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FG set to unveil new national railway roadmap
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The Federal Government is set to release a new National Railway Development Roadmap that will extend rail connectivity to all States of the federation, officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation have said.
The Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr Kayode Opeifa, told participants at the Seventh National Transport Conference of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration in Abuja that the new roadmap is designed to give all states access to national rail corridors at no additional cost.
He said the policy is enabled by recent amendments that place railway development on the concurrent legislative list. He explained that Lagos and Plateau States are already using the opportunity, while other states have been urged to join.
According to him, national corridors such as the Lagos to Kano line are open for state level operations wherever applicable. He said the Corporation is ready to work with any state that is prepared to utilise available rail assets.
Opeifa said Ogun and Oyo have both narrow and standard gauge lines that can be deployed immediately while Edo, Delta, Kogi, Kaduna, Kano and Niger States can link directly to existing national lines.
He also said freight movement on the national rail system has increased, with rising volumes of container cargo, gypsum, soda ash, cement, metal coil and materials for the AKK Pipeline Project.
On the Corporation’s long term plan, tagged Vision 2-5-10-20, Opeifa said the projection is to optimise rail assets within two years, introduce electric traction within five years, double the country’s rail capacity within ten years and develop not less than sixty thousand kilometres of track within twenty years.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced a city-wide desilting of drainage channels following heavy torrential rainfalls that triggered flash floods across parts of the nation’s capital.
Inspecting the ongoing clearance operations along the Airport Expressway on Thursday, Mr Richard Dauda, acting Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), said the exercise was directed by the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike.
The directive followed a flash flood that flooded the Airport Expressway on Tuesday.
According to Dauda, the effort is to mitigate flood risks during the peak of the rainy season.
Dauda noted that while recent downpours align with earlier meteorological warnings and climate change trends, the Abuja Master Plan inherently recognises certain areas, including the Airport Expressway axis as flood plains.
He assured residents that while resilient infrastructure was originally built to handle high water volumes, human activities have severely compromised its efficiency.
“Some of these drainage facilities over time have been silted. Part of the cause is residents dumping refuse into drainage channels.
“When rain falls, it washes down polythene bags, waste, and even large objects that block the outlets,” he said.
Dauda highlighted two major human factors aggravating the flash floods: illegal development and widespread infrastructure vandalism.
Exposing a major choke point along the expressway, Dauda pointed to a triple-cell box culvert meant to discharge a powerful stream flowing from the Galadima Roundabout.
He explained that a private developer had illegally constricted the waterway further downstream by constructing retaining walls to expand a personal plot.
“What that causes is that the volume of water that ought to pass no longer passes, causing detention, backflow, and eventual flooding.
“To restore adequate discharge capacity, we must remove the structures built by this developer,” he said.
Dauda also decried the theft of metal gully inlet covers by vandals, which allows large debris to flow directly into underground drains instead of being sieved at the surface.
“When vandals steal these covers, it’s like stealing from yourself as a taxpayer,” he remarked.
To permanently curb the theft, he revealed that the FCDA is exploring replacement materials made from non-recyclable compounds rather than steel or cast iron.
The FCDA boss confirmed that workers were already desilting trapezoidal drains, U-channels, and culvert outlets along the Airport Expressway, with plans to reconstruct damaged points where necessary.
Dauda urged Abuja residents to stop dumping refuse into waterways, warning that government infrastructure can only protect the city if public cooperation is guaranteed.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA has began disilting of accumulated silt, sand and other objects blocking drains are being removed.
Men from FCTA were captured on camera as they clear blockades caused by flood.
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The exchange rate for a dollar to naira at Lagos Parallel Market (Black Market) players sell a dollar for ₦1403 and buy at ₦1395 on Thursday, 3rd September, 2026, according to sources at Bureau De Change (BDC).
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Dollar to Naira Black Market Rate Today
Dollar to Naira (USD to NGN) Black Market Exchange Rate Today
Selling Rate ₦1405
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Highest Rate ₦1335
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