EU signs strategic partnerships on critical raw materials value chains with DRC and Zambia and advances cooperation with US and other key partners to develop the ‘Lobito Corridor’ Today, at the Global Gateway Forum taking place in Brussels, the EU signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with partners to develop […]
The US and the EU have joined forces with the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the Africa Finance Corporation to launch the west’s latest attempt to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The parties have signed a memorandum of understanding setting out plans to develop the “Lobito Corridor” and the […]
The first container freight train of the Lagos-Ibadan railway, built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company(CCECC), has set off from Apapa Port in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a statement on CCECC’s website, on Thursday the container carried 40-foot containers to Ibadan. “It departed from Apapa Port and carried a […]
…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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]