Fidet Okhiria
21 Oct
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the detonation of explosives by unknown gun men on the Abuja-Kaduna railway Wednesday night. The Managing Director of the corporation, Fidet Okhiria, who confirmed this to The Guardian, said the explosives damaged the rail tracks around Dutse and Rijana in Kaduna. A viral video circulating online shows how…
11 Jun
Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Lagos-Ibadan rail line, after a chequered construction period and process. The project must have been verily valued by Mr President to have physically come to Lagos ....
21 May
Stakeholders have expressed worries over vandalisation of the Itakpe-Warri rail line, describing it as “very dangerous” for the emerging rail sector.
19 Feb
We hope that by the time Lagos is connected to Kano, it will link up to Maradi. And because of lot of potential freights movement between Niger and Maradi to the ports, then ports to Niger
15 Sep 2020
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has denied reports of alleged bandits attacks on Abuja-Kaduna train KA4 between Asham and Kubwa on Monday afternoon.
6 Dec 2019
The free train ride between Lagos and Ibadan on the new standard gauge train commenced on Monday, but with low patronage as only few passengers boarded the train in two separate trips.
29 Sep 2019
Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), says the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS) generates an average of N100million monthly.
16 Aug 2019
Perennial congestion of roads inward Apapa port may find a lasting solution by December when the Federal Government completes the Lagos-Ibadan rail line extension into the port.
26 Jul 2019
Until Nigeria and her West African neighbours collectively tackle wide spread bureaucracies, the region will continue to have an unwritten restriction...
30 Jun 2018
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria to be remanded in prison for three months over contempt of court. The judge, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun ordered Okhiria to be remanded following his perpetual refusal to appear in court despite several summons. She further ordered…
8 May 2018
Justice Moji Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, Lagos has compelled the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria to show evidence of travelling as he failed to appear on February 2018.
28 Mar 2018
Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has stated that it is working on upgrading its standard to meet up with federal government’s decision to revive railway operations across the country.
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