ...

  Leadership
South Africa: Motorists Are Drowning in Debt

MANY South African motorists are drowning in debt and having their cars repossessed as they did not have a financial "cushion" in their monthly financial budget planning, according to the sales and marketing director of Wesbank, Chris de Kock, who addressed a media briefing on his company's Vehicle Sales Confidence Indicator last week.

  Business Day
Nigeria: Dawn Accident Roasts 10 in Lagos

At least 10 persons were roasted yesrterday in an early morning accident involving two vehicles at Orile Iganmu bus stop area of Lagos State.

  Leadership
Nigeria: FRSC Provides Free Training to 2,850 Drivers

In a bid to curtail the Sky rocketing wave of accidents on Nigerian roads, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has offered free training to no fewer than 2,850 drivers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between January to June.

  Leadership
Nigeria: Nahco Makes N453.9 Million Mid-Year Profit

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc has announced its 2008 mid- year Profit After Tax of N453.9million, representing about N215.8 or 91 per cent rise over the same period in 2007.

  Daily Trust
Angola: Road Accidents Claim Two Lives, Injure 17

Two people died and 17 others were injured following 21 accidents registered from July 14 to 21 on the roads of the Huambo and Caála districts.

  ANGOP
Zimbabwe: Five Perish in Head-On Collision

FIVE people died on the spot after a kombi they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the Harare-Masvingo Road on Wednesday afternoon.

  The Herald
Nigeria: FRSC Seeks Law to Regulate Okada in Ebonyi

THE Ebonyi State command of Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi State has proposed a bill, seeking for regulation of commercial motorcycle transportation in the state and has forwarded it to the state House of Assembly for it to be passed into law.

  Vanguard
Uganda: Review of Road Sector Key for Budgeting Process [opinion]

As the public and private sectors refocus their efforts to repair and construct new roads, it is important to determine the best method for the executing agency to implement maintenance of the road network. One of the approaches that could be used in network infrastructure maintenance is asset management. This refers to the comprehensive analysis of the current and future state of road ...

  New Vision
Nigeria: Tanker Fire Kills 10

It was yet another tragedy early yesterday morning in Lagos as a petrol tanker ran into another at Orile-Iganmu area of the city, killing 10 persons in the process.

  This Day
Nigeria: Country 'Needs Roads That Allow for Human Error'

The Federal Road Safety Corps has been able to push for a bill in the National Assembly to seek the allocation of 10 per cent of road construction costs to provision of road safety issues to reduce accidents. Through an idea also canvassed by G-8 countries, FRSC said with the recent $330m grant from the World Bank to Nigeria for the rehabilitation of roads, some percentage should be earmarked for ...

  This Day
Nigeria: Minister Seeks Improved Aviation Services

Minister of State for Air Transportation, Dr Felix Hyat, yesterday tasked aviation service operators to do something urgently to address shortcomings in ground-handling operations.

  This Day
Nigeria: Senate Committee Shocked Over Colonial Bridges

Members of Senate Committee on Works Wednesday expressed shock and disbelief on the existence of bridges and federal roads built in colonial times strewn across Taraba State.

  This Day
Nigeria: Govt Bars 16 Fuel Depots in Lagos

THE Federal Government, yesterday, barred 16 tank farms in Lagos from using the bays to take delivery of imported petroleum products on account of the traffic jam caused by articulated tankers loading from the affected depots.

  Vanguard
Uganda: Stem These Road Accidents Now [editorial]

Road accidents have continued to claim a significant number of Ugandan road users, snatching away the lives of some of the most versatile sections of the population across all age groups.

  Monitor
Mozambique: Transport Operators Block Competition

A group of Mozambican transport operators on Thursday physically prevented a new company from beginning its work, on the grounds that it is a foreign company competing with Mozambican businesses.

  AIM

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