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September 7, 2025 No Responses

NSCDC Recovers Railway Slippers, Transformer Cables

The Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a Peugeot J5 vehicle loaded with vandalised railway slippers.The command also arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalising a transformer.The command’s spokesman, ASC Saminu Yusuf confirmed...

January 22, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Opeifa Nigerian Railway’s Managing Director

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr. Kayode Opeifa the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).Opeifa, a former Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State, is a foremost transport expert.An indigene of Lagos State, Opeifa succeeds Mr...

January 9, 2025 No Responses

Chinese Bank Approves $254.76m Loan For Kano-Kaduna Railway

The China Development Bank (CDB) has granted a loan of 245 million euros ($254.76 million) for the construction of the Kano-Kaduna railway project in Nigeria. A statement by the bank on Tuesday said the move was to provide financial support...

April 26, 2023 No Responses

NDDC, US Firm To Connect Niger Delta States By Rail

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network that will connect the nine states of the...

March 16, 2023 No Responses

Railway Retirees Pass Vote Of No Confidence On Two NRC Unions

The Association of Nigeria Railway Senior Citizens (ANRSC), the umbrella body of retirees of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), has passed a vote of no confidence on the leadership of two in-house unions of the corporation. The Chairman of ANRSC,...

December 2, 2022 No Responses

Abuja–Kaduna Train Service Resumes Dec 5

Train services along the Abuja–Kaduna rail corridor is to resume on December 5, 2022. Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation(NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that all was set for resumption of...

October 28, 2022 No Responses

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June 28, 2022 No Responses

Railway Fencing: Contractors Protest Over Non-Payment Of N500m Debt

The Abuja-Kaduna Railway Fencing Sub-Contractors Association on Monday, in Abuja protested over the non-payment of N500 million debt owed them by Deux Projects Limited since 2018.The association’s spokesman, Mr Onyeka Enechuku, said the angry contractors wer...

June 19, 2022 No Responses

NRC Cautions Nigerians Against Fake Website

The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has cautioned Nigerians against a fictitious website inviting the unsuspecting general public to question and answer quiz that attracts monetary benefit. The Deputy Director, Public Relations Departmen...

May 17, 2022 No Responses

Abuja-Kaduna Train Resumes May 23

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMoT), has directed that the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) should resume on May 23. The Deputy Director, Public Relations of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Yakub Mahmo...

March 29, 2022 No Responses

NRC Confirms Attack On Abuja-Kaduna Train

The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, has confirmed attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train by suspected bandits on Monday night. Okhiria however told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that ”information concerning the atta...

March 6, 2022 No Responses

Minister Expresses Displeasure Over Kaduna-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Project

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has expressed displeasure with the slow pace of work at the Kaduna-Kano rail line being handled by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). Amaechi said this during an inspection of progress of w...

February 22, 2022 No Responses

Amaechi: Kano’ll Host Nigeria’s Biggest Rail Station

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Kano State will house the biggest rail station in the country. Amaechi stated this when a delegation from Kano State, led by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje visited him in Abuja to discuss the rail and...

February 4, 2022 No Responses

Railway: Firms Drag Minister To Court Over Alleged Unlawful Award Of Contract

Three construction companies have dragged the Minister of Transportation and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful award of 190-km rail line construction to a Chinese Firm without due process. ...