NRC

Insecurity, dastardly attacks shrink NRC’s revenue by N1.3bn in Q1 of 2023 — NBS

Insecurity and dastardly attacks on the rail transportation have drastically reduced patronage by passengers across the country in the first quarter of 2023...

Kaduna Abuja Train

Four days after Abuja-Kaduna train derailed, NRC resumes operations

Following the suspension of shuttle services as a result of derailment on January 27, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption...

Another train derails in Abuja barely seven days after Itakpe-Warri train derailment

Barely a week after the derailment of the Itakpe-Warri train, another passenger train on Friday derailed in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Abuja-Kaduna...

Train derailment: Panic-stricken 148 passengers, 30 crew members rescued by NRC

No fewer than 148 fear-stricken and stranded passengers of the derailed Warri-Itakpe train of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have been rescued and...

Train attack: Another batch of kidnapped passengers, family of six, 60 yr old woman released

A family of six — a couple and four children as well as a 60-year-old woman, who were among the kidnapped Kaduna-bound train...

Just in: 11 abductees of Abuja-Kaduna train regain freedom

About 75 days after, 11 of the 61 passengers kidnapped in the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train have been set free, Persecondnews has learnt. Those...

Resuming Abuja-Kaduna train services  without rescuing kidnapped passengers insensitive — family members

The families of the over 100 passengers kidnapped by terrorists who attacked the AK-9 train along the Abuja-Kaduna route, have urged the Nigerian...

Kaduna tragic train attack: Tinubu, Amaechi disagree over casualty figures

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress leader and presidential aspirant and the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, have disagreed over the...

Abuja-Kaduna train attacked by terrorists, lives of 970 passengers onboard at risk

Terrorists have launched an offensive on the Abuja-Kaduna train with about 970 passengers onboard. According to a report, the terrorists detonated bombs on...

Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail to link Abuja, says Buhari

  The Federal Government says the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line will be linked to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). President Muhammadu Buhari said this...

FG approves $1.96bn railway contract from Maradi in Nigeria to Niger Republic

    …to purchase 52 Green Maria for correctional centres   The Federal Government on Wednesday approved $1.96 billion for the construction of rail line...