By Godwin Oritse | Date: 13 August 2026 President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) Bill, 2026, paving the way for the establishment...
By : Olusegun Koiki, Benjamin Alade | Date: 19 June 2026 Despite heavy government funding, especially in the last decade, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) still operates at a loss, relying...
https://businessday.ng/news/article/nrc-running-at-a-loss-borrowing-to-sustain-operations-says-md/ A most interesting report. The NRC has indeed been running at a loss since 1964 so he is not telling us anything new. That’s 62 years of losses...
By : Olusegun Koiki, Benjamin Alade | Date: 29 May 2026 4:00am WAT Lack of seamless connections and poor regulatory environment, among other challenges, are limiting the effectiveness of multimodal logistics systems,...
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/01/fec-okays-2-99bn-light-rail-projects-for-lagos-kaduna-kano-to-boost-economy/ My flab is aghasted by this news item. It tells us that the FG has approved contracts of $2.99bn by MOFI (Min. of Finance Incorporated) for Lagos Green...
https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2-to-become-freight-only-under-new-north-south-rail-plan-01-04-2026/ I can’t seem to get my head around the strategic logic in this. Is there bulk freight that’s so urgent and will pay a premium and compete with...
After decades of delays, Guinea’s Simandou megaproject has entered a new phase of reality, with China receiving the first fully integrated shipment of iron ore from the vast deposit,...
Railbus | 27 March 2026 • Says FG is just pouring taxpayers money away and getting excuses in return • NRC operations costs are 400% of revenues. It’s insolvent...
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/china-receives-first-200000-tonne-shipment-from-africas-largest-untapped-iron-ore/0sbffk2 Is it that Africa continues to ship out raw materials that sustain the global economy because of lack of vision and transformative leaders? Having been rendered poor and...
By : Guardian Nigeria | Date: 18 March 2026 4:34am WAT My rejoinder to this article which is available here : https://guardian.ng/news/faulty-design-vandalism-neglect-endanger-3-4b-rail-overhaul/ By Rowland Ataguba An interesting report but with some...