By Temitope Adebayo The federal government of Nigeria has approved a total of $984,722,302 for the procurement of rolling stock, operation and maintenance equipment for the Kano-Maradi standard gauge rail line currently under construction. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]
In Abuja, capital of Nigeria, there is a large train station – Idu station. It is where the Abuja-Kaduna rail line starts, and also an important stop of Abuja light rail. On 7:00 am, passengers would line up in front of the ticket office of Idu station, and that’s when engine driver Issa Fatimoh Abiola […]
By Rotimi Fadeyi After more than a three-decade delay, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the 326 km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation at the recently named Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex in Agbor (Owa-Oyibu), Delta State. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said Buhari […]
Abuja – The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the country stands the chance of developing technology in the next 10 years for the construction of rail lines without any foreign intervention. Amaechi, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said this was possible following the level of infrastructure being put in place in […]
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has expressed optimism that with the pace at which contractors are currently working on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line, the April 2020 project deadline is achievable, even as he assured that the test-run of the train would commence by the end of November. Amaechi stated this during an inspection tour at […]