The Senate has passed the Nigeria Railway Corporation Act, 1955 Repeal and Re- enactment Bill, 2016 . The bill, which passed third reading clause by clause consideration, was sponsored by Senator Olugbenga Ashafa (APC Lagos East) While speaking, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Olugbenga Ashafa, said the bill which contained 212 clauses were repealed […]
The Federal Government has pledged to complete the Lagos to Port Harcourt railway line within two and half years. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated this at the First Lagos Traffic Radio Lecture Series held in Lagos. He said as far as mass transportation is concerned, there is evidence to show that inadequacy in transport […]
Some female staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have urged the Transport Ministry to engage more women engineers to participate in the revival of rail transport in the country. The women are under the auspices of Women In Railways (WIRAIL). Mrs Monsurat Omotayo, Chairman of the group told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has recommended that the speed limit device proposed by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) must not be limited to commercial vehicles alone but extended to all categories of vehicles, including the private ones. The National President, RTEAN, Alhaji Musa Shehu Isiwele, described limiting the speed limit […]
The Minister of Transportion, Rotimi Amaechi, said the federal government would spend an aggregate of N120 billion for its two new standard (guage) railway tracks to be constructed on the Lagos-Kano and Lagos-Calabar rail corridors from its 2016 budget. Making the disclosure after a train ride on the completed 186-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna railway project, from Idu […]
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transport says that the main focus of the Federal Government is to rehabilitate the Rail System inorder to make transportation easy and accessible to all Nigerians. He made the disclosure to reporters at the Government House in Oshogbo, the Osun State capital in southwest Nigeria. He said that he […]
Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi has advised states to initiate projects to profit the poor rather than pursuing ventures serving only the rich. Amaechi, who gave the advice at the weekend in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while fielding questions from reporters, noted that airports were elitist projects and would not benefit the poor. The minister, who […]
After the military through the Derg or committee as it was known toppled the government of Emperor Haille Sellasie in 1974, Ethiopia has never looked back. They may not have a very good record on human rights, but come on, what is the essence of human rights to a starving people? Until recently, Kenya has […]
At least 250 coaches and 130 wagons have been rehabilitated and refurbished by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) under its facilities refurbishment programme. Besides, the corporation is expected to take delivery of unspecified number of new coaches for the standard gauge line from Abuja to Kaduna which is billed to commence operations between February and […]
The Federal Government has approved the construction of the $2.4 billion Lagos red line rail project. Commissioner for Transportation, Dayo Mobereola said the approval the right-of-way for the project had been an issue for years. According to him, it took Lagos four and half years to get approval for the project and another four years […]
