Eighteen years after construction work commenced on the 276-kilometre standard gauge rail line linking Warri in Delta State to Ajaokuta, Kogi State, the project has not been delivered to the Federal Government. The project, otherwise called the central railway line, was initially planned to be delivered in five years, but it was gathered on Sunday […]
Workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a technocrat who knows a lot about the railway as the Minister of Transport, so as to ensure continuity in the infrastructure development of the sub-sector. Secretary General, Nigeria Union of Railway Workers, Segun Esan, said that the rail transport sub-sector required […]
The Osun State Government on Sunday said it would provide free train service for its citizens who would be travelling to Osogbo from Lagos for the Eid-el-Kabir festival. This is contained in a statement issued by the media aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, and made available to newsmen in Osogbo. According to […]
I had been invited to the Tourism Indaba in South Africa. After the wonderful and successful event along with tour operators from Ghana and Nigeria, I was booked to travel back on the Rovos Rail. It was some experience. “I have nothing to say and I am saying it”. This quote is from my American […]
A man, Suleiman Waheed, has been arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly assaulting a Nigerian Railway Corporation worker, hitting him with fist blows. The said incident took place on September 12 at the Railway Terminus, Iddo, Lagos. The complainant, Principal Station Master, Adedoyin Idowu, was reportedly checking tickets at the terminus gate […]
The ongoing railway modernisation projects initiated by the federal government during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan have been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. Obviously impressed by the developments in the railway sectors, it was gathered that Buhari has given his blessing for the smooth execution of the projects, which are at various levels of completion. […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau on Thursday released the official list of passengers and crew members onboard the Bristow Helicopters’ chopper that crashed into a lagoon in Lagos last Wednesday. The official list, often called passengers’ manifest, contained the names of the 10 passengers and two flight crew members that were aboard the ill-fated Sikosky S76 […]
As part of efforts to boost economic and trade relations between the two countries, President Boni Yayi of Republic of Benin has offered to build a Railway line all the way from Cotonou to Madakali, a border town with Kebbi State in Nigeria to boost economic relations. A statement issued on Tuesday, August 18, in […]
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied allegation that substantial part of the $1 billion China-Exim Bank loan obtained for the Kano-Lagos rail project was diverted under the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Bashar, had last week, according to the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Ministry of Finance to explain how $1.005 billion loan obtained from the Chinese Exim Bank for the construction of a standard gauge rail line linking Lagos to Kano got diverted to other purposes. Speaking on Monday, August 10, at the Presidential Villa after the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Alhaji Mohammed Bashar, made […]
