The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has debunked reports that an Abuja-bound train, KA4, was, Monday night, attacked by suspected bandits, between Asham and Kubwa. Managing Director,NRC, Fidet Okhiria, while describing the report as false, however, acknowledged the presence of hoodlums along the Abuja-Kaduna route who, he said, usually hurled heavy...
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the 326 KM Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation, as well as the ancillary facilities yard, at the recently-named Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex in Agbor (Owa-Oyibu), Delta State. The president while commissioning the rail line linking Itakpe to Warri on Tuesday, directed the Federal Ministry...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that Nigeria would proceed with the Regional Maritime Development Bank Project, once two-thirds of member-states comprising West and Central Africa, accepted the decision reached by the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa(MOWCA). Amaechi disclosed this while declaring open the meeting of...
The Federal Government has approved passengers' charges on the new Lagos Ibadan rail standard guage which would commence operations by January, 2021. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the known aduring the inauguration of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) in Abuja...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said infrastructure and economic development is key to reducing crime and aiding better functionality of security agencies in Nigeria. Amaechi stated this on Friday when he delivered a lecture to participants of National Defence College Course 29 in Abuja. Referencing his time as Governor of...
The governor of cross river state, Ben Ayade, has received  another Boeing 737 aircraft at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos for the state’s commercial airline, Cally Air. On ground to receive the second aircraft on Wednesday at Arik Air hanger in Lagos were the trio of the state Commissioner...
Amid arguments in some quarters that the Narrow gauge lines were inferior to the Standard gauge rail lines, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that nothing could be further from the truth. According to the minister in a statement on Sunday through his media assistant, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni ,...
In a bid to forestall accident along the Lagos - Ibadan rail corridor, the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stressed the need for the contractors and communities to meet and decide the safety of the people by constructing under and over passes. The minister, while speaking during a routine...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi  said women have proven  to be very intelligent and capable of holding positions of authority than the mere 35 per cent affirmative action policy. The minister disclosed  this  while speaking as a Special Guest at the 2nd edition of the Association of Nigerian Women...
Photo Credit:http://www.nbcnews.com At least 32 people have been killed and 165 injured in a train crash in central Egypt, officials say. Carriages derailed and overturned when two passenger trains collided near the city of Tahta, Sohag province. Emergency brakes were activated on the train in front by "unknown individuals", causing the train...