…assures of increased railway revenue In a bid to enhance the efficiency and ease of transportation across Nigeria, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Sai’du Alkali, has officially launched the e-ticketing services for Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe-Warri train services. The long-awaited e-ticketing system was inaugurated on Monday, in Abuja. The new system […]
Month: October 2023
The Federal Executive Council, on Monday, approved N5.9 billion for the construction of access roads for the Abuja light rail system. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, stated this to State House correspondents while disclosing the outcomes of this week’s Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu […]
Prior to the grounding of the rail transport system in some major cities of the country including Maiduguri, the railway was the cheapest and largest means of conveying goods and services in addition to human movements. The Maiduguri railway terminus used to witness a beehive of activities with top businessmen […]
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, has described the removal of some railway coaches from Maiduguri, the state capital, to other states as “suspicious and unfair”. Zulum spoke on Tuesday when he visited the Maiduguri Railway Terminus. On Saturday, the Borno police command said it arrested six persons over an attempt […]
The People’s Republic of China has committed 85 per cent of funds to refinance the completion of the Abuja-Kano and Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri railway projects. According to a presidential spokesperson, Stanley Nwocha, President Xi Jinping made this pledge on Wednesday while responding to a request by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who Vice […]
…pledges more investments in Nigeria’s power sector The Chinese government on Wednesday committed to refinance and complete the Abuja-Kano and Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri railway projects. President of the Peoples Republic of China, Xi Jinping, made the pledge while responding to requests made by President Bola Tinubu who was represented by Vice President […]
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has said the recent attempt to relocate railway coaches from Borno to other parts of Nigeria was done in suspicious and unfair manner, noting that the State Government was not informed until residents intercepted movement of the coaches. Zulum remarked that Borno State Government will follow […]
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned Lagosians that the Blue Rail Line tracks are not a marketplace. Sanwo-Olu said this on Monday while announcing the resumption of the Blue Line Rail which was earlier suspended at the weekend. “I am happy to announce that the LRMT Blue Line […]
THE Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has quashed rumors of an attempted theft of railway coaches in Maiduguri, Borno. The NRC assured the public that such reports were baseless, and the railway coaches are secure, adding that the people moving the coaches were doing so in an official capacity. He said […]
The Borno state Government under the leadership of governor Babagana Zulum has threw more weight behind streets protest by residents of Goidamgari and Railway Terminus general area of Maiduguri Metropolis over the controversial evacuation of Train Coaches out of the state. Recall that there was a drama that ensued when […]