Recall that bandits and Boko Haram had for some years turned the highway into their ‘horror den’, where they kidnapped several road passengers for ransom, with the attack on a Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, 2022, eliciting global condemnation.
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The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Saturday in Abuja.
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, made this known to newsmen Monday while presenting President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in the Transportation Ministry from 2015 to 2022 in Abuja.
Tukur Mamu, the Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and Media Consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who withdrew as one of the negotiators, confirmed the release of the five hostages.
The threat followed an alleged failure of the Federal Government to seek the release of the remaining hostages.
The terrorists had abducted about 65 passengers out of the over 300 on board during the attack on March 28, 2022.
This is the first time the families would be protesting in Abuja since the ill-fated incident.
The mother of the baby was said to be eight-month pregnant before she and 62 others were abducted by the terrorists on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.
The appeals by Umar, who is the Chairman of the Movement for Unity and Progress, followed pictures of the hostages released Tuesday
The residents made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.
This fact has in recent months been unhappily emphasized by the startling events which occurred in this country. I shall not belabor the point but it will be unrealistic not to draw attention to the recent Abuja-Kaduna train attack where several persons were injured while
The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday.
The chairman, Rev. John Hayab, told newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna that the attack had further amplified the vulnerability of people who used the train service either for business or for socials.
MURIC’s input was contained in a press statement issued on Wednesday 30th March, 2022 by its director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
After an extensive debate on the growing insecurity in Nigeria at the plenary on Tuesday, the House resolved that its leadership should meet with the heads of military and paramilitary agencies to discuss the security situation in the country.
Those at the meeting with the President included all service chiefs, Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba and Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi.
Terrorists had attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on Monday night with hundreds of passengers on board.
The advice is contained in page in the handbook issued to youth corps members.
It was gathered that the train which left the Rigasa Station at about 7.00am developed a mechanical fault shortly after departing the station.
The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, confirmed the development in a statement in Lagos.