Tag: train
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Lagos BRT bus-train accident: Driver begs for forgiveness
Mr Oluwaseun Osinbajo, driver of the BRT bus involved in the collision with a train in Lagos State, has asked families of victims for forgiveness.
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Train Crash: Sanwo-Olu halts campaigns, declares flag flown at half-mast
To commensurate with the families of affected victims in a train crash that occurred on Thursday at the Ikeja area of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared political campaigns suspended and national flags to be flown at half-mast. Several people were injured after a passenger train crushed into a Lagos State Government staff bus…
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UPDATE: Lagos Train/bus collision, 6 confirmed casualties, 80 Injured
The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has given an update on the Lagos bus/train collision. According to NEMA, 2 adult females staff of the State Government died on the spot and several injured evacuated. And 4 additional fatalities have died on arrival at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital out of the 84 injured and…
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(PHOTOS) Many feared dead as train runs into Lagos BRT Bus
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with registration no 04A- 48LA, carrying Lagos State Government staff, was on Wednesday morning crushed by a moving train at PWD, Ikeja area of Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the accident in a statement. “The accident recorded many…
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BREAKING: Train collides with BRT bus in Lagos
There are reports that a fatal accident occurred involving a passenger train and a Lagos state government BRT staff bus at PWD junction, Ikeja area of the state on Thursday. The incident occurred around Ikeja, Thursday morning.
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LASG begins 2-month test-run of Blue Light train
The Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mr. Abimbola Akinajo, said the State Government had commenced the test running of the 13 km Lagos Blue Line Rail Service train. Akinajo disclosed this at the commencement of the test running in Lagos on Monday from Marina to Mile 2.
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BREAKING: Abuja-Kaduna train services resume
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption of services along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor after the suspension due to derailment on Friday. The corporation’s Director of Operations, Mr Niyi Alli, in a
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BREAKING: NRC suspends Abuja-Kaduna Train Service
The Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC) has suspended train services along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor due to the derailment of the train at Kubwa, Abuja on Friday.
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JUST IN: 5 days after Warri-Itakpe incident, NRC train derails again [Photos]
Barely five days after a Warri-Itakpe Train Service (WITS) locomotive derailed at Ajaokuta, Kogi State, another locomotive of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has derailed again.
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NRC explains reason for train delay on Abuja-Kaduna route
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has apologised to passengers for the delay in rendering train services to passengers along the Abuja-Kaduna train route on Monday.