The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday said it would increase the number of trains plying the Abuja-Kaduna route to run a train per hour before the end of 2019. Freeborn Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said this as part of activities of the Belt and Road Initiative’s celebration to mark 1,000 days […]
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday confirmed a passenger train crushed a beggar to death at Muslim area of Lagos. Jerry Oche, the Lagos District Manager (RDM) of the corporation, made confirmation while addressing newsmen on the incident in Lagos. An Ijoko to Iddo bound Mass Transit Train crushed a beggar to death near […]
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Over 1000 workers will be employed for the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail corridor, says the Federal Government. Mr Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. “It’s about 320km, about 12 stations and we have to engage people […]
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About 1,000 contractors have expressed interest in the bids for 12 projects advertised by the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC. The corporation has opened the bids to pre-qualify the contractors for the 2018 projects. Ben Iloanusi, the NRC Director of Procurement, told the newsmen during pre-qualification exercise at the NRC headquarters, Ebute Meta, Lagos, on Wednesday. […]
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The Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Line will be delivered in December, the Federal Government said on Thursday. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to newsmen in Alausa, Ikeja, after a closed-door meeting with Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. Amaechi, who thanked members of the communities whose property were affected by the […]
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The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that some miscreants on Tuesday hauled stones on the Abuja-Kaduna train. The corporation denied however, the story that the train was attacked by robbers. Mr Yakub Mahmood, the Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, said there was no gunmen attack on the train, “but an act of stoning […]
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A grieving father, Francis Idoko, a staff of the National Universities Commission (NUC) , on Saturday relived his last moments with his son, Paul, who was killed by a train around Arab area in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday morning. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his residence located at Arab road, few […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, has approved 6.7billion dollars for the construction of Ibadan-Kaduna standard gauge railway project. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council where the approval was granted. Amaechi said the project was part of the Ibadan to Kano railway project. ”The Council approved […]
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The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, said on Wednesday that the corporation generated N4.12 billion in 2017, as against the N4.85 billion it targeted. Okhiria made the disclosure at the 2018 Budget Defence and the presentation of the organisation’s performance in 2017 before the House Committee on Land Transport in Abuja. […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has earmarked N213 billion to fast-track the modernization of the nation’s railway system in 2017 fiscal year. He made this known while presenting 2017 budget estimates before the joint session of the National Assembly. The president said the amount would represent the counterpart funding for the Lagos-Kano, Calabar-Lagos, Ajaokuta-Itakpe- Warri […]
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