Nigeria Railways invests N1.6bn in Apapa lines rehabilitation

The Federal Government has said that it has invested N1.6 billion on the rehabilitation of the rail lines linking the ports and some tank farms in Apapa, saying the project will be completed within the next three months.

 A moving train on the 68 percent completed railway track of the Abuja - Kaduna fast train project launched by Vice President Namadi Sambo in Abuja on Thursday

Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Engr. Adeseyi Sijuade disclosed this while inspecting the Apapa loop lines rehabilitation projects in Lagos last week.

Represented by the Corporation’s Director, Mechanical/Electrical Signal and Telecommunications, Engr. Fidet Okhira, Sijuade said, within the next three months, the contractor, CCECC has assured that the laying of the tracks into the farm yards would have been

Fashola moves to enforce proper truck parking in Apapa

Governor Babatunde Fashola raised a ray of hope yesterday for the once pristine neighbourhood of Apapa which has been under an unending siege by tanker drivers, with a promise to whip the lawless drivers into line at the expiration of a week deadline.

Officers of  the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) who met with the governor while he was visiting Apapa pleaded for time to change their ways and Fashola gave a one week notice during which he said he expected to see full compliance by the vehicle drivers, failing which