Regulatory agencies have promised immediate investigation into the remote cause of the train derailment along the Abuja- Kaduna corridor on Tuesday morning. Both the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB and the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC vowed to unearth causes of the accident which left seven person injured. The derailment was said to have occurred at […]
BY TEMITOPE ADEBAYO The Federal Government has announced that train services across Nigeria will remain free throughout the festive season, ensuring affordable and convenient travel for citizens. The Minister of Transportation, Sen. Saidu Ahmed Alkali, disclosed this in Abuja, stating that the initiative will run until 5 January 2025. Speaking about the ongoing travel palliatives, […]
By Temitope Adebayo The Federal Government has said it looking for alternative technology that will ensure maximum security to train passengers and boost train passengers’ confidence all over the country. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Muazu Sambo said this at the inspection of railway facilities in Lagos recently. Sambo said that “We are working toward […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday, said the efforts by the Federal Government to rescue the remaining abductees of the March 28 train attack were being frustrated by the bandits. This was as he noted that based on the Federal Government’s efforts, nobody could say that […]
Eleven kidnapped passengers from the March 28 Kaduna train attack, who were released last weekend, have been reunited with their families. The victims were released by their abductors on Friday, following a series of negotiations with the Federal Government after spending eleven weeks in captivity. The eleven victims comprise six females and five males, DailyTimes […]
By Joy Obakeye As more facts emerged about the casualties of the terror attack on Abuja – Kaduna train last Monday, a call has been made for an all-inclusive framework for National Security measures as contained in the 2014 National Confab to complement the currently integrated security surveillance and monitoring solution for the Abuja to […]
On Monday December 7th, the Lagos – Ibadan guage train operations and only one member showed up to make the historic trip from Ibadan to Lagos. According to the Nigerian Railway Corporations (NRC), the newly introduced service provides fully air conditioned train services in the Economy, Business and First Class category. Rotimi Amaechi, Transportation Minister […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday cautioned commuters against unsafe conducts, especially riding on the roof of a moving train. The corporation gave the caution at the resumption of its Lagos-Ogun mass transit service. It suspended the service in September 2019 because of the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail Line. The NRC […]
Abuja – Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning said the Federal Government has pegged oil production at 2.18 Million Barrels Per Day (MBPD) in the 2020 budget. Ahmed made this known at the Highlights and Breakdown of the assented 2020 budget in Abuja on Thursday. She explained that though the […]
Lagos – Contrary to the low patronage recorded on the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage free train service between Monday and Wednesday, passengers besieged Iju Station on Thursday to enjoy the ride to Ibadan. A correspondent who monitored the train service on Thursday, observed that the number of passengers outnumbered available seats in the train. A sizeable […]
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At least three people were dead, on Thursday morning, at the Abbatoir area of Agege, in the outskirts of Lagos State when a train derailed. Several person were seriously injured while many vehicles and other property worth several millions were destroyed. Lagos State police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the incident said that the train […]