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Business activities will receive a boost in Warri Delta State, as the Federal Government on Friday flagged off commercial cargo services on the Warri-Itakpe standard gauge rail line, 30 years after it was abandoned by previous…

FEMI ADESINA Have you heard the news? I’m sure you have. But just in case you haven’t, here’s the news on the hour: After 33 years, the 326 Km Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Rail Line and Ancillary Facility Yard has been commissioned…

The Federal Government has signed a $3.9bn contract with the China Railway Construction Corporation Limited for the construction of a new Abuja-Baru-Itakpe-Lokoja rail line. Both parties signed the contract on Thursday in Abuja at the…

By Hon. Lanre Laoshe. In this season of politics, everything else is unimportant, even what will benefit people will be derided by opponents. Since one is not involved, one sees things differently. I am concerned with development. The…

Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday said that Contractors would move to site to commence work on the Apapa corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Rail project next week as federal government seek permanent solution to the…

Chieftains in the private sector have endorsed the federal government economic policies direction to draw to a close, the Eighth edition of the quarterly presidential business forum leading the private sectors are Nike Akande, the…

 After a long wait, construction and laying of tracks on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage line will start by June according to Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation This follows the resolution of the issues of utilities such…

Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, has said that laying of tracks of ongoing construction of Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge line will start in Lagos State by April. Amaechi disclosed this during the on-spot assessment…

Many people are feared dead in two crashes on the Kara axis of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Abattoir area of Lagos State following two fatal crashes Thursday morning. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that at Kara, there was a fatal…

The Federal Government has earmarked N213billion to fast-track the modernization of the country’s rail system in the 2017 fiscal year. President Muhammadu Buhari made this known while presenting 2017 budget estimates before the joint…