Tag: NRC
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Train attack: 14 missing passengers found alive, 8 dead – NRC
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, has said that 14 of the 21 passengers abducted on board Ak9 train on the standard gauge rail from Kaduna to Abuja were found alive and safe. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos by Okhiria in an update on the attack…
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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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Abuja-Kaduna train attack: NRC confirms safety of 170 passengers
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the safety of about 170 passengers that were on board the attacked AK9 Abuja to Kaduna train on March 28. Mr Fidet Okhiria, the NRCs Managing Director, said in a statement on Saturday that the corporation was however collaborating with relevant authorities to ensure safety of the other…
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Train attack: Union wants evening operations abolished
Disturbed by the attacks on trains on an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train Monday night, the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers (NUR), asked the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, to suspend the night train operations on the route. The umbrella body of workers of the agency in a statement described as “regrettable” the inability of…
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NRC suspends rail activities along the Abuja-Kaduna route
T he Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has temporarily suspended its service along the Abuja-Kaduna route, due to unforeseen circumstances. NRC, via its official Twitter page on Tuesday morning, made the announcement. Recall that the Abuja-Kaduna train, with passengers onboard, was attacked by terrorists on Monday night.
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No concrete information on Abuja-Kaduna train attack – NRC
Mr Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), has confirmed the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train by suspected terrorists on Monday night. Okhiria however said that ”information concerning the attack was still sketchy, and no concrete information could be given at the moment. ”We have confirmed the attack, but we cannot give you…
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Ibadan-Lagos fuel saga: Reps move to probe NRC over train breakdown
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to conduct an investigative hearing into why the Ibadan-Lagos railway breakdown that left so many Nigerians stranded. To this end, the House in session mandated its committee on Transport to do a status inquiry of Nigeria Railway corporation and its inadequacies and report back to the house within…
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NRC states why Ibadan -bound train ran out of fuel
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reacted to a viral video showing that one of its trains ran out of fuel and stopped in the middle of a forest en route Ibadan from Lagos. NRC Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, made it known in Lagos on Thursday night that the incident was caused by fuel gauge…
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“The fuel got exhausted”, NRC official confirms train from Lagos-Ibadan left passengers stranded
An official of the Nigerian Rail Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that a train from Lagos to Ibadan on Thursday afternoon ran out of diesel, leaving passengers stranded in the bush for over four hours. This is coming barely two days after air passengers were stranded across various airports in the country owing to the…
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NRC shortlists 5 firms to bid for e-ticketing for Lagos-Ibadan /Warri Itakpe rail line
NRC shortlists for e-ticketing