The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said it has reduced the number of trips on the Lagos-Ibadan train service due to the hike in the price of automotive gas oil, better known as diesel. Fidet Okhiria, NRC’s managing director, said the corporation has cut down the number of return trips on the route from six to two every day. He daid this on Tuesday while speaking with The Punch on Tuesday. “The Lagos-Ibadan train service...

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved $2.59 billion for the development of Badagry Seaport under a Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The minister of transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, gave the update at the FEC meeting on Wednesday. According to him, the port would be operated for 45 years by the developers, after which Nigerians would take over. Sambo said during the PPP lifespan, the project would provide about 200,000 jobs while generating a revenue of $56 billion....

LAGOS — The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has disclosed that the damaged Abuja–Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) track which was destroyed by an explosion in a terrorist attack in March has been restored. The Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okhiria, confirmed the development in a statement issued by the NRC Director of Operations, Mr. Niyi Alli, on Thursday in Lagos. Okhiria explained that the south end of the tracks, destroyed by the explosion, had...

ENUGU — Following the rising insecurity in Enugu State as witnessed in the just concluded Local Government election, the Enugu State Government has banned the operations of tricycle (Keke), Motorcycle (Okada), and Tipper-Trucks in Nkanu East LGA, Nkanu West LGA, and selected communities in Enugu South LGA. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, the order was a decision reached at the emergency security council meeting held in...