European Union (EU) naval forces seized seven suspected Somali pirates on Tuesday after an attack on a French fishing vessel east of Mogadishu.

Ministers and Permanent Secretaries are set to surrender vehicles with over 1800cc on Wednesday as they receive new ones with lower engine capacities.

In a bid to ensure full implementation of the Cabotage Act, management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has read the riot act to International Oil and gas Companies (IOCs) which vessels providing services to them are

The Limpopo MEC for Roads and Transport, Pinky Kekana, has opened the first of three state-of-the-art new traffic stations.

Gauteng Traffic Police on Wednesday impounded 31 taxis in Johannesburg for operating without permits.

MAN Truck & Bus Africa said yesterday it expected to nearly double its production when it started to assemble Volkswagen SA's trucks and buses at its plant near Durban.

THE Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) will on November 1 launch the pre-export verification conformity-to-standards scheme, targeting the road worthiness of all used vehicles imported into the country.

ETHIOPIAN Airlines passengers who were scheduled to leave for Addis Ababa yesterday got stranded after the aeroplane they were to board burst two tyres on landing at the Lusaka International Airport.

President of the Senate, Senator David Mark and the former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku's have expressed dissatisfaction on the lingering poor condition of most roads in the country.

Eleven persons were seriously injured on Monday afternoon, when a commercial bus rammed into a Mercedes Benz car near Slan Petrol Station, along Abuja-Lokoja road at Yangoji.

THREE years ago, the country mourned the spates of air disasters in the country. On the night of September 22, 2006, Bellview flight 210 went missing until its strewn parts were found in Lisa, Ogun State the next day.

Owing to the complaints by taxi drivers of the lack of a garage and points to pick up passengers in the Kanifing municipality, this reporter decided to contact the taxi drivers at West Field to get their views on the

The young lives claimed by the Sosoliso plane crash at the Port Harcourt Airport in 2005 would have been rescued by an effective emergency management and fire service in place, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday.

HAVING successfully completed the Northern Bypass, the Government, in collaboration with its stakeholders, now plans to introduce the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Kampala by 2014.

Obey the law or lose your licence - that's the warning from Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele to motorists ahead of next year's World Cup.

Commercial drivers plying the road from Monrovia to Buchanan, Grand Bassa County are finding it increasingly difficult to travel to the port city of Buchanan due to deplorable road condition and as a result, that part of the country may

FORMER Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George and five other members of his board were yesterday sentenced to 28 years jail term without an option of fine

The Action Congress (AC) has stressed the need for the Federal Government to hand over all federal highways to the respective states where they are situated for proper maintenance.

The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) has announced that it will make an investment of N$13.5 million in the acquisition of a state-of-the-art container terminal operating system, called Navis SPARCS N4.

The government has been asked to sensitize all Mombasa port stakeholders in the privatisation process, which has sparked mixed reactions among coast leaders and port workers.