Maiden Lagos-Ibadan container train takes off from Apapa port by Newspeak Reporter November 3, 2023 0 By Emmanuel Adeleke The first container freight train of the Lagos-Ibadan railway has departed Apapa port in Nigeria’s commercial capital city ...
Experts: Why South West needs 4,000km railway in four years by newspeak October 5, 2023 0 Akinwande Soji-Ojo In order to ensure that South West retains its status as the economic hub of Nigeria and West ...
PHOTOS: Lagos test runs metro rail line by newspeak December 21, 2022 0 Akinwande Soji-Ojo The Lagos Metro Rail Line has become a reality after over four decades. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu alongside other ...
Railway workers suspend strike after three days by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 20, 2021 0 The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has announced the suspension of its three-day warning strike, following an agreement reached ...
Railway workers embark on three-day warning strike over ‘poor welfare’ by Akinwande Soji-Ojo November 13, 2021 0 National Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has declared a three-day warning strike nationwide. In a statement, the union and its ...
Governor’s aide, Chinese national, Policemen, others arrested for vandalising railway tracks by Akinwande Soji-Ojo May 28, 2021 0 The Special Adviser to Nasarawa State Governor on Infrastructure, Yusuf Musa, has been arrested over his alleged role in the ...
Lagos-Ibadan railway to commence operations in December by Akinwande Soji-Ojo September 24, 2019 0 The Lagos-Ibadan railway will commence operations in December, Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said. He spoke during an ...
Transport: FG puts Saraki in charge of maritime sector, approves 5.3bn Ibadan-Kano rail project by Patrick Akpu September 12, 2019 0 The Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, would be in charge of all maritime agencies under the ministry while ...
Italian railway group bids for $20bn US contract by Patrick Akpu September 7, 2019 0 Italian railway group Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) plans to bid for a contract in the United States with an overall ...
UK train service disrupted as cows stray on to railway line, two killed by Patrick Akpu July 17, 2019 0 Train services between Didcot, Oxfordshire and Swindon, in South West England, were delayed for an hour on Tuesday morning when ...
Ghana cancels railway construction MoU with Chinese firm by Patrick Akpu June 5, 2019 0 Ghana has cancelled its deal with Chinese firm for the construction of a railway line. The country's minister of Railways ...
Fraud alert! NRC disowns online sale of Abuja-Kaduna train tickets by Akinwande Soji-Ojo January 18, 2019 0 The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has denied online sale of tickets on Abuja-Kaduna route. Mr Fidet Okhiria, its Managing Director, ...
We need N4trillion to complete Lagos to Kano railway project – Amaechi by Patrick Akpu November 22, 2018 0 Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday said that about N4 trillion is required to complete the Lagos to Kano ...
Train travelling from Lagos to Abuja breaks down in the middle of “nowhere” by Patrick Akpu January 24, 2018 0 A new train travelling from Lagos to Abuja broke down in the middle of the road on Tuesday. In a ...
Oyo signs MoU with Chinese firm for construction of 38km light rail by Patrick Akpu November 30, 2017 0 The Oyo State Government has signed a Public Private Partnership agreement with China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for the ...