THE safety of children as they are being transported to and from school is a matter of great concern. School buses are increasingly becoming death chambers in which school children are piled like goods on transit.

Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA) in conjunction with the International Civil Aviation Organisations (ICAO), is currently hosting a meeting in Kigali that is discussing strategies for curbing disease transmission in air travel.

IN its pursuit to improve the efficiency of its operations, the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) recently achieved another milestone by successfully making 40 moves per hour on two Maersk cargo vessels.

Fatal road accidents have hit several parts of the city in recent days, leaving seven people, including a 13-year old school girl just from Ghana, dead.

The recent rampant accidents that have claimed innocent lives and seriously injured many people, have generated a great deal of concern among the general public; thus prompting stakeholders, including individuals, to devise ways and means of averting future road accidents.

There are indications that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua may have directed that the controversial General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammmed International Airport, Lagos (MMIA) be handed over to Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) immediately as part of the

Legal Adviser to the Kano State's All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)Dr Baffa Babba Dan'agundi, in this interview, reacted to the earlier interview granted Daily Trust by a Kano-based development expert, Ja'afar Sani Bello. He said everyone in Kano knows the

In peacetime, with no bombs dropping from the sky and no Boko Haram militias knifing people to death, 70 Nigerians were burned to death on a road in Anambra. This mass death is symbolic because it seemed to have happened

FIVE PERSONS, including a primary one pupil died when a saloon Mercedes Benz with registration number GR 9595 A veered off the road and knocked down nine people at Kwabenakwa, a suburb of Obuasi. Three other people whose conditions are

ONCE parents enroll a child in school, they trust that the school will take full responsibility for their youngster, including safety aboard a school van. Unfortunately, the trust may be compromised as the school also subcontracts another party to manage

The construction of an International Airport in La Mercy, north of Durban, will be completed early next year to boost 2010 FIFA World Cup transport infrastructure.

Nigerian Eagle Airlines, formerly Virgin Nigeria Airways Ltd, the nation's fully private sector flag carrier, has introduced new domestic fare pricing structure to further stimulate the market and boost patronage.

The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) moved yesterday to rule out fears of possible foul play in the Sunday accident in which their leader in Parliament Ogenga Latigo survived along the Gulu Highway.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has visited the scene of a tragic motor accident in Monrovia, which reportedly left several persons dead, with six in critical condition. The injured are being treated at the John F. Kennedy Hospital.

The Federal Government is set to reduce the Nigeria Ports Authority, jetty charge by 50 per cent, preparatory to the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry.

The Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria has criticized the handover of General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, by the Federal Government to Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited.

Aviation workers have suspended their planned industrial action over the proposed takeover of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL).

Entebbe Airport's passenger numbers will double by 2022, the works and transport minister, John Nasasira. Launching British Airway's plan to increase flights from Entebbe last week, Nasasira said the flow will rise to 1.8million from 936,184 as of 2008.

Stakeholders in the maritime industry have been asked to support the recently enacted Merchant Shipping Act 2009, to boost trade in the region. Transport minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere said the Act will spur economic growth, given that 95 per cent

Arusha municipality may have to lift a ban that was to be imposed onto push carts shortly before the by-law formulated to outlaw them was to be executed.