Uber announced on Friday a 13% increase in fares to help drivers cope with the recent fuel price hike in Nigeria. This adjustment is intended to mitigate the impact of the fuel price increase on drivers’ earnings. However, some drivers have expressed concerns that the fare increase is insufficient compared to the over 40% rise … Read more
On October 20, 2021, officers of the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency and policemen, assaulted an Uber driver at the Lekki Toll-Gate. The driver, who was carrying a passenger along the route, was apparently mistaken for one of the protesters. He consequently sought damages from the Lagos government and won in court. Eko Hot Blog … Read more
Police in New Orleans arrested a man who allegedly killed his Uber driver at the end of a ride, filmed the aftermath and posted it to Facebook, according to officials. Eko Hot Blog reports that Brandon Jacobs, 29, allegedly told investigators with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office that he stabbed the victim, 54-year-old Yolanda Dillon, … Read more
A Uber driver has been pronounced dead while conveying a reverend sister in Lagos. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a Uber driver, Anthony Okafor, has been confirmed dead while conveying a passenger, said to be a reverend sister, to a destination in Lagos State. It was gathered that the Uber driver picked the woman from the Ikeja … Read more
Some Uber and Bolt e-cab drivers in Lagos have called on the e-hailing companies to immediately increase fares being charged by the operators, failing which they would go off the roads on Monday. The National President of PEDPA, Idris Shonuga, at a news conference in Lagos on Saturday, called for immediate upward review of e-cab … Read more
An uber driver identified as Tade recently lost his life to unidentified armed robbers, who shot him dead around Badore in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred when a customer requested Tade’s service to convey him to a destination in the state where he drove down to for … Read more
The National President and members of Professional E – Hailing and Private Owners Association (PEDPA) reiterate their readiness to support, cooperate and abide by the Lagos State Government on new regulations and guidelines on operations of ride-sharing application and their operators. The president, Comrade Idris Shonuga made this known during a humanitarian visit to one … Read more
A twitter user identified as Alabo Braide, shared his encounter with an Uber driver who bashed his car. Alabo said on his way into admiralty road, the Uber driver, coming from One-way ripped off the bumper of his car. After accessing the damages, the Uber driver was told to pay 105k and was made to … Read more
Daughter of former Governor of Oyo State Tito Idakula has narrated how her friend traveled to the UK last year to give birth in a reputable hospital, only to end up giving birth in an Uber. Tito, who is married to singer Bez and currently pregnant with their child, said she remembered the story while … Read more
Uber Technologies Inc on Monday announced it is cutting a quarter of its global workforce and trimming investment to survive the financial hit to its business from the COVID-19 pandemic. The San Francisco-based company is laying off about 3,000 people and stopping some investments unrelated to its core ride-share and delivery businesses, according to chief … Read more
Uber on Wednesday has announced it was cutting 3,700 jobs amid the massive recession in its ride-hailing operations during the pandemic. The cuts amount to around 14 per cent of Uber’s global workforce, which does not include its contract drivers. The company made the announcement in a regulatory filing, which also said chief executive Dara … Read more
California on Tuesday sued rideshare operators Uber and Lyft for “misclassifying” drivers as contractors instead of employees in violation of state law. The suit, joined by the state’s large municipalities, seeks to require the companies to compensate drivers and pay penalties that could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars. “California has ground rules … Read more
Multiple rideshare and food delivery companies are following in the footsteps of Uber, which announced it would compensate its drivers who catch the new coronavirus. Uber on Saturday announced that drivers who provided documentation that shown they had been diagnosed with COVID-19 or quarantined by health authorities would “receive compensation for a period of up … Read more
Toju Davies Daibo, has been revealed as the young man who took his life last Saturday after he jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge. It was reported that he had jumped into the lagoon after he had alighted from his Uber ride, telling the driver to stop as he had a … Read more
Uber facilitated 14 million rides a week in India last year, the American ride-hailing firm said as it claimed the tentpole position in the key overseas market. In a report (PDF) published on the sidelines of its quarterly earnings Thursday afternoon, Uber said that it commanded over 50% of the ride-hailing market in India — … Read more
American ride-hailing giant ‘Uber’, on Monday lost its license to operate in London following safety and security concerns cited by the state’s transport authority “Transport for London has concluded that it will not grant Uber London Limited (Uber) a new private hire operator’s licence in response to its latest application,” it said in a statement. … Read more