The length of the Nigerian railway has increased by 712 kilometres in the past five years, according to a research by Afri-China Media Centre.
 
In a statement, Afri-China Media Centre said the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) had within four years constructed four major railway projects covering a total stretch of about 703km.
 
It said the railways projects like the Abuja Metro (37km); the Abuja-Kaduna railway (186km); the Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Warri (326km); the Lagos-Ibadan project (156km), with an extension of another 7km, has added to the country “a huge economic value…
 
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Allott Consulting Nigeria Ltd on Tuesday announced the commencement of an environmental and social impact assessment of the proposed 2,854 kilometres Kano to Maradi Rail track project estimated to cost $1.9bn. This was disclosed at a stakeholders’ engagement workshop held in Kano.
 
The Managing Director of the consulting firm, Attahiru Usman, said the routes selected are located in western Kano, linking Lagos and Niger-Nguru, which will also link the northern states to the eastern part of the country…
 
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation generated $2.7 million (N1.08 billion) revenue from passengers in the second quarter of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The bureau disclosed this in its Rail Transportation Data Q2 2021.
 
According to the statistical office, the revenue generated from passengers in the second quarter of 2021 was put at N1,083,851,021 as against N892,467,526 in the first quarter of the year 2021…
 
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The Lagos State Government has introduced a technological-driven device called Traffic Management Solution (TMS) for smart control of traffic and tracking of violators. Frederic Oladeind, the state commissioner for transportation, at a news conference on Wednesday, described the TMS as a traffic law compliance initiative. According to Oladeinde, the TMS, a handheld device, allows for real-time capture of picture and video evidence of road traffic and vehicle compliance or violation as they occur…
 
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Nigeria plans to begin building a $1.2 billion railway linking the northern cities of Kano and Kaduna, Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi said.
 
The route will be funded from the government budget while Chinese financing is awaited, Amaechi told reporters Friday in the capital, Abuja.
 
So far, the government has committed $280 million to the project and will soon provide a further $100 million, Amaechi said. Construction is expected to begin this month, he said…
 
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Nigeria’s rail transportation system maintained a steady growth in revenue over the last year, recording a total of $5.6 million (N2.3 billion) between April 2020 and March 2021. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the revenue was generated from passenger and cargo movement across the country.
 
However, the revenue from cargo is a miniscule part of the total revenue, indicating that the country is yet to fully explore the rail system for cargo movement. According to the NBS data, a total of NN2 billion was generated from passengers movement in the 12-month period, while cargo revenue stood at around N300 million. An analysis of the data showed that the Nigerian Railway Corporation generated N387 million in Q2’20. In the third quarter of the year, the revenue stood at N465 million, while the corporation generated N482 million in the fourth quarter of the year. In Q1’21, the revenue from rail transportation surged to an all-time high as the corporation recorded N927 million in the period…
 
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the $430 million highway project linking Enugu to Bamenda in Cameroon will be completed this year. The bank, in a statement issued on Monday, said that it was part of its investments in West Africa which currently stood at $16 billion.
 
The statement quoted the President of AfDB, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, as disclosing this in a speech at the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Ghana. According to Adesina, the $430 million-highway project will transform trade opportunities between the two countries…
 
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State yesterday launched 400 mini and high-capacity buses in the First and Last Mile (FLM) bus scheme to connect various communities.
 
At the launch of 300 mini-buses, he noted that the initiative aims to take care of commuting the main transit corridors. The governor also commissioned newly acquired 100 High-Capacity BRT, City Buses into operation by the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL)…
 
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday performed the groundbreaking for the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project to improve mobility, promote economic growth and enhance the living conditions of the people.
 
The construction of infrastructure for the standard gauge Red Line which would share tracks with the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects is divided into two phases. The Red Line is a 37-kilometre railroad with 12 proposed stations.
 
According to the governor, the first phase will cover Oyingbo to Agbado with nine stations. Three of the stations will be constructed with the Lagos – Ibadan Railway Modernisation Projects by the federal government at Agbado, Agege and Ebute Metta Junction…
 
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The Federal Government is about to start four rail line projects in various parts of the country, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced on Friday.
 
Amaechi announced this while speaking in Abuja at the annual ministerial press briefing on programmes, projects and activities of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies. He outlined the four rail projects which the government was about to start to include the Ibadan-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Kano-Maradi and Lagos-Calabar rail lines…
 
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