Tag: transport
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Christmas rush: Travellers groan over 100% transport fare hike in Edo
Barely 48 hours to Christmas, commuters in Edo groaned over hike in transport fares by more than 100 per cent to many destinations from Benin. Transport fare from Benin to Makurdi, Benue, which hitherto cost N4, 000, jumped to N8, 500 as at Sunday morning. Transport fares to Abia, Enugu and Anambra have increased from…
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Special report: Travellers lament hike in fares, call for regulation to check excesses
Adebayo Animasaun and Oyibo Ediri As Christmas rush begins, travellers at different transport terminals in Lagos state on Saturday lamented hike in road transport fares by operators and called on the government to put a regulatory system in place to check excesses. TheNewsGuru (TNG) in this special report gathered that the cost of transport from…
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Uber monthly passenger base in Nigeria hits 267,000
Transportation network company, Uber Nigeria, currently has 9,000 active driver-partners and no fewer than 267,000 monthly riders, an official has said. Francesca Uriri, the company’s Head of Communications in West Africa, made the disclosure in Lagos on Wednesday. Uriri said that the drivers and riders were based in Abuja and Lagos, where Uber currently focused.…
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Rivers boat mishap: Abe seeks stiffer regulations from authorities
Governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has called for stiffer regulations for the marine transport sector in Rivers State in order to check incessant cases of boat mishap on the waterways. Abe spoke against the backdrop of a recent boat accident along the…
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Tech records first self-driving cars fatality as Uber robotic car kills woman
Arizona police on Monday said an Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street, making it the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle. This is a potential blow to the technology that is expected to transform the transport industry, with Uber saying it is suspending North American tests of its self-driving vehicles,…
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Uber is a transport line like GIGM, and should be treated as such – EU court ruling
A European Union (EU) top court on Wednesday ruled that Uber is like God is Good Motors (GIGM) and any other transportation company, instead of an app, and should be regulated as such. A Spanish taxi association sued Uber after the ride-hailing firm drew the fury of local taxi drivers and officials for flouting local…
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Vacate Ikorodu road in 7 days, Ambode tells interstate transport operators
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday issued a seven-day ultimatum to inter-state transport operators to vacate Ikorodu Road. Mr Steve Ayorinde, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, disclosed this during the inspection of inter-state bus terminals on Ikorodu road. He said that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode toured the area on Tuesday night and was very displeased…