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Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Warri Rail Line Commissioned: Bahari commissions virtually from Abuja; Okowa cuts tape in Agbor PMB wants of line extended to Abuja before 2023 The line has taken 33 years to be completed against the initial plan of five years completion period Ancillary Facility Yard also inaugurated The commissioning of the Ajaokuta-Itakpe -Warri Standard Gauge Line on Tuesday September, 2020  was colourful but efforts to keep to the covid-19 rules didn't go unnoticed.  Although President Muhammadu Buhari,GCFR was not physically present at the Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex, (Owa-Oyibu)Agbor, he performed the commissioning virtually. However, Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, GCON, his counterpart the Minister of State, Sen. Gbemi Saraki, the governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki with other top government officials, along side the Chairman of the Board of NRC, Engr. Alhassan Ibrahim Musa and m...

Business activities have continued at railway stations and other public businesses, following the suspension of the nation wide strike which commenced at 12 midnight of Monday September 28, 2020.  Railwayman can authoritatively inform that train services are going on, even though the strike action affected the morning operations of the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service and the Lagos Mass Transit Train  today. Although a large section of Nigerians are not happy about the increase in electricity tariff, removal of fuel subsidy and other actions that government took recently described as ill timed by labour and other opinion leaders, Nigerians expected the government to show understanding in order to advert the strike which everybody knew would have devastating effects on the nation and an economy that  has suffered terrible setbacks already due covid-19 and other factors.  Commuters in Lagos have  expressed their joy over the suspension of the industrial action . Patric...

The decision by Nigeria's Federal Executive Council to approve the construction of a rail line that will link the Niger Republic from Kano has has met a public outcry.  Although the presidency has explained that the project will stop at the Niger's border, a cross section of the public including industry critics feel that it is a case of misplaced priority. "This is clearly a case of misplaced priority. We have several parts of the country that have not been included in the railway extension plan despite the huge economic potentials that they have. 1.9 billion dollars will give us a standard gauge on the neglected eastern line. Nobody is talking about that". Rail structures specialist, Cephas Terfa commented. One Udehem who commented on his twitter handle supports Terfa. He says "linking Nigeria to other landlocked countries is good idea but first, we need to fix the ones we have in Nigeria already, Port Harcourt to Maiduguri line and the proposed Lagos - Calabar...