LAGOS —  Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says President Muhammadu Buhari’s major aim for investing in rail construction all over the country is to create employment for Nigerian youths. Amaechi, who stated this on Sunday in a statement by his Media aide, Mrs. Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, said that all the ongoing projects would contribute to the GDP of the country because they make economic sense. According to him, the Eastern rail line when it commences will...

By Okechukwu Anarado The Anambra International Cargo Airport, Umueri stands out as the most auspicious (cynics would prefer ambitious) singular physical infrastructure capable of significantly enhancing the face of commerce and the entire economy of Anambra State embarked on by the Governor Willie Obiano administration. It will equally propel the international trade interests of the South East to Olympian heights. Hardly can anyone credit any project of such consummate economic influence to any state government...

Motorists plying Mararraban Mubi-Bama Highway would have a sigh of relief as the North East Development Commission (NEDC) will commence the reconstruction of roads and bridges destroyed by Boko Haram Insurgents since 2015 in Adamawa. The projects include the Mararraban-Mubi-Bama Highway that covers Kudzum 26.5 klm, the Dilchim road covering 31.5 klm and 54.9 klm Wuro Ngayandi road. Similarly, the commission has distributed learning materials and Covid-19 preventive items to public and private primary schools...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, defended the decision of his administration to construct a rail line to link Nigeria with the Niger Republic, despite public outcry against the announcement of the plan. Buhari said connecting Niger Republic through rail would foster trans-Sahara trade and contribute to the expected gains in the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. The president gave the defense while presiding over the ground-breaking for the commencement of the rail line from...