Tag: Train Service

Train crushes lady in her car in Abuja, Police confirm

Aminu Imam

A passenger train crushed a woman and her car as she tried to drive across the train tracks in the Kubwa area of Abuja, the nation’s capital, yesterday. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, in an issued statement to newsmen in Abuja, yesterday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Commissioner, Babaji Sunday, was quoted as saying; “FCT Police Command is aware of the unfortunate incident of Rail/ motor fatal accident that happened at Chikakore axis in the Kubwa Area council of the FCT.…

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‘Abuja-Kaduna train service resumes in a week’ – Transport Minister  

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo has said the suspended Abuja-Kaduna train service will resume in the next one week. Contrary to the reports that the service would resume on Monday, the Minister during the inspection said the resumption would take a few more days. According to him, the few days would enable passengers to prepare adequately and get familiar with the newly introduced security measures. Recall that the train service was suspended after an attack by bandits on the rail facility on March 28, 2022. The attack led to…

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NIN mandatory for passengers boarding Abuja-Kaduna-Abuja trains – FG

Aminu Imam

The National Identity Number (NIN) is now compulsory for passenger profiling when boarding the Abuja-Kaduna train service, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said. The Managing Director of the Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, announced this on Thursday during an interview on a television programme. The NIN, which is no longer optional according to the NRC boss, is part of the new security measures adopted by the government. The Minister of Transport had last week announced the resumption of train service along the Abuja-Kaduna route after it was suspended in March this…

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Abuja-Kaduna train services to resume operations January next year – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that the Abuja-Kaduna train services will commence operations ‘soon’. This was disclosed by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, while briefing newsmen in Abuja. This is coming barely 48 hours after the 23 remaining victims were released by the terrorists. Recall that the terrorists had attacked Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28, this year, kidnapping 168 passengers and killing eight passengers. The release of the victims has been in batches since then, with the last 23 being the last to be released. Reacting…

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Rail Security: FG mulls surveillance, PPP arrangement for Abuja-Kaduna rail service

Aminu Imam

For the Abuja-Kaduna rail services to resume, Surveillance Cameras and other security gadgets and precautions must be in place for the safety of passengers, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, made this disclosure while briefing State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja. Considering the ugly incidences of the kidnapping of passengers along the route by terrorists, the Federal Government also said it will be insensitive to resume the Abuja-Kaduna train service as…

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FG orders resumption of Abuja-Kaduna train service

Aminu Imam

The Abuja-Kaduna train service will resume on May 23, the Federal Government announced yesterday. Recall that train services had been suspended on the route after terrorists attacked a train, fatally shot several persons, and abducted scores of passengers in March. Most of those abducted are still in captivity. In an issued statement, signed by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC), Yakubu Mahmood, said the decision to resume services does not mean efforts to secure the safe release of those abducted will be put on hold. The families of…

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N50 Train Ticket Insurance Charge: Kidnapped train passengers not insured against terror attacks – NRC officials

Aminu Imam

The Abuja-Kaduna bound train that was bombed by terrorists in Kaduna State on March 28, as well as passengers who boarded the train were all insured but not against terror attacks, senior officials of the Federal Government have stated. It was learnt that N50 was paid as a premium to two indigenous insurance companies on every train ticket purchased by passengers who boarded the Abuja-Kaduna train. This came as family members of the abducted passengers stated that the kidnappers had refused to speak with the relatives of those abducted with…

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N190bn Debt: Abuja-Kaduna train service and burden of China loan

Ishaku Yohanna

Kaduna train project is one of the foremost projects executed with the loans from China, and there are doubts on how this project can generate enough to finance its repayment process, four years after the route was commissioned. In 2010, the Federal Government borrowed $500 million (about N190.5 billion) from the Chinese Government through the China Exim Bank to build the facility. A Chinese firm, the CCECC built the facility as part of the loan terms. The loan which is to be paid over a period of 20 years had…

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Abuja-Kaduna fare to cost N6,000 when train service resumes – Amaechi

Ishaku Yohanna

The train fare for the Abuja to Kaduna service will double when the train resumes, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has said. He stated this on Saturday while inspecting construction works on the Ikapke to Warri rail line.  Our Correspondent reports that before the lockdown, the fare on the service were as follows:  First class Express trip: N3,000; First-class normal trip: N2,500; economy express trip: N1,500 and economy normal trip: N1,300.  But with the new announcement, the fare will be as follows: N6,000, N5,000, N3000 and N2,600 respectively.…

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