The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) yesterday opened bids for the prequalification of contractors for the 2020 capital projects. Daily Trust reports that over 700 bidders are jostling for the 2020 capital projects of the corporation. Managing Director of NRC, Engr. Fidet Okhiria, who spoke at the event held at the NRC headquarters in Lagos assured […]
The Abuja to Kaduna train service had recommenced operations last Wednesday, four months after it shut down in response to the COVID-19 outbreak but only 5,000 persons have used the service nearly one week after. Statistics by Mr. Victor Adamu, the Operations Manager, Abuja-Kaduna rail service of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), showed that five […]
Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has explained that the clause 'waiving sovereignty' in the loan agreement between Nigeria and China is only a contract term, a sovereign guarantee that assures payback according to the terms and conditions of any loan. Amaechi made the clarification while answering questions about the loan controversy on […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Tuesday grilled the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, over the $500m loan to be sourced from the Export-Import Bank of China for the construction of railway lines and other projects. The committee demanded the details of the contracts as well as the agreements signed between […]
The Federal Government has lost about N766 million within four months of suspension of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) services due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The loss was incurred following suspension of NRC services at the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge and narrow gauge at Iddo in Lagos to Ijoko and Kajola in Ogun State. Railway services have […]
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said security is not an issue on the Abuja-Kaduna rail service but that of people obeying the federal government's COVID-19 guidelines. Mr El-Rufai made this disclosure while briefing journalists on Saturday at the test-running operation trip of the Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC) in Kaduna. "The train is […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has been invited by the Senate joint committees on local content, downstream petroleum and legislative compliance to, among other things, explain the influx of foreign vessels on Nigeria's waterways. The chairman of the committee on local content, Teslim Folarin, told PREMIUM TIMES this on Sunday. Also invited are, the […]
Residents around the Warri-Itakpe region in Delta and Kogi states are eagerly awaiting the commencement of full commercial operations of the rail line. The Coordinator, Warri- Itakpe Train Service, Sanni Abdulganiyu, disclosed this in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said: “The people are anticipating when we will commence operations as the roads are bad now due […]
On March 19 this year, eight officials of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Railway Corporation huddled together in Abuja with representatives of three contracting firms handling various sections of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Railway. The meeting had a singular agenda: the narrow-gauge rehabilitation project - broken into three contracts - had failed […]
The Full Business Case Compliance of the Ibadan Dry Port (IDP) estimated to cost $94m (about N43.24bn) will soon be developed for approval by the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Federal Executive Council (FEC). This is the next phase of the public private project (PPP) that is being guaranteed by the Nigerian […]
