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Yuletide: Nigerians to enjoy 3 extra days of zero fares as FG extends free train rides to Jan. 7

The Federal Government has extended the free commuter rides on all rail lines from January 4, 2024, as earlier announced, to January 7,...

Yuletide: Tinubu approves zero-fare by rail, 50% travel waiver on road transport across Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu has approved free rides for commuters on all train services and 50 per cent reduction in interstate transport fares for...

Saturday’s polls: NRC suspends train services nationwide

In preparation for the Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the suspension train services nationwide as...

FG commences operation on new Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line mid-September

  With effect from mid-September this  year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard...

Foreign loans: FG says we borrow for Infrastructure development 

  The Federal Government said on Saturday assured Nigerians that the loans it borrowed from China and other sources were being effectively utilised...

Naming rail station after Jonathan a misnomer, demeaning, says Edwin Clark

The Federal Government’s naming of the railway complex in Agbor, Delta State, after former President Goodluck Jonathan,is nothing but an insult, elder statesman and...

Nigeria losing money from its N266.5billon Abuja-Kaduna railway project

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is running on a deficit after it only made a paltry N1.15 billion from the N266.5 billion Abuja-Kaduna...