Tag: Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC)
NRC among 10 contributors to Nigeria’s GDP – Opeifa
The Nigerian Railway Corporation is among top 10 contributors to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the year 2025, the…
50% Fare slash sparks massive Yuletide rush on Nigerian Trains nationwide
Speaking on the commencement of operations, NRC Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Kayode Opeifa, assured passengers of the Corporation’s…
Why investors avoid Nigeria’s rail sector – NRC boss
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr. Kayode Opeifa, has highlighted long project payback periods as a…
Notorious buyer of vandalised railway materials in Kaduna arrested
The arrest followed intelligence reports on vandalised electrical installations along the Mando–Rigasa corridor on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Investigation is ongoing.
NRC Apprehends Suspects in Fresh Railway Vandalism Cases
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has recorded significant breakthroughs in the fight against railway infrastructure vandalism, with multiple arrests made…
Our narrow gauge track alive, active – NRC
Mahmood said the NRC disagreed with a publication in a newspaper that implied the narrow gauge was ‘’dead”. He said…
Ministry hands over revamped $3bn Port Harcourt-Aba railway to NRC
The Port Harcourt-Aba section is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Guage railway project Mr Ayo Dada, Project…
Vandals destroying the Nigerian Railway – MD cries out
According to the NRC boss, all hands must be on deck to confront the disturbing trend which he described as…
Port Harcourt – Aba railway project completed, train services start soon – NRC
The Port Harcourt-Aba project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by the administration of President Muhammadu…
148 passengers evacuated as Warri-Itakpe train derails
"All the 148 passengers and 30 crew members were evacuated to a safe place and arrangements were made to convey…
NRC develops Train Track Access Framework to encourage PPP
The establishment of Train Track Access Framework would enable third parties to use the track.
NRC announces resumption of Abuja-Kaduna train service amid insecurity
This is coming six weeks after terrorists posing as bandits attacked and bombed a Kaduna-bound train, killing eight passengers and…
All Abducted? 146 Kaduna train passengers unreachable
Of the 362 validated passengers on board the attacked AK9 train service on March 28, 186 persons on the manifest…
172 Kaduna train passengers safe, 21 declared missing
The NRC boss expressed gratitude to the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air force, Nigerian Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
Train attack: NRC sympathises with victims’ relatives
Okhiria said that NRC management will continue in its efforts to reach out to passengers on board the ill-fated train,…
Abuja-Kaduna train attack: NRC issues warning to Nigerians
He expressed regret at the lives lost due to the attack while praying for the quick recovery of injured persons.
30,000 enjoy Lagos-Ibadan free train service in 8 days
The Federal Government had declared free train rides from Dec.24 till Jan. 4, 2022, to all Nigerians to ease the…
Railway operators shun FG’s free-ride directive
The Nigerian Government had announced the free train service in a notice issued by the Nigerian Railway Corporation with reference…
NRC receives 24 bids for e-ticketing solutions
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has received a total of 24 bids on open requests for the Lagos/Ibadan and Warri/Itakpe e-ticketing…
Updated: Railway workers’ union shelves strike
The workers announced the suspension on Friday, a day after they commenced the strike, shutting down passenger and cargo train…
NRC ready to resume services on Abuja-Kaduna route
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has expressed its readiness to resume normal services on the Abuja-Kaduna train service (AKTS) route…
Lagos-Kano train service resumes Friday
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Lagos-Kano train service will resume operation from Friday, August 13, 2021.
We are sorry: NRC tells Abuja-Kaduna train passengers
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has apologised to the passengers on board the KA2 train that left Rigasa on Monday…
NRC to begin Sunday service on Lagos-Ibadan railway
Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), says the corporation will soon include Sunday in the Lagos/Ibadan standard…
Nigerian Railway launches N900m e-ticketing platform
The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC has disclosed the launch of N900 million e-ticketing platform.
IGR: NRC generates N1.4bn – NRC boss
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) as at Sept. 30 stood at N1.4billion…
Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Trains resume Monday; Read new rules
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption of Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) from Monday after five…
Lagos-Ibadan rail service begins in September
Skeletal rail service between Lagos and Ibadan will begin mid-September, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said today.
Coronavirus: Nigerian Railway Corporation makes U-turn
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said all train services will continue contrary to its earlier announcement of the suspension of…
Nigeria shuts down all passenger train services
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Saturday announced the shut down of all passenger train services in the country.