By Nats Odaudu The 157 kilometres Lagos-Ibadan railway project will be commissioned for full commercial activities tomorrow Thursday. The President, Muhammadu Buhari will be commissioning the project at the Ebute Metta Station now known as the Mobolaji Johnson Station. A final inspection of the project by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday has […]
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Lagos-Ibadan railway to be commissioned June, Amaechi wants patronisers of vandals arrested
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that the Lagos-Ibadan Railway will be commissioned in June by President Muhammadu Buhari. Though he was yet to ascertain the exact date of the official commissioning, he revealed that he has gotten presidential clearance for the much anticipated event. The Minister spoke on Saturday at Ibadan during […]
Amaechi tasks Oyo State on Ibadan dry port, Moniya train station
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has urged the Oyo State government to play its role in providing infrastructure for the Inland Dry Port in Ibadan as well as access roads to service the train station in Moniya. He also gave the state government the option of relinquishing the project to another state on the route. […]
Maritime insecurity more complex than the world knows – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that the crisis in the Maritime Sector is the maritime insecurity and its more complex than the world knows. He however added that the Federal Government has come up with a solution and it is ready to take off. He said the Maritime Security Project will be […]
NPA: Amaechi inaugurates panel to probe Hadiza Bala-Usman
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated a eleven-man panel of inquiry to probe the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman According to the Minister, the panel is to examine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the suspended Managing Director and to confirm her level of compliance […]
Warri-Itakpe railway: 200% increase in passenger traffic, begins freight services
The Warri-Itakpe railway has recorded over 200 per cent increase in passenger volume within the past few months. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made this known Friday just as he conducted the official flag-off of freight service between Warri and Itakpe on standard guage rail line. In September 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), officially inaugurated […]
Lagos-Ibadan Railway awaiting presidency’s commissioning date – Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has announced that the Ministry is only waiting for the presidency to fix a date for the commissioning of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway. Speaking after another routine inspection of the project on Saturday, the Minister insisted that though there still remains a few finishing touches to be made, the project can […]
Railway: FG sacks ticket racketeers, four more projects underway
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has ordered the sack of any staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) involved in rail ticket racketeering. Amaechi gave the order on Friday at the Federal Ministry of Transportation annual ministerial press briefing in Abuja. He said all passengers must show their means of identification which must match their […]
Flights: Catering services resume locally, Kano, Enugu, PH int’l flights soon
Catering services, hitherto suspended at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic are to resume on domestic flights immediately. Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this at the weekly media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday. According to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu, the Minister […]
Buhari fires NiMet DG, appoints new NCAT Rector
President Mohammadu Buhari has Monday approved approved the sack of erstwhile Director General of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi. He was immediately replaced with Professor Bako Mansur Matazu. Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu described the development as reorganizations within the Agencies under the Ministry of Aviation. He also […]