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Nigerian lady has taken to social media to narrate how she met her husband, who is an Uber driver. The story is an entire deviation from the stories of Uber drivers assaulting their clients that has become rampant, recently. The whole story started from simple courtesy, then it progressed to a...

Suspects who posed as passengers and killed an Uber driver, said they carried out the act in an attempt to steal his vehicle. Detectives attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Lagos State Police Command arrested the suspects who were paraded on Tuesday. The duo and one other at large...

An accident said to have happened in Banana estate, Kiambu county, Kenya has surprised many. An Uber driver reportedly lost control of his Mazda vehicle and veered off the drive way before crashing into a residential house. From the pictures, the wall seems to have been the biggest casualty of...

Kenya's taxi hailing app, Little is thinking about expanding into Nigeria or Uganda. Little was launched by Safaricom and Nairobi software firm Craft Silicon in July to compete with Uber. "We plan to go by the first quarter of next year. Most probably it will be either Nigeria or Uganda. We...

Uber drivers in Abuja set to begin strike following what seems to be a series of problems with the company. The Abuja Partner Forum has been trying to get Uber to take note of some issues that have been affecting both drivers and partners in the city. In a series of tweets by Gbenro...

Uber has lost the right to classify UK drivers as self-employed. INDEPENDENT UK reports that an employment tribunal in a case brought before it by GMB lawyers today ruled that Uber drivers are entitled to receive the National Minimum Wage and holiday pay because they are workers, not...

Uber on Wednesday launched a groundbreaking driver-less car service laden with lasers, cameras and other sensors but with no one’s hands on the wheel. The move was prompted by the challenging roads of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, steering themselves to pick up regular Uber passengers who are...

Cab-hailing app Uber has partnered with Nairobi-based helicopter charter service, Corporate Helicopters, as it hopes to expand beyond just cars. The announcement came with opportunity for Uber customers to enjoy a 20-minute helicopter ride on Sunday September 4th for free. “We have partnered...

World famous taxi hailing firm, Uber, has secured a whopping $3.5bn in funding from the Saudi Arabia Soviet Wealth fund. In return, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund managing director, Yasir Al Rumayyan, will join Uber’s board. This is Uber’s largest investment from a single investor...