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July 21, 2021 | Africa

Ground-breaking ceremony held for Nigeria’s Kano - Kaduna railway

204km standard gauge railway to be complete in 18 months.

January 12, 2021 | Africa

Nigerian government awards contract for Kano - Maradi line

THE Nigerian government has awarded Portuguese construction firm Mota-Engil a design, construction and financing contract for the $US 1.96bn 284km cross-border Kano - Katsina - Jibia - Maradi line.

July 10, 2020 | Locomotives

CRRC Qishuyan delivers final locomotives for Nigeria

CRRC Qishuyan has delivered 11 diesel locomotives for Nigerian Railways, completing an order for 21 locomotives.

February 12, 2019 | Infrastructure

Nigeria introduces test rides on new standard-gauge line

NIGERIAN Railway Corporation launched free test rides on February 9 on the first completed section of the new 156km Lagos - Ibadan standard-gauge railway between Iju, on the northern outskirts of Lagos, and Abeokuta.

November 16, 2018 | Africa

GE pulls out of Nigerian narrow-gauge concession

GE Transportation confirmed on November 16 that it is withdrawing from a consortium appointed earlier this year to upgrade Nigeria’s narrow-gauge railway network.

July 26, 2018 | Africa

Nigerian Railway launches procurement project

NIGERIAN Railway Corporation (NRC) invites suppliers and consultants to pre-qualify for several projects under its 2018 budget for its narrow and standard-gauge networks, including new trains.

May 26, 2017 | Africa

GE consortium preferred bidder for Nigerian rail concession

A CONSORTIUM led by General Electric (GE) and including Transnet, South Africa, has been named preferred bidder by the Nigerian government for a concession to rehabilitate, finance and operate Nigerian Railways’ 3505km 1067mm-gauge network.

July 26, 2016 | Africa

Nigeria inaugurates Abuja - Kaduna railway

NIGERIA’s capital Abuja finally joined the national railway network on July 26, when a 186.5km standard-gauge link to Kaduna was inaugurated by president Mr Muhammadu Buhari in the presence of transport minister Mr Rotimi Amaechi and Mr Freeborn Edetanlaen Okhiria, acting managing director of Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC).

February 16, 2015 | Policy

Privatisation bill for Nigerian railways approved

NIGERIA's Federal Executive Council has approved the Nigerian Railway Authority Bill 2014, which will open up railway operations to the private sector and relinquish government control of railway infrastructure, which dates back to the 1957 Railway Act.

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