The Federal Government has approved the sum of $2.3bn for the development of a coastal rail line that will run through coastal states in the country. It was gathered that of the sum, $1.8bn would come as a loan from China, while the Federal Government would provide $500m as counterpart fund. The Minister of Transportation, […]Read More
Fayemi who was elected through consensus yesterday night , was nominated by Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-rufai and was seconded by Delta State to Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. The Sokoto governor, Aminu Tambuwalwas also elected the new deputy chairman of the forum, just as he was nominated by Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and seconded […]Read More
The ongoing construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project will not be abandoned, both the Federal Government and the National Assembly declared on Friday. According to them, the project will be given all the attention required until it is completed. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Senate Committee Chairman on Land Transport, Senator […]Read More
Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday at the presidential rally of the party in Maiduguri, took turns to berate former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his latest attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, had in a 16-page statement on Sunday, likened Buhari to the late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha. But at […]Read More
Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi yesterday gave the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project two weeks to complete the at Iju-Agbado axis. He gave the ultimatum during the monthly inspection of the project. The minister noted that work was slow because of the scarcity of the equipment needed. Amaechi said 30-passenger coaches and about 300 wagons […]Read More
The Federal Government is in talks with Transnet for the nation’s railway concession after General Electric handed the leadership of the consortium to the South African firm, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said on Sunday. Last week, GE said it was withdrawing from the railway concession in line with its strategy to exit […]Read More
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