The Nigerian Railway Corporation took swift action on Wednesday, October 4, by suspending the officers involved in a viral video that showed them negotiating with passengers on the Lagos-Ibadan Train Service (LITS) to board without official boarding tickets. The suspension aims to deter such improper behaviour by staff in the […]
The Lagos State Government has commenced the demolition of markets around train stations. The ongoing demolition exercise by the Lagos State Building Control Agency started at 10:20 a.m. on Saturday and commenced with the Lateef Jakande Train Station. Thereafter, the team went to 5 other stations to conduct the demolition […]
…says project moving at snail-pace . In a scathing statement, the Minister of Transportation, Sai’du Alkali, lashed out at the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for what he described as their poor performance on the Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge rail project. Stating that the project is being carried […]
Vice president Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday revealed that the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd. (CCECC) has pledged to the complete the Abuja light rail project in May 2024. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, in a statement, […]
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 […]
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 […]