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Ms Usman has been at loggerheads with the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, over sundry issues regarding the running of the agency.

By Kasim Sumaina The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Monday disclosed that the maritime security project will be launched in Lagos by President Muhammadu Buhari come next month. This is even as he explained that 75 per cent of crime comes from the country’s water, adding that if the country is able to eliminate it then it will be making a lot of progress. The minister made this known when the Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Daniel Bertrand, paid him a courtesy visi...

Kasim Sumaina in Abuja The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the Eastern rail corridor in the country’s ongoing railway modernisation on March 9. Amaechi, while on an inspection tour to all the stations from Mobolaji Johnson Station at Ebute Metta to Ibadan station yesterday, also said Buhari had approved the redirecting of the Eastern line to two new spurs. The minister, in a statement yesterday...

•Signs MoU on $1.959bn Kano-Maradi rail project By Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and Kasim Sumaina in Abuja The federal government has said that it may suspend the ongoing enrolment for National Identification Number (NIN) in view of the large crowds at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices in many states. It stated the decision is necessary to protect Nigerians from COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government has also threatened to shut down the Lagos-Ibadan and the Abuja-Kaduna ...

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ON THE GO AK-47, army uniform recovered as police kill ‘bandit kingpin’ in Zamfara The Zamfara police command says the leader of a bandit group in the state has been killed during a patrol by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II.Advertisement Communities across... JOB ALERT: Osun announces recruitment into Amotekun The Osun government has announced recruitment for persons interested in joining the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Amotekun, in the sta...