The Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has directed the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to handover tickets and passengers identification to Secure ID, the company incharge of the E-Ticketing platform for Abuja-Kaduna rail service, to reduce crime and avoid security crises on the route. Amaechi disclosed this when the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) presented the Full Business Case […]
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2023: Amaechi visits Kano, Daura Emirates, says Transport University will take-off September
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, expressed optimism that the Daura Transport University in Katsina State will take-off in September. Amaechi who combined the inspection of the various construction works being supervised by the Transport Ministry in that area and his consultation for his presidential ambition made this known after inspecting the level of […]
2023: I am compelled, Amaechi says as he declares for presidency
A TEXT OF HIS DECLARATION SPEECH Forward with Courage Fellow Nigerians, I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next President. I did not come to this decision lightly. I have served our nation for the last seven years as Minister of Transportation. […]
Train Attack: We’re doing everything to rescue kidnapped victims, FG assures victims’ families
The Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that the government was doing a lot to ensure that passengers kidnapped during a recent terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train regains freedom. The Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, while speaking Thursday in Abuja at the 2021 ministerial press briefing for the ministry said the ministry could […]
Nigeria Air: Sirika explains relationship with Emirates
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has cleared the air on an offer by The Emirates on the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air. According to a statement Sunday signed by his Special Assistant, Public Affairs, James Odaudu the relationship cannot be anything other than an endorsement of the need, the zeal, and, of course the process […]
Youths, women march to Villa, seek Tinubu as APC consensus candidate
Women and youths from across the nineteen northern states in Nigeria today converged on Abuja and marched to the Presidential villa to demand the adoption of All Progressive Congress, APC National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the consensus candidate of the party in the forthcoming Presidential election. The group said Tinubu is the only person […]
2023 Presidency: Northern Youths, Women insist on Tinubu as ‘Consensus’ APC Candidate, plans rally
Thousand of youths and women in the ruling All Progressives Congress have endorsed former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the party’s consensus presidential candidate. To demonstrate their support for the party’s national leader, the group from 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory have announced that it will hold a national rally […]
Soldiers rescue passengers as NRC confirms terror attack on Abuja-Kaduna train
One of the passengers on the ill fated Abuja-Kaduna train which was attacked Monday evening by terrorists has confirmed the prompt response of the Nigerian Army to rescue them. In a Facebook post after the attack, Anas Iro Danmusa said “Alhmamudililah, the army are with us, we are safe”. Confirming the Incident, the Managing Director […]
How media exaggerated worth of demolished Lagos office – AIB-N
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB-N), Sunday, stated that the published value of N5 billion being peddled in the media as the purported worth of the demolished Lagos office buildings belonging to AIB-N, was highly exaggerated. The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB-N, Tunji Oketunbi in a statement, explained that a widely published media report in respect […]
Help identify pipelines hampering Bonny seaport, Amaechi tells Navy
The Federal Government has enlisted the support of the Nigerian Navy to identify pipelines that may hamper the building of the Bonny Deep Seaport in Rivers State. The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who made this known when the Nigerian Navy led by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal […]