The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will today (Tuesday) officially unveil the LMRT Red Line for commercial operations. Speaking on the project, the governor said this is the second rail system to become operational in less than two years in the state. The 27-kilometre Red Line has eight stations […]

By Rowland Ataguba “And in the shadowless unclouded glare,Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where,A misty sealine meets the wash of air .” The immortal words of Sir John Betjeman, poet and Victorian architectural heritage campaigner, born 1906, died 1984, who saved the gorgeous St Pancras station from demolition […]

There are strong indications that former Lagos State Transport Commissioner, Dr Kayode Opeifa has been tipped to be next Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC). Opeifa, a close confidant and loyalist of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is according to Nigerian presidency sources billed to be announced soon with a […]

Opeifa, a close confidant and loyalist of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is according to Nigerian presidency sources billed to be announced soon with a mandate to conduct a branch and root reform of the railway agency. President Tinubu is reported to have resolved to indeed unbundle the old corporation into […]

A transport and logistics expert, Dr Segun Musa, has called for a redirection of the focus of Nigerian railway from passenger movement to cargo movement. He said the Federal Government ought to have focused on cargo movement from the ports, which would have hugely impacted the economy. “Passenger services cannot […]

The logo of the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. The agency is supplying some of the millions needed to rebuild the Benguela railway line that Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia used to export materials and minerals even before independence. NAIROBI, KENYA — The U.S. government says it […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has unveiled plans for the country’s first underground rail line that will connect the Abuja Metro Station with the Central Business District, CBD, Bus Terminal. The Mandate Secretary, Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Elechi disclosed this yesterday at the flag-off of the construction of Central Business […]