http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: transport Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200556.html Rivers State government has said it would construct a bridge across the Bolo creek in Ogu/Bolo local government area to link the Island community to other parts of the state. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:10:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200556.html 2008-11-20T11:10:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200521.html The Senate yesterday passed through a second reading, the bill seeking to amend and repeal the 1955 Act establishing the Nigeria Railway Corporation, with a view to resuscitate the rail system through encouragement of public and private partnership. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:01 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200521.html 2008-11-20T11:01:01Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200495.html The Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) with the support of Copetrans (CDE) based in Belgium is organising a two-day workshop to appraise the various port restructuring projects being executed in member ports in the sub region. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:53:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200495.html 2008-11-20T10:53:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200374.html Cross River State government has said it has modified the $36 million Calabar Monorail project, designed for passengers from the Margaret Ekpo International Airport to Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:22:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200374.html 2008-11-20T10:22:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200357.html A bill to revive the comatose rail system through deliberate encouragement of Public-Private Partnership (PPP), has scaled through the second reading. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:16:52 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200357.html 2008-11-20T10:16:52Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200343.html Impeached Speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly, Honourable Umar Isah Mugadi, yesterday returned two of his official vehicles to the Assembly, while his successor, Musa Habib Jega, took over with a promise to carry every member along. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:16:41 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200343.html 2008-11-20T10:16:41Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200324.html The Rwanda private sector has requested Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki to remove existing Non Tariff Trade Barriers (NTB) along the Northern corridor in order to ensure seamless trade flow among the two nations. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:07:34 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200324.html 2008-11-20T10:07:34Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200299.html South African ports will be able to cope with swelling numbers of ships rounding the Cape as they seek to steer clear of pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast and stand to benefit from increased business, the National Ports Authority has said. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:50:34 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200299.html 2008-11-20T09:50:34Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200237.html The House of Representatives has flagged-off an investigation into the activities of private jetties in the country. This is coming few weeks after startling revelations at the sitting of the Senate ad-hoc committee that probed the transportation sector. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:31:06 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200237.html 2008-11-20T09:31:06Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200074.html Arco Marine, a subsidiary of Arco Petrochemical Engineering Limited, has signed a $41 million (N4.8 billion) marine logistics contract with Total E&P Limited. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:36:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200074.html 2008-11-20T08:36:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200041.html Nigerians were recently stunned with media reports that they spent a whopping sum N450 billion as extra maintenance cost on vehicles annually due to the deplorable state of road network nationwide. This startling figure was arrived at through a comprehensive research conducted by a firm. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:08:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200041.html 2008-11-20T08:08:35Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191016.html Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern at new acts of piracy off the Somali coast this week amid reports of a series of attacks or attempting hijackings in recent days in a region already notorious for the practice. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:48:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191016.html 2008-11-19T21:48:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191015.html For ten years the Asiphephe road safety campaign has successfully been making roads in KwaZulu-Natal safer. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:32:50 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191015.html 2008-11-19T21:32:50Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190965.html In a move to address the dwindling revenue generated by agencies saddled with such responsibilities the House of Representatives is to commence full scale investigations into the activities of the Nigeria Customs Service. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:14:25 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190965.html 2008-11-19T20:14:25Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190954.html President John Agyekum Kufuor has commissioned 250 coach buses to private transport owners in Accra as part of a Fleet Renewal Project between his government and the private sector. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:01:03 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190954.html 2008-11-19T20:01:03Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190937.html The problem of livestock walking on or near busy roads and posing a hazard to motorists is to be addressed by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport through the Road Monitor Programme. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:34:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190937.html 2008-11-19T19:34:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190935.html Johannesburg motorists have been warned of lane closures along Melville and Upfill Roads in Hyde Park at the end of November until August next year. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:34:44 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190935.html 2008-11-19T19:34:44Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190887.html Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mrs. Irene Chigbue, has argued that the congestion at the nation's ports is due to the large number of government agencies and not terminal operators. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:28:57 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190887.html 2008-11-19T18:28:57Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190753.html The construction of Terminal 2010, Cape Town International Airport's new multimillion-rand passenger terminal, is on track and expected to be complete by the end of 2009, the airport's general manager has disclosed. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:04:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190753.html 2008-11-19T15:04:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190703.html In the last ten years many of Nigerians have lost their lives through plane crash. Notable among the crashed aircrafts include the Military Hercules in which many young military personnel perished in the marshy forest of Ejigbo, the ADC crash at Ejirin near Epe, Lagos State and the recent one in which the former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Maccido died. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:35:01 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190703.html 2008-11-19T14:35:01Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190702.html Kano State Commissioner of Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba, has urged the state Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning to expedite the payment of compensation to those affected by the on-going Kura-Bugau-Danhassan road project. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:34:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190702.html 2008-11-19T14:34:59Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190598.html Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mrs Irene Chigbue, said yesterday that the 20 government agencies at the nation's ports should be blamed for congestion, not terminal operators. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:35:55 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190598.html 2008-11-19T13:35:55Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190557.html Barring any hitch, Kaduna state pilgrims will be airlifted tomorrow as all officials of the state Pilgrims' welfare board are expected to arrive the Mando Hajj camp to-day, the board's Public Relations Officer, Malam Ishaq Ibrahim Ja'e said yesterday. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:51:29 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190557.html 2008-11-19T12:51:29Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190526.html THE Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has acknowledged that corruption is still rampant and remains a challenge in its operations despite previous efforts to prevent the scourge. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:23:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190526.html 2008-11-19T12:23:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190489.html Miscreants have been warned to desist from vandalising parts and structures of the Niger Bridge, as the bridge has lately been speculated to be on the verge of collapse before end of the year. The Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), AVM. Mohammed Audu-Bida (rtd), gave the warning when experts from the Federal Ministry of Transport during went on inspection of the bridge situated in Onitsha, Anambra State. The experts told the DG that the activities of vandals have contributed to the deplorable condition of the bridge. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:03:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190489.html 2008-11-19T12:03:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190434.html The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mrs. Irene Chigbue, has blamed the congestion at the ports on too many government agencies operating all at the same time. According to her, the congestion at the port "is not due to the terminal operators. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:41:07 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190434.html 2008-11-19T11:41:07Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190109.html Many families are today suffering from losses caused by road traffic accidents. In many instances, the breadwinners and other members of the family are sent to their untimely greaves due to recklessness on the roads. It is quite disheartening that about 1.2 million people have died globally, no thanks to road accidents. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:37:52 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190109.html 2008-11-19T08:37:52Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190084.html THE land title for the 16- hectare Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) main workshop at Nalukolongo is missing. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:28:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190084.html 2008-11-19T07:28:22Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190039.html Private airlines in Uganda have come and gone. Captain Roy's airline Africa One barely survived a year before it folded, as did the East African and more recently, Victoria International. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:45:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190039.html 2008-11-19T06:45:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181202.html Makeni branch of Rokel Commercial Bank (RCB) Friday donated ten helmets to commercial motorcycle 'okada' riders in the township. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181202.html 2008-11-18T22:55:13Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181197.html Revenue collection at customs and excise department of the national revenue authority (NRA) has shown that while growth rate was about 10 per cent from 2006 to 2007, the margin dramatically increased to 17 per cent in 2008. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181197.html 2008-11-18T22:55:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181135.html The Lagos State Police Command has declared total war on reckless motorists as well as careless motorcyclists in the state, following the alarming number of casualties recorded in road accident in the last three weeks. Statistics showed that over 35 lives have perished in separate road accidents in the state in the period under review. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:43:53 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181135.html 2008-11-18T20:43:53Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181080.html The House of Representatives yesterday beamed its searchlight on the railway sector as it commenced investigations into the alleged payment of $7.7 million (about N1billion) by the ministry of finance under former President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration to Technics Engineering Architecture Marketing (Team), an Italian based company without the knowledge of its sister company based in Nigeria. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:10:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181080.html 2008-11-18T18:10:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181038.html Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the supervising minister for the FCT, Mr. Remi Babalola, to ensure that pedestrian bridges are strategically located to avert avoidable accidents in the FCT. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:52:01 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181038.html 2008-11-18T17:52:01Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181036.html Alot has been said about the state of the roads in Nigeria and this will not be the last. In fact after this piece, proper research will be done, investigations carried, and the right people talked to in order to know what lies beneath the nature of the ever horrible-looking roads in the country which those in power, who are supposed to be in charge of, have neglected, and the way forward. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:57 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181036.html 2008-11-18T17:51:57Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181025.html The series of accidents recorded on the Abuja-Lokoja expressway has become a serious source of concern to many of the residents along the highway. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:31 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181025.html 2008-11-18T17:51:31Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180969.html For residents of Okokomaiko and PLL along Lagos-Badagry Express road, there seems to be no respite in sight in the hands of criminals tormenting them. They are now sleeping with one eye closed. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:20:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180969.html 2008-11-18T17:20:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180954.html The Cross River State Executive Council has approved the contract for urban roadway lighting projects for Calabar metropolis at the cost of N908 million. Addressing newsmen at the end of the weekly State Executive Council meeting, the commissioner for Works, Hon Bassey Ekefre said the contract, which covers Atimbo Road, Akai Efa, Eta Agbo, Ekorinim would be completed before Christmas this year and would be extended to Calabar South local government area next year. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:59:34 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180954.html 2008-11-18T16:59:34Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180931.html The United States (U.S.) pledged on Monday to assist Nigeria achieve the required standards in aviation safety and infrastructure. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:36:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180931.html 2008-11-18T16:36:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180907.html The United States embassy will organise a two-day workshop on aviation security and safety in Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), The Boeing Corporation, and other stakeholders on "Aviation Security and Safety in Nigeria." Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:33:04 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180907.html 2008-11-18T16:33:04Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180900.html The lawmaker representing Song/Fufore federal constituency in Adamawa State, Honorable Aminu Ribadu, has disclosed that the Federal Government is poised to meet the yearings and aspirations of the masses through human and infrastructural development. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:19:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180900.html 2008-11-18T16:19:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180830.html Barely four days after the commencement of airlifting in other designated centres across the federation, the Kano zone has also joined in with airlift of 501 intending pilgrims from Jigawa state through the Malam Aminu Kano International Airpor (MAKIA) by the Kabo Air to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday afternoon. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:28:55 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180830.html 2008-11-18T15:28:55Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180820.html Drivers and commuters have lamented the traffic hold-up they constantly face along the Abuja/Keffi expressway, particularly the spot between Mararaba and Nyanya checkpoint.LEADERSHIP gathered that the go-slow in this very place causes motorists and commuters who go to work, especially the civil servants who are supposed to report in their various offices by 8am, to report late because of the hold-up. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:28:34 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180820.html 2008-11-18T15:28:34Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180723.html Somali pirates have "stunned" the United States' top military leader by seizing a supertanker three times as big as an aircraft carrier hundreds of nautical miles off the Kenya coast. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:11:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180723.html 2008-11-18T13:11:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180667.html North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer praised the U.K.'s Royal Navy Thursday for its actions during a patrol in the Gulf of Aden which resulted in two suspected Somali pirates being killed. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:41:47 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180667.html 2008-11-18T12:41:47Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180641.html The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stated that initial delay from the onset of airlift for pilgrimage is normal. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180641.html 2008-11-18T12:21:12Z