Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Ahmed Alkali, has hinted that the Federal Government was committed to complete the $2 billion Kano/Niger international rail project slated for 2025. The project, which was initiated by the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, was signed in 2021, while execution of the project […]
Year: 2023
The Minister of Transport, Senator Saidu Alkali, has directed contractors handling the Kaduna-Kano rail line to review construction materials against vandalization. The Minister gave the directive while inspecting the level of work on the project site in Makarfi Local Government area of Kaduna State yesterday. He told the contractors to […]
The Federal Government has certified the blue rail infrastructure of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) as safe for passenger operations. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). LAMATA stated that the certification follows a painstaking audit of the rail infrastructure […]
The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, Says his office will ensure an effective and efficient railway service with the view of easing Transportation of goods and services across the 6 Geopolitical Zones of the country. The Minister made this remark while on inspection of train stations in Lagos connecting the […]
The federal government, through the minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Alkali has vowed to ensure the implementation of Presidential approval for 95% upward review of special allowances of Nigerian Railway personnel. He made this remark in Lagos yesterday during the familiarisation visit of the minister for inspection of Lagos Ibadan […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s government deployed army troops at railroad stations as railway employees continued with their strike that paralyzed train services across the country for a second day Wednesday, a day after two passengers were killed while attempting to travel on a packed train. Tens of […]
Anambra State Government has begun payment to an international infrastructure development firm for design of railway masterplan for the state. Managing Director, State Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Okey Ezeobi, an architect; said this yesterday in Awka at a news briefing ahead of a six-day Capacity Building Series on Theory […]
In fulfillment of its promise towards actualising the ease of doing business in the country, the Federal Government, yesterday, flagged off the first movement of import units of containers from Apapa port, after two years of its inauguration amid several setbacks. Respite came to the congested Apapa corridor as movement […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) began its 2023 procurement exercise on Wednesday in Lagos with the opening of 800 bids. Its Director of Procurement, Mr Benjamin Iloanusi, said the process was preceded by the assessment of documents submitted by bidders. “The process is going pretty well. Once we are done […]
The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail corridor on Tuesday. The minister kicked off the tour at the Ebute Meta station before proceeding to Apapa for the launch, then travelled to Ibadan using […]