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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the appointment of Ben Iloanusi as its acting Managing Director, following the completion of Fidet Okhiria’s tenure. This was confirmed in a statement released on Sunday by Yakub Mahmood, the Deputy Director of Public Relations at NRC. Okhiria concluded his second four-year term on October 18, 2024, and […]
The Minister of Transportation, Said Alkali, announced a significant milestone in the funding of the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi Railway Project, with $1.3bn secured for the ongoing initiative. In a statement released by the minister’s Special Assistant, Public Affairs, Jamilu Ja’afar, this achievement is hailed as a crucial step towards enhancing the socio-economic ties between Nigeria and Niger […]
The Minister of Transportation, Mohammed Alkali, expressed strong disapproval of the methods employed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in the ongoing reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maidugur Rail Line. During his visit to Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, on Friday, the minister conducted an inspection of the construction progress on the […]
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued two Full Business Case certificates (FBCs) for the concession of e-ticketing for the Lagos/Ibadan and Warri/Itakpe rail services. Acting Director General of the ICRC, Michael Ohiani, presented the FBCs on Wednesday to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for the projects which will be domiciled in the […]
The Federal Government has urged China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the contractor handling the Rehabilitation and Construction of the Port Harcourt – Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway to speed up work on the pace of project. Speaking during the Ministerial Inspection tour of the project today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Minister of […]
The Federal Government has stated its committment to link all approved inland dry ports across the six geopolitical zones in the country with rail lines to facilitate domestic and international trade. The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who stated this in a keynote address titled: “Prospects of the Dala Inland Dry Port […]