The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday expressed optimism that the Abuja-Kaduna rail line would become profit-oriented after two years of operation.
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LAGOS-IBADAN RAIL WILL COMMENCE OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2019 –FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that despite the challenges facing the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, the facility would be put to use by January 2019.
Continue reading »FG PLANS 10 NEW RAIL LINES
The Federal Government is currently carrying out feasibility studies on the construction of 10 new standard gauge rail lines across the country.
Continue reading »TRUCK TRANSIT PARKS, LONG OVERDUE
It is indeed inscrutable why authorities in Abuja and most state capitals have not been serious about finding a lasting solution to the menace haulage trailers and trucks have constituted to road users across the country. Have the authorities been helpless, complicit or clueless? These are the pertinent questions one can ask, especially in Lagos (nation’s commercial capital) where the […]
Continue reading »NEW RAIL WILL LINK KEBBI, SOKOTO, ZAMFARA, SAYS AMAECHI
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would link Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto states by rail in its ongoing railway modernisation project.
Continue reading »FG ORDERS USE OF ID CARD FOR ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN TICKET
The Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has directed that every prospective train passenger must present identity cards before obtaining tickets at ticket sales points.
Continue reading »FG CONCESSIONS NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY LINES TO GE
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved an interim agreement for the concession of the Lagos-Kano and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri old narrow gauge railway lines to a consortium led US engineering conglomerate, General Electric (GE).
Continue reading »FG TO DIVERSIFY ECONOMY WITH $41BN RAILWAY INVESTMENT
The Federal Government has started a $41bn railway expansion to reduce dependence on oil and diversify the economy, the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said.
Continue reading »FG FIRES MANAGERS OF ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL OVER EXTORTION
The Federal Government, Friday, Sacked the Manager of Idu and Rigasa train station including all the ticket sellers and porters involved in extorting money from passengers.
Continue reading »RAIL PROJECTS TO COVER ALL STATES, SAYS FG
Ongoing drive by the current administration to revamp the rail sector in Nigeria will cut across the 36 states of the federation, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said in Lagos, yesterday.
Continue reading »LOCAL CONTRACTORS EXCLUDED FROM $20 BILLION RAIL PROJECTS
Some experts lamented that China is taking advantage of the ailing state of the Nigerian economy to provide infrastructure loans, which do not come in cash but as projects executed by Chinese consortium and personnel.
Continue reading »ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL LINE NOW GENERATE N1MILLION DAILY – AMAECHI
The Abuja to Kaduna rail line now generates one million Naira daily, Minister of Transportation Mr Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed.
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