Travel across British railway stations ground to a halt Tuesday as the country was hit by its biggest strike action in more than 30 years. The strike action left many…
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Nigerian Government Completes Repair Of Abuja-Kaduna Rail Bombed By Terrorists As Passengers Remain In Captivity
by James Davies
The Nigerian government says it has completed repair of the track on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line damaged by terrorists on March 28.Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation…
*Commences operation in Q4’22 By Theodore Opara & Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it has set aside N60 billion intervention fund to execute the Lagos State …
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Passengers at Agbor, other rail stations in Delta, decry long distances, want shuttle buses
by James Davies
. Some passengers at Agbor rail station in Delta, have called on relevant authorities to provide shuttle buses from the metropolis to the station to ease passengers movement. The passengers…
By Fanen Ihyongo, Kano President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday flagged off the construction of the Kano–Kaduna section of the Lagos–Kano Railway modernisation project. The 203-kilometre Kaduna-Kano standard gauge rail line…
Agency Reporter In a bid to link the country through rail, President Muhammadu Buhari will do the ground breaking of the Kaduna-Kano standard gauge by Thursday. Dr Magdalene Ajani,…
By Faith Yahaya and Frank Ikpefan, Abuja Delayed approvals from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and the Bureau of Public Procurement(BPE) have stalled commencement of works on the Port Harcourt…
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How Chinese Buys Vandalize Rail Tracks From Nigeria Youths, Reproduce And Sell To Nigeria Authority
by James Davies
The Nigerian Police has arrested two Chinese who were accomplices in the crippling of the Nigeria railway. According to Channels Television, the Youths of the Mada Station community in Nasarawa…
Our Reporter Borrowing to fix infrastructure is good for the economy, Minister Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said. Speaking in Abuja at NANForum, the flagship interview programme of…
By Adeyinka Aderibigbe, Oyebola Owolabi and Faith Yahaya President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday opened the 157 kilometre-Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Railway Line for full commercial operations. He described the project as…