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Following the Thursday accident involving a train and a Lagos State BRT staff bus in Shogunle area of Ikeja, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended political campaigns. Sanwo-Olu further ordered the national flags to be flown at half-mast to commensurate the victims of the train crash. According to reports two persons were confirmed dead with several […]
Terrorists said to belong to Boko Haram on Wednesday released 23 remaining captives of the Kaduna train attack of March 28, 2022. This was disclosed by the Secretary of the Chief of Defence Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), Prof. Usman Yusuf in a statement on Wednesday. Yusuf said that the hostages were released at about 4pm […]
Abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have regained their freedom, according to information just reaching News Express. “Alhamdulillah my mum and elder sister have just being released at the moment in a medical facilities receiving medication in Kaduna. “Thank you for your prayers,” Yusuf Atta, whose relations were among the abducted passengers, said excitedly in a Whatsapp […]
The Joint National Assembly Committee on Land Transport on Wednesday begged the Chinese Government to help rescue 62 passengers abducted from the Abuja-Kaduna passengers’ train on the 28th March 2022 by suspected terrorists. Addressing journalists after an oversight visit to the Obafemi Awolowo Train Station in Ibadan, Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Abdulafatai […]
The families of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train attack have expressed their willingness to negotiate with the terrorists in order to secure the release of their loved ones. The leader of the families of the victims, Dr. Abdulfatai Jimoh, stated this in an interview with The PUNCH in Kaduna on Wednesday. Jimoh said […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said it has re-railed the last rolling stock on the Kaduna Abuja rail line following the terrorist’s attack on the Abuja-Kaduna bound train. NRC said all 14No. de-railed rolling stock (i.e. 11No. Coaches on the ill-fated AK9 rake and 2No. Coaches and 1No. Locomotive on the Rescue Train) have all […]
The leadership of the House of Representatives led by the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Wase declined meeting with the representatives of the service chiefs, insisting that the service chiefs must appear in person to explain the circumstances surrounding the attacks involving an Abuja-Kaduna train service and the invasion of Kaduna Airport by suspected bandits. […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has blamed the bureaucratic bottleneck associated with the procurement of “Digital Security Architecture” to secure the rail lines as responsible for the bomb blast on Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor. The Minister who was accompanied by the Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki and the […]
Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) sympathises with Nigerians over the callous attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train last night. The attack, which was followed by deaths, injury, and abduction of yet unspecified number of passengers, is not only unfortunate and unacceptable but also a sad reminder of the descent into the abyss of the security […]
On behalf of the entire APC family in Zamfara, the Chairman, Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani has sympathized with the victims of Monday’s unfortunate train attack by bandits while on their way from Abuja to Kaduna. In statement signed by the APC Publicity Secretary, Zamfara State, Yusuf Idris Gusau and made available to the Spectacles on […]