Africa’s railways revival: $90bn Afrail Express, other projects create huge demand for engineering manpower

Post AMUGEJuly 29, 2024

Robust higher education response required Has lowest engineers per capita – UNESCO Nigeria not in Int’l Engineering Alliance Ben Eguzozie The scale of railway projects currently taking place in Africa is creating a huge demand for skilled engineering manpower and human resources at all levels of the rail sector across the continent. Sadly, the continent […]

Railway staff loses job over ticket racketeering

November 23, 2023

Mike Ochoma  Authorities of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) says it has fired and punished a number of staff involved in ticket racketeering. Fidet Okhiria, managing director of the NRC, stated this on Wednesday during an interactive session organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the 2024-2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal […]

Nigerian Railway Corporation suspends arring staff over ticket racketeering

October 4, 2023

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said the management has suspended an employee on its pay roll following a viral video that has been trending on various social media platforms clearly showing where the staff was negotiating with passengers on-board the Lagos-Ibadan Tran Service (LITS) to pay without obtaining official boarding ticket. In a statement issued […]

Lagos-Ibadan railway project will be commissioned in June, Amaechi assures

May 24, 2021

Mike Ochonma Business Editor Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has assured that the 157 kilometres Lagos-Ibadan railway line project would be fully completed and officially commissioned by the federal government in June 2021. Amaechi, who made the disclosure during the  monthly inspection tour of the train stations and terminals to ascertain the progress of the […]

Nigeria Customs Service scanner centre impedes Apapa port rail extension project

April 19, 2021

MIKE OCHONMA Business Editor After many months of dashed hopes, despite assurances of targeted completion time of the rail tracks extension into Apapa port complex, Nigerians may have to wait longer than expected until some of the obstructions such as the old scanner equipment belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service is demolished to pave way […]

FG flags-off rail freight haulage from Warri to Itakpe

April 16, 2021

MIKE OCHONMA Business Editor In Warri Nigeria’s minister of transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the newly flagged off movement of freight services on  the Warri-Itakpe standards gauge railway line would  promote the ease of doing business and also create more jobs in the country. In September 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari virtually commissioned the […]

Eastern rail corridor: Umuahia Chamber of Commerce commends FG

March 24, 2021

…But said would only be sure if work commences, completes   Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt   The Umuahia Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (UCCIMA), one of the city chambers in Nigeria’s South-East region, has lauded the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari for awarding the contract for the reconstruction of the Eastern rail corridor, […]