The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 13 suspected railway vandals with large quantities of long rails and sleepers worth N800 million.
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Sources quoted by Channels TV said the terrorists may have planted IEDs on the tracks forcing the train heading to Abuja from Kaduna to a stop.
Law enforcement agents are currently on the ground attending to the accident which occurred around 8.52 am.
Amaechi disclosed this while test running the new coaches recently deployed on the route on Saturday.
The Federal Government has so far released N285 billion to some agencies for capital projects captured in the 2020 budget and another $220 million as counterpart fund for railway projects in the country.
A railway line tracker was killed by a lion in Dete, Zimbabwe’s Matebeleland North Province, an official confirmed on Monday.
Innocent Ajiji, the President General of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers on Wednesday tasked the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to address the poor welfare of railway workers.
A truck driver whose identity has yet to be determined was crushed to death in Aba, Abia State by a cargo train late on Thursday.
The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that efforts have begun to demolish parts of Lagos Ports terminals to give way for both ongoing construction of standard and narrow gauge rail lines.
The employees, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers and the Senior Staff Association Nigeria Railway Branch, said they were in support of the concession of the NRC’s assets, if it would make the sub-sector a true hub of the Nigerian transportation system
The train driver, seeing the partial blockage of the track by the truck, reduced speed, an effort which reduced the impact of the collision and saved the train from derailing
He said: “This initiative is aimed at remodelling and redevelopment of our major railway stations within the country
At this forum, President Buhari will follow up his meeting with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, which took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in November in New York, United States of America
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Tuesday said it had no objection to the use of…
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria aboard the train reports that the young man, aided by his gang members, attacked the train immediately it stopped at Agege
The terminus was still under lock and key with armed security men preventing people from gaining entrance to the area
Efforts to make contact with those whose telephone numbers appeared on a piece of paper in the dead man’s wallet yielded no result