Day: 31 January 2023

Abuja — Nigerian authorities have hailed the launch of a deepwater seaport in Lagos they say will create 300,000 jobs and reduce shipping bottlenecks. While the new port is expected to reduce losses due to congestion, shipping industry experts say Nigeria’s poor roads and rail connections to ports also must be improved. The launch by …

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The new Lagos rail transportation system, especially the 13-kilometer rail line from Mile 2 to the Marina is expected to shift moderately land use patterns along the corridor. Lead researchers for Lagos African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) city systems study on transportation and energy, Yinka Jones and Lookman Oshodi, who revealed this to The Guardian …

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The Federal Government has reiterated that the Nigeria-Niger Republic rail line will boost trade and other socioeconomic interactions between countries and on the continent. Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project between Nigeria and the Republic of Niger in Abuja. Nigeria’s Minister of …

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