August 02

• Transnet Fuel Pipeline - Medupi 2? [press release]

  DA

  The DA welcomes the investigation into the doubling of costs of Transnet's new pipeline between Durban and Gauteng by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). Read more »

• Twelve Firms Bid to Provide Public Transport in the City

  New Times

  The city of kigali and the Utilities Regulatory Authority (Rura) have moved a step further towards streamlining city public transport by opening the tender bids for the four... Read more »

• Airport Authority Quizzed On Damning Audit Report

  Concord

  The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Public Accounts yesterday probed the Sierra Leone Airport Authority in respect of findings in the Audit Service Report of 2011. Read more »

• Drivers, Passengers of Latrikunda - Sukuta Complain

  Foroyaa

  As the rains pour down, the commuters who use the road linking Sukuta and Latrikunda have been expressing their concerns on the poor state of the road and are also appealing to the... Read more »

• Transnet Boost for SA Coal Exports

  SA Info

  State company Transnet is to introduce a 200-wagon rail service running directly from coal mines in Mpumalanga province to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in KwaZulu-Natal,... Read more »

• Boda Bodas Oppose Taxes

  The Star

  Boda boda operators in Rongo town yesterday protested against the increase of operating charges from Sh80 to Sh100. Read more »

• Three Killed in Kilifi Road Accident

  The Star

  THREE people died on the spot while four others sustained injuries on Thursday after the Matatu they were travelling in was involved in an early morning accident at Komaza area... Read more »

• KQ to Fly to Rwanda

  The Star

  KENYA Airways has completed its network in East Africa by launching direct flights to Rwanda and Burundi. Read more »

• Motorcycle Spares Looted in Lorry Crash

  The Star

  A truck ferrying motorcycle spares was looted of the consignment after an accident on the Webuye-Eldoret road. The brakes of the truck failed at Lwandet trading center as it... Read more »

• Travel Advice for Heroes Holidays [opinion]

  The Herald

  SHORTLY, a lot of people will be travelling within the country as we celebrate our 33rd Heroes holiday. We would like to urge all road users to be "heroes" by preventing all... Read more »

• Yaoundé, Germany Discuss Maritime Cooperation

  Cameroon Tribune

  Germany's Ambassador to Cameroon, Klaus-Ludwig Keferstein, has discussed specific topics related to maritime transport with Cameroon. This was during a 30-minute audience last July... Read more »

• Naval Chiefs Move to Reduce Crimes, Want Maritime Law Enforced

  This Day

  The Chiefs of Naval Staff of states in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) have ended a three a three-day Regional Maritime Awareness Conference (RMAC) in Calabar with a call on their... Read more »

• Aviation Stakeholders Berate House Over Airport Contracts

  This Day

  Stakeholders in Nigeria's aviation industry have frowned on the position of the House of Representatives on the ongoing airport remodelling contracts being undertaken by the... Read more »

• Stakeholders Fret Over Persistent Apapa Port Traffic Snarl

  This Day

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• Fatal Road Accident Case Reaches Corridor of Justice

  The Point

  A commercial driver was Wednesday arraigned before Magistrate Foster of the Brikama Magistrates' Court, charged with rash and negligent act, causing death.The defendant, Alkali... Read more »

• Forging a Common Shipping, Energy Front in Africa

  This Day

  Against the backdrop of the three-day investment roundtable in Cape Town, South Africa, John Iwori, who attended the event, writes that African countries are forging a common front... Read more »

• Customs Transfers 1,300 Containers in Apapa

  This Day

  Not less than 200 containers are scanned daily and another 1,300 transferred daily at Nigeria's busiest port, Apapa, Lagos. Read more »

• Olanrewaju - Nigerian Freight-Forwarders Can Perform Well to Move Globally-Traded Goods [interview]

  This Day

  Chairman of the second governing council of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), Mr. Hakeem Olanrewaju, spoke with John Iwori on the governing... Read more »

• Benin Airport Closure - We Acted Lawfully, Oshiomhole Tells Jonathan

  Leadership

  Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday met President Goodluck Jonathan over the circumstances which led to the sudden closure of the Benin Airport. Read more »

• Lagos Residents Protest Ban On Tricycles

  Daily Trust

  Residents of Lagos State were on the streets for several hours Wednesday, protesting the state government's ban on the operation of commercial tricycles in some parts of the state. Read more »

• Oil Export - Global Scan Gets Extension On Pre-Shipment Inspection Contract

  Leadership

  Despite industry players' outcry against its poor services, Global Scansystems Ltd has emerged one of the six oil and gas export pre-shipment inspection service providers, whose... Read more »

August 01

• Audi R8 V10 Plus - Performance Über Alles [analysis]

  Daily Maverick

  Supercars are a rare breed: expensive to produce, and expensive to buy, they remain members of an exclusive club on the top rung of the automotive ladder. The Audi R8 may bear a... Read more »

• Henry Ford - the Man Who Gave Wheels to America [analysis]

  Daily Maverick

  Henry Ford was born 150 years ago this week (30 July 1863). He didn't invent the automobile; he didn't invent mass production or the assembly line; but by harnessing these together... Read more »

• Chinese-Built Port Leaves Cameroonians Adrift

  IPS

  The Kribi Seaport on the coast of southern Cameroon is destined to become a mega harbour to serve all of Central Africa. But there is little chance that locals, particularly... Read more »

• Couple, Baby, Motorcyclist Crushed in Lagos

  Vanguard

  Tragedy struck, yesterday, along Sagamu road, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, after four persons were crushed by a commercial bus. The deceased, included a man, his wife, their one and... Read more »