The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it is going to spend N5bn on the rehabilitation of vital equipment of Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) system that was vandalised by hoodlums following its temporary shutdown to mitigate the spread ...
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Feed SubscriptionKano-Maradi Rail Contractor Evacuates $200m Equipment From Lagos Port
Mota-Engil has evacuated equipment worth $200m for the construction of $2billion Kano-Maradi Rail line from the Port and Cargo Terminals in Lagos. The construction equipment which berthed in Lagos during the week was being added to Mota-Engil’s already impressive inventory. ...
Read More »EDO TRAIN ATTACK: Soldiers, Police, Vigilantes Track Abductors, 31 Passengers Missing
…Railway workers, non-passengers, S’South residents among abductees – NRC boss, official …Two underage victims rescued, suspect arrested as FG, Obaseki condemn kidnapping Soldiers, police personnel and vigilantes are currently tracking the abductors of no fewer than 31 train passengers who ...
Read More »Abuja-Kaduna train resumes Today, Monday
The Management of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), said the Abuja-Kaduna train operation would resume on Monday. The train service was suspended after an attack on the rail facility on March 28, 2022 by terrorists. Over eight months after the attack, the NRC ...
Read More »Blue Line Rail: Sensitising Against Electrocution
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Lagos State Government, by first quarter 2023, will take modernised train inclusion (as an element of intermodal mass transit) notches higher, with the delivery of the Blue and Red Rail Lines. The Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration, at ...
Read More »85 Days After Kaduna Train Attack: 50 Remaining Hostages Threatened By Snakes, Scorpions, 9 Feared Dead
Eighty-five days after the terror attack and abduction of passengers on the Kaduna- bound train, about 50 women, children, men are still languishing in the bandits’ den. There are indications that their condition has been aggravated by snake and scorpion ...
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