Several passengers were, yesterday, stranded, after a Kaduna-bound train from Abuja derailed at Asha station, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). One of the passengers informed that the train derailed at about 3:52 pm, less than 30 minutes after it departed Kubwa Station in Abuja. “Passengers are currently stranded, as there are no signs of authorities being notified”, the passenger, …

The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has berated those who said the police who died on its Abuja-Kaduna passenger train was a vicitm of inadequate attention by qualified medical personnel on its train. In a statement yesterday, the NRC management expressed its “heartfelt condolences” to the bereaved family of the late Police Inspector Nambut Selbol. “The NRC management …