Tag: Abuja-Kaduna
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NRC doesn’t cross check the identification of passengers on tickets – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has directed the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to handover tickets and passengers’ identification to Secure ID, the company in charge of the E-Ticketing platform for Abuja-Kaduna rail service. According to Amaechi, this will help in reducing incidents of crime and also curb security challenges on the route.
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Kaduna train attack: NRC confirms 21 passengers still missing
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has confirmed the safety of 170 passengers aboard the Abuja-Kaduna train attacked by terrorists last Monday while 21 others were still missing. NRC’s Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos while giving update on the incident, which occurred on March 28, at Kateri-Rijana…
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Train attack: Federal lawmakers not safe as bandits ask kidnapped victims if they were legislators
More heart-rending narratives have continued to re-echo over last Monday’s train attack by terrorists as victims recall their experiences explaining that they wanted legislators identified. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports most victims interviewed narrated how the fair looking young men operated before the arrival of a rescue team.
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Train attack: Saraki lists 5 things government must do to end insecurity
Former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has listed five things that the federal government must do to end the current insecurity across the country. In posts on his verified social media pages on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Saraki, who presided over the 8th Senate’s 20-Point Security Recommendations which were forwarded to the…
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Full list of passengers who boarded Abuja-Kaduna train released
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed that no fewer than eight persons were killed during the terrorists’ attack ,while about 25 persons have been hospitalized. He disclosed this while on inspection of the site Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, Amaechi also added that some of the passengers were still missing.
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Train attack, barbaric act – Northern Govs
The Northern Governors’ Forum, has described the train attack conveying 970 passengers on Monday along Kaduna-Abuja route by terrorists, as ‘babaric and horrifying’. The forum in a statement by its chairman and governor of Plateau, Mr Simon Lalong, expressed sorrow and fury over the attack.
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Abuja-Kaduna train: What Army Chief said during visit to scene of terror attack
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Tuesday visited the scene of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack and ordered troops to intensify search and rescue operations as well as hunt down the terrorists. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
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Bombed train: Sad! Nigerians react over female doctor who died after tweeting of gun shot wounds
Mixed reactions have trailed death of Nigerian female doctor on board ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna bound train last Monday identified as Chinelo who died after tweeting of gun shot wounds. The doctor identified as Chinelo, had taken to her Twitter handle last night to ask people to pray for her after she sustained a gunshot injury during
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Normalcy restores to Abuja-Kaduna highway as Buhari talks tough
Normalcy has been restored to ”bandit-infected” Abuja-Kaduna highway following President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to deal mercilessly with highway criminals across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that prior to the presidential order, bandits had operated along the Abuja-Kaduna road for four consecutive days where they abducted an unspecified number of travellers on…
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Abuja-Kaduna train service resumes operations amidst travellers’ apathy
Abuja-Kaduna train service resumes operations amidst travellers’ apathy