Tag: train
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BREAKING: Confusion as train loaded with water pipes derail in Kaduna
A train loaded with water pipes, heading to Zaria and Kano from Lagos State on Thursday derailed at the Ungwan Kanawa area of Kaduna North Local Government, Kaduna State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident, which occurred at about 5:45 pm, resulted in confusion and the Kaduna State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Hafiz…
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Train collides with truck in Lagos
A train accident occurred on Monday along the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State involving a truck carrying animal feeds. According eyewitnesses that the truck did not clear off the rail track completely which led to the train brushing it off from the rear. Although no causality was recorded, the accident led to vehicular traffic in…
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BREAKING: Driver, passengers escape death as bus rams into train in Lagos
An unidentified driver and his passengers narrowly escaped death on Monday as the bus taking them to their destinations rammed into a moving train around the PWD area of Oshodi, Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the vehicle suddenly veered onto the tracks and collided with the train. He…
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Ighalo trains in public park ahead of EPL June restart
Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo maintained his fitness levels ahead of a possible restart to the season by training in a Cheshire park on Monday. The Nigerian striker, dressed in United training gear, was pictured doing sprint drills on the grass in readiness for a potential resumption of the Premier League next month. Under the…
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Video: See Massive multiple-unit that will revolutionise Nigeria’s transportation system
The Nigerian transportation system is about to witness a historic turnaround especially with the massive nationwide infrastructure delivery under the Muhammadu Buhari-led government. Sooner than expected, the noisy, rickety trains will give way to technologically advanced light rails with the exclusive right-of-way. Adding another feather to the cap of its achievements, the minsitry of transportation…
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Lagos-Ibadan Rail: LASG to close Adejobi Street in Agege Sunday
Lagos State Government says it will close down the Adejobi Street in Agege area on Sunday to facilitate the completion of the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail line. The Public Affairs Unit of the state Ministry of Transportation said in a statement that Adejobi Sreet would be closed done between Sunday and…
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NRC clears air on alleged attack on Abuja-Kaduna train
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Engr Fidet Okhiria has denied any attack on Thursday morning, on the Abuja-Kaduna train by armed men suspected to be kidnappers. Recall that there has been reports of armed men suspected to be kidnappers attacking the Abuja bound train with guns and other projectiles on Thursday…
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JUST IN: Gunmen attack Kaduna-Abuja train
A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Thursday, attacked an Abuja bound train with ‘ballistics’. The supposed train left the Rigassa station in Kaduna at about 10 am before it was attacked by the gunmen at Katari, about 70 kilometers from Abuja. According to reports, the gunmen came into the train with…
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Amaechi’s Train Ride For $2b Silence – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene If it had been news about the former sports minister who had defiantly sat on $150,000 mistakenly paid into the ministry’s account by the IAAF, I might have found it easier to believe. Never mind Solomon Dalung’s beret and fatigue, his recalcitrance over the miscued money is at odds with his socialist pretensions.…
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BREAKING: Four feared dead in Lagos train accident
At least four persons were feared killed after a train crushed a tricycle in Lagos in the early hours of Tuesday. The incident occurred around 6:45am at Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb. It was gathered the tricycle carrying passengers had attempted to cross the railway when it got trapped and was eventually crushed by the…