NRC Officials will No Longer Issue Train Tickets - Amaechi  The minister of transportation Rotimi Amaechi says the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will no longer be issuing tickets to train passengers. He explained that the development was a necessary move to curb corruption and insecurity within...

Railway e-ticketing Solutions Get ICRC's Approval   After more than two years, the coast is getting clearer for the implementation of the electronic ticketing solutions for the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC). The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) last week issued a “Certificate of no Objection” on...

About a week after the Federal Government announced the release of N72bn as its counterpart fund for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line, the Export-Import Bank of China has approved $1.275bn (about N408bn) loan for the project on behalf of the...

The Federal Government will commence the construction of a standard gauge rail line from Lagos to Ibadan next month, the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okheria, has said. The project, which has been awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, is being...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for 13 Federal Government agencies. In a statement by by the Director of Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi, those appointed include Mr. Joseph Ari as...

A rail track expert, James Akpoviroro, says Nigeria looks good to witness a speedy transformation of its railway system if the Federal Government maintains its focus on the transport mode. Akpoviroro also advocated the conversion of the old railway gauge to standard one rather than...