The Federal Government has approved the deployment of an Air Force jet to assist the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in beefing up security along the Abuja-Kaduna rail line. This followed an alert by the Department of State Service (DSS) of a possible attack by terrorists. Sources said yesterday that the jet deployment was one of the pre-emptive measures taken by …

A train from Abuja to Kaduna derailed on Friday at Kubwa, The PUNCH reports. The development comes few days after the Warri-Itakpe Train Service derailed at Kilometre 30 Ajaokuta, Kogi State. About 148 passengers and 30 crew members on board were left stranded in a forest in Kogi State. A source within the Nigerian Railway Corporation confirmed to the development …

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that passenger train service on the Abuja-Kaduna would resume on Monday. There will however be only two return services. A statement on Saturday by NRC Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria states the first train would depart Rigasa train station in Kaduna State to Abuja by 8 am, while from Abuja, the first train …

As the protest against the planned resumption of train services along the Abuja – Kaduna gained intensity, the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has explained that the decision to get back on the tracks by Monday, 23rd May was influenced by pressure by Nigerians. NRC Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria said the corporation had been under pressure from the “mighty and …

From next month, intending railway passengers in Nigeria will be required to have their National Identity Numbers (NIN). In apparent response to the recent attacks on rail travellers, particularly the bombing of a Kaduna-Abuja passenger train on 28th March, many of whom remain in the terrorists’ captivity, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said NIN would be needed to link the …

Let’s start with a caveat: free comments are part of democracy, and so this is not an attempt to muzzle anyone. Nobody should come and shout, oh, they don’t want us to say our minds again. They want to padlock our mouths. Not at all. President Muhammadu Buhari is not even the type that would gag anyone, and the polity …

Thursday 28th March 2022 will remain a nightmare for a long while for victims of the Kaduna-Abuja rail trip. They had left Abuja at about 6 pm hoping to arrive Kaduna in the next two hours. But, they never did. Several passengers were killed in the attack by criminals, many were injured. Breezy News publisher spoke to one of the …