A section of the Ibadan-Kaduna Rail project. The federal government of Nigeria on Tuesday signed $6.68 billion contract agreement for the Ibadan-Kaduna segment of the Lagos-Kano rail line with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The information is in a statement by Yetunde Sonaike, the Director, Press, Federal Ministry of Transportation in Abuja. Mrs.
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DHL, Rail Cargo Group, expand China’s ‘Belt-Road’ plan with new Chengdu-Vienna route
Left to right: Erik Regter (Member of the Board RCG), Thomas Kowitzki (Head of China Rail, Multimodal Europe, DHL Global Forwarding), Thomas Kargl (Member of the Board RCG), Christoph Wahl (Managing Director Austria, DHL Global Forwarding) and Clemens Först (Spokesperson of the Board RCG) In a deal spanning six countries and
Volkswagen expects vehicle sales rebound in Nigeria
2018 Volkswagen Teramont Volkswagen AG expects a rebound in vehicle sales in Nigeria as the economy in Africa’s biggest oil producer recovers, the head of the company’s South African operations has said. Sales in the West African nation dropped to less than 40 units last year, according to the company. Nigeria was
Uber names new UK boss as it battles to keep London licence
Trump said Amazon cost the USPS ‘billions.’ But the post office has a different explanation.
President Trump's slam of Amazon in a March 29 tweet is hardly the first time the two have clashed. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) The U.S. Postal Service says that its large financial losses are caused by market forces and governmental constraints but not Amazon.com, in a release of its quarterly statistics that stood
Didi Chuxing suspends Hitch after passenger death
The death of a 21-year-old woman after taking a ride with Didi Chuxing has sparked a social media backlash and forced China's equivalent of Uber to suspend its car-pool service. The 21-year-old flight attendant died on 6 May in Zhengzhou. She had ordered a ride using Didi's Hitch service, which pairs up
Lagos-Ibadan speed rail December completion date, conclusive
Lagos - The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Dec. 2018 date for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan speed rail project “is non-negotiable’’. The minister said this on Tuesday at the project site in Papalanto, near Abeokuta in Ogun state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
Revealed – How Uber Drivers Are Fleecing Customers in Billing Fraud
Nairobi - Taxi-hailing service Uber's drivers are using dummy apps to extend the distance travelled by riders in order to charge them exaggerated fees, hitting Kenyan users' confidence in the automated billing system. The dummy apps, which have recently caused an uproar in Nigeria, interfere with the Uber Application's location (GPS)
Week Four – Striking Bus Drivers in south Africa Feel the Pain With No Work, No Pay
Sudan Fuel Crisis ‘Has Reached Its Limit’
The fuel crisis that has been plaguing Sudan since March has led to an almost entire stop of traffic and public transport, especially in the periphery of the country. Officials attribute the scarcity of fuel to the corruption in the country. "The Sudanese call the ongoing fuel scarcity 'katma' [suppression, stifling],