FG to launch freight services on Lagos-Kano rail line. Key segments completed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Minister inspects progress, plans project segmentation. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government is poised to introduce freight services on the Lagos-Kano narrow gauge rail line, with the goal of bolstering commercial activities and alleviating pressure on … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Federal Government has unveiled intentions to shift the locomotives of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) from diesel to both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG). According to reports from this online media platform, the announcement was delivered by the Minister of Transportation, Said Alkali, emphasizing the … Read more
[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] President Buhari has revealed that the APC flagbearer, Bola Tinubu will win the 2023 presidential elections. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the 2023 presidential election. Buhari said … Read more
The federal government has announced a date for the resumption of Abuja-Kaduna train services. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government on Monday announced that train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line will resume in November 2022. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo made the disclosure while giving the score-card of his ministry in … Read more
A minister has said the Federal Government did not pay random for the newly-freed train passengers. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu Sambo, has said the Federal Government did not pay ransom to secure the release of the remaining captives linked to the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. EDITOR’S PICKS Several Supporters March … Read more
Resuming Abuja-Kaduna Train Operations Now Will Be Insensitive – FG EKO HOT BLOG reports that the federal government has stated that it cannot recommence the Abuja-Kaduna train services for now because it will be insensitive to the plight of families whose loved ones are still in captivity. The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo … Read more
Amaechi has joined the 2023 Presidential race. Although the Minister is yet to formally declare an interest, but a glossy brochure to market his aspiration was made public over the weekend. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday joined the race to contest the 2023 Presidential election. Although the … Read more
Amaechi says Goodluck Jonathan is responsible for the rise of banditry in Nigeria EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the rise in banditry in Nigeria. He said banditry became rampant because of the poverty created by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Read Also: Masari Kicks … Read more
The school, established in 1973 with a boarding facility for boys and girls, is the alma mater of Amaechi and the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy in the state, Ayibaina Duba. Students have been forced to sit on bare floor to learn and write examinations in the secondary school that the Minister of Transportation, … Read more
A faction of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC loyal to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, has issued a warning to the Abbot-Ogbobua-led faction to desist from its alleged act of lawlessness. This comes barely 24-hours after the faction of the party led by Isaac Abbot-Ogbobula suspended three prominent politicians. Spokesman … Read more
A former leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party. Lloyd, an ally to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, was formally received at the Government House, Port Harcourt by Governor Nyesom Wike, and some PDP leaders on Monday. The former House … Read more
The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Monday, reconciled the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva. The two of them who were one time governors of Rivers and Bayesla States disclosed this development to newsmen after a closed door meeting with … Read more
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has denied a news story that he was caught up in a gun attack in Kaduna on Sunday night. Daily Nigerian reported that the minister and hundreds of train passengers escaped naarrowly Sunday night after suspected kidnappers opened fire on their vehicles as they left the Rigasa station in Kaduna. … Read more
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and hundreds of train passengers escaped by their whiskers Sunday night after suspected kidnappers opened fire on their vehicles as they left the Rigasa station in Kaduna. According to Daily Nigerian, the gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, opened fire from their ambush position in Mando on the cavalcade of vehicles … Read more