Nigeria's Rail Rehabilitation to Begin
The railway modernisation programme is aiming to revive a cheaper mode of transport that will ease the burden on the country's roads and bring rail links to all the state capitals.
Rail tracks.
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Nigeria:
Enhancing the Transport System
This Day, 7 March 2014
Enhancing the transport system in the country will help in addressing the current burden on roads. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Women Join Men On Train Roof As Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder
Leadership, 6 March 2014
The Nigerian Railway Corporation's (NRC) Taskforce for arresting passengers who sit on the roof of train coaches were yesterday stunned to see women among such passengers. Read more »
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Nigeria:
My Vision for Railway - Bamanga Tukur
Daily Trust, 5 March 2014
The newly appointed chairman, board of directors of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has pledged his support for the railway modernisation programme of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fuel Scarcity Worsens Congestion On Train Services
Leadership, 4 March 2014
The current fuel scarcity in the country has worsened the congestion and passengers hardship on the Ogun/Lagos Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) of the Nigerian Railway… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Railway - the Return of the Economic Live Wire!
Vanguard, 2 March 2014
For many years, railway transportation in the country was dead. Almost buried! But it is obvious from the recent achievements of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) that some… Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Assures Nigerians of Steady Progress in Railway Modernisation
This Day, 26 February 2014
The federal government Tuesday gave the assurance that the 25-year Railway Strategic Plan, which has entered its second phase, particularly the modernisation of railway… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Safety, Another Rails Challenge
Vanguard, 25 February 2014
IT is gratifying to note that the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has finally taken action - or so it seems - over the dangerous behaviour of hundreds of commuters who sit on… Read more »
InFocus
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Contractors handling the Abuja-Kaduna rail project say 70 percent of the construction work has been achieved in the last three years and will be launched in 2014. Read more »
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Minister of Transport Idris Umar has disclosed that the Nigerian Railway Corporation would acquire 200 new wagons by December. Read more »