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Nigeria: Goje's Convoy in Ghastly Motor Accident

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Three people died and nine people sustained various degrees of injuries in a ghastly motor accident that involved the convoy of Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Danjuma Goje few kilometers away from the state capital along Yola road.


South Africa: Angry Travellers Stranded

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Dozens of fuming travellers were stranded in Cape Town during the weekend after their Dubai-bound aircraft apparently hit a bird during take-off.

Nigeria: 7 Students Crushed to Death in Imo

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
A total of about eight people, seven of them students of the Imo State Polytechnic, former Michael Opara College of Agriculture and Technology (MOCATEC) Umuagwu near Owerri, were yesterday crushed to death in a ghastly motor accident that occurred in

Uganda: Kafu Road Repairs On Course, Says Nasasira

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
REPAIRS on sections of the 160km road between Bwaise, a city suburb and Kafu in Masindi district are proceeding well, the works minister has said.

Uganda: Fort Portal-Hima Road Repair Complete

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
THE rehabilitated Fort Portal-Hima road will be handed over to the Government this month. Jiang Yung, the chief engineer of CICO Construction Company, said they were remaining with three kilometres to finish sealing the second tarmac layer.

Nigeria: Essence of Mobile Court is to Fast-Track Justice - FRSC

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Federal Corps Public Officer, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Wole Olaniran, has said the involvement of mobile courts in the corps' constitutional duty of road traffic safety was to avoid unecessary delays in prosecuting road traffic offenders.

Nigeria: Domestic Airline Operators Decry Non-Completion of Runway

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Domestic airline operators have complained that they incur heavy overhead due to the non-completion of the local runway, 18Left.

Nigeria: Aviation Intervention Fund of Controversy

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Today the issue on everyone's lips in the aviation industry is what has become the where about of a huge amount of money said to have been released to the industry when former President Olusegun Obasanjo was occupying Aso Rock

Rwanda: Rwandair Customers Speak Out On Services

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Senior officials at the national carrier Rwandair Express are swimming troubled waters following a series of accusations including corruption, incompetence and worrying service delivery. Now its customers are also speaking out their ordeals, RNA reports.

Nigeria: Asaba, Osubi Airports to Be Upgraded - Uduaghan

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Delta State government has promised to build and upgrade the Asaba and Osubi Airports to international standard in order to facilitate movement of people and goods in the state to ensure economic development of the Niger Delta.

Nigeria: AFC to Build $700m Ring Road in Port Harcourt

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the Rivers State Government have agreed to construct an 88-kilometre ring road in Port Harcourt at the cost of $700 million.

Nigeria: Lagos State to Host Africa's Deepest Port

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
The deepest port in Africa with a draft of 17 meters is to be constructed by Lagos Port LFTZ Enterprises along Atlantic coast at Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos by the first quarter of 2009, Mr. A Sivaram, Managing Director of

Zimbabwe: Zesa, Eskom in Talks

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
South Africa power utility, Eskom has begun negotiations with Zesa Holdings for the refurbishment of its three small thermal power stations -- Harare, Bulawayo and Munyati.

Nigeria: Mohammed Haruna Got It Wrong

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
The House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel's $16 billion power sector probe has sparked many controversies and debate among Nigerians. In this right of reply, Mohammed Maigari Fagge writes that Mohammed Haruna's analysis on the power probe is

South Africa: City Warns of 'Secondary' Outages

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
Cape Town residents can expect secondary outages due to equipment failures as load-shedding continues to place a huge strain on the city's electricity control and distribution network, the city's manager of public lighting, Charles Kadalie, has warned.

Uganda: Thermal Plant Contract Extended

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
THE Lugogo thermal plant's contract is to be extended for three months, Eriasi Kiyemba, the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company's (UETCL) managing director, has said.

Uganda: Biofuels to Change the Face of Transport Industry

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com (2)
Makerere University scientists have successfully extracted biodiesel and biopetrol from oil palm, a locally available wild plant. The oil palm, locally called kinazi is commonly used as a decorative tree in compounds.

Uganda: Kabuyanda to Get Electricity

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
THE Government has approved a project to extend electricity to Kabuyanda sub-county, Isingiro district. The executive director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Godfrey R. Turyahikayo, said the World Bank-funded project would be completed by the end of this month.

Nigeria: House of Reps to Probe Oil Sector Soon - Farouk Lawan

08.04.2008 17:06    allafrica.com
The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Alhaji Farouk Lawan, has revealed that probe into the oil sector will soon commence shortly after the completion of the ongoing investigations in the power sector.

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