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finally nigeria has a tourism promotion video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N82_0gaKs8U

phecs: Is dat the amount ur Mum and sister has?shame

did you watch the video or you just want to show that you can dish insult?

http://news.cntv.cn/world/20121110/103534.shtml

this is a video of the chinese tv on the progress on Nigerian railway.

eddiebruk: Thank you very much, you have written something with a good mind of understanding, but you must also accept that i am not trying to compare any government office administration as being better than the other, i remember vividly my late father used to work for Julius Berger at Ajakuta 17years ago, and they were working on these same Nigerian rail system, and funny enough up till now it still hasn't improved as it was from this same 17years ago, do not misunderstand my point, In a system of government, credit cannot be given to a particular administration because if you do then you will be confusing yourself, because a past administration can approve and kick off a certain project but wont be able to complete it, and then when another administration takes over and completes it, the past administration that approved the said project becomes a figure of ridicule just like they always say on this forum, what OBJ could not achieve for 8years GEJ has achieved for 2years, or less, seriously, if that is the case, then i would like these same people or persons to tell me whose fault it is (although i should not bring such topic here but i just have to), that the FG is owing the Academic Staff Union of Universities, such huge amount because as we were told it started from a past administration, and because of that FG wants to re-negotiate since it wasnt on her administration, but yet they want to get credit for the development another administration approved..? were are the Educated people in this country of ours...?

Dude i thought you were interested in discussing the railway system in Africa with special emphasis on nigeria?

taharqa: I wud do my best once I get to my Computer. Am pretty much browsing from my yeye phone now..

Ok thanks looking forward to the updates." our people perish for lack of knowledge"...... in this case information!lol

eddiebruk: really...are the rail tracks in Nigeria fast rail tracks..? because that sure doesn't look like a fast rail track in Nigeria, and besides it's not just about building tracks, rail stations (and i don't mean those Kiosk they normally build as bus terminals) are also needed, and i actually dont see any of that yet, so please stop consoling yourself that someday you will get there, we have been saying that exact same words for so long now yet we are still not even 30% there yet.

eddiebruk you are right what you have seen is the narrow guage rails from lagos to kano which has been revamped by this administration and trains or what you called locomotives are running on them. There is another narrow guage line from port harcourt to maiduguri which is also been revamped and construction trains are already running on the eastern end from port harcourt to enugu conveying construction materials.

Besides these narrow gauge rails that has been revitalized, there are plans to build standard rails that can support train carriages that can run as fast as the ones you showed on the picture above. I can certainly tell you that the there is on that will run from Abuja to kaduna which construction is ongoing and the itakpe warri standard rail line is complete and there are several other projects that are ongoing at the moment.

If every administration did what GEJ is doing in nigeria especially in Aviation and railway then our infrastructure would have been better off.
That being said more still needs to be done and nigeria is in an infrastructural ditch of up to $350billion. but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step.

Don't rubbish Nigeria because of SA accomplishments.At least we have an administration thats interested in doing something how be it revamping the delapidated railway lines and planning for standard rails. be optimistic, At least trains are moving in nigeria again after over a decade of stagnation. and some standard rails that can run trains similar to the ones
shown on this thread is presently under construction in Nigeria.

taharqa: You forgot d Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri Line, whose track laying has been completed. Then, there are d ongoing Abuja and Lagos Metro Lines been built by d FG and LASG respectively, as well as d River State's PH Monorail (pray this one sees d end of its construction). By d way, the Feasibility Studies on remaining Routes on that Proposed Standard Lines (about 10 of them I think) of d 25 year Railway Strategic Plan in d link you pasted above, have already been awarded since last year and are expected to be concluded later this year....... Congratulations SA (this was built since 2010 by d way prior to d World Cup); but Nigeria is also on its way to doing same, and maybe even more...

Was looking for information on the accomplishment sofar on this masterplan to no avail. you seem to know more about the project can you give more inputs on it on this thread please;https://www.nairaland.com/1414626/nigerian-high-speed-rail-journey

since this thread is showing what has already been accomplished and not plans and projects under construction.
by the way congrats South africa those are really nice trains hope nigeria can learn from SA

mandarin: The target is Lagos and the south west market which is the highest in Nigeria regional bloc.With oil coming out of the region as well spells good for his company and being an astute businessman he can wholly trust the inhabitants to protect his back.However, he will soon face competitions from refineries in Lagos and another in that same vicinity.
Kudos to him for this job creating initiative and to all who don't know, there are many wealthy Nigerians with deep interests in Dangote Groups.

care to elaborate on who the wealthy nigerians behind dangote are? or your just speculating.

Nigeria is set to have its own HSR heres the master plan:
http://1.bp..com/-Xut_A92scqY/TYAQl7RLDaI/AAAAAAAABmI/obXdbYmThsE/s1600/Nigerian%2BRailways%2BHSR.jpg

The abuja to kaduna line is currently under construction and the lagos to abuja will follow soon

Most college girls have more than one boyfriends guys if you want to know what category you're in watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Lw3uAqT2iQE

Most college girls have more than one boyfriends guys if you want to know what category your in watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Lw3uAqT2iQE#t=170

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCmWViGwsq4

watch video for the progress so far made on the project.

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oops

^^^^Nigeria is not cursed but its a blessed Nation. the diagram is the masterplan for the development of a high speed rail in nigeria and so far to my knowledge only Abuja- Kaduna section of the plan is presently under construction. the Lagos - Abuja segment is receiving lots of attention but construction has not yet started.

Anyone with expert information on the development of the HSR based on this master plan should please comment

more of akwa ibom in pictures

I had really hoped that the model of PPP in nigeria will be one of the best tools to solve the infrastructural deficits i nigeria since the country cannot afford the estimated $250billion infrastructural hole that the country is in.

But my hope was dashed when i heard that the flagship for PPPs in the nation the Lekki- epe highway b/w the LASG and LCC has been cancelled.

What will be the effect of this on investors confidence? will it encourage more private equity to invest in PPPs in nigeria or will it lead to an investment lull?

Please those who are in the know comment pls?

Atouke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89F9-QY850

this is an awesome project i hope that there will relevant laws governing the activities of consultant in order to make the hospital a success.

Once again good vision from governor Akpabio.

What happened to this project? does anyone know?
click on the link below for a larger image.

http://1.bp..com/-Xut_A92scqY/TYAQl7RLDaI/AAAAAAAABmI/obXdbYmThsE/s1600/Nigerian%2BRailways%2BHSR.jpg

agbameta: Very pathetic..

Kudos to corruption and incompetence. Federal government of Nigeria can not move 20 car train from point A to point B?

Abeg cover your face...

Why don't you first remove this log of corruption from your APC god fathers eyes before you concern yourself with the speck if any in GEJs eyes. Incase you did not see the log as evident of sycophants like you, i will help you : here



Tinubu and Fashola
Tinubu and Fashola: accused by citizen of huge fraud
A list tagged The Tinubu List has been forwarded to the Liberty Report by a citizen who claimed that the contents of the list constitute ill-gotten assets traceable to the strongman of Lagos politics, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Liberty Report has no independent way of authenticating the alleged corruption list. An email enquiry sent to the office of the governor of Lagos State was not responded to as at press time. The List is being published as a matter of public interest. Those accused in the list are public figures.

The sender said he challenged Bola Tinubu or the EFCC to disprove the content. The list is reproduced below.

THE TINUBU LIST – UNEDITED
1. 4, Oyinkan Abayomi (formerly Queens) Drive, Ikoyi: A 5-bedroom detached house on one acre of land which was originally the Lagos State Governor’s guest house since 1979, but which now belongs to Tinubu. The certificate of occupancy of the property valued at N450 million was signed and released to him by Fashola in 2007 shortly after he assumed office.

2. Tinubu’s residence at 26 Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi was initially falsely presented as Oando Plc Guest House. Later, he purportedly bought it from Oando, and used public funds to rebuild and renovate it. The Lagos State Government bought the property and paid an undisclosed sum to him and thereafter gave the property back to him under the bogus Pension Bill he signed to law shortly before he left office in 2007. The property is worth over N600 million.

3. The annex of the Lagos State Guest House in Asokoro, Abuja was bought by the State Government in 2006 for N450 million, purportedly to protect the main house from security breach. Shortly after Tinubu left office, the property was transferred to him under the pension plan he signed into law before leaving office.

4. The 250-hectare land valued at about N35billion and strategically located at the Ajah junction on Lekki Road was initially meant for a General Hospital for the people of Eti-Osa Local Government but was stolen by Tinubu and handed over to Trojan Estate Ltd – a company owned by Deji and Wale Tinubu – to develop as Royal Garden Housing Estate at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos.

5. The 1,000 hectares of land valued at about N75billion located at Lakowe near Abijo at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and given to Lekki Concession Company (LCC) which is partly- owned by Tinubu and Fashola and being developed as golf course and housing estate by Assets and Resource Management Ltd (ARM) as ADIVA project.

6. The prime land of 157 hectares with 2.5km of Atlantic beachfront valued at about N10billion and stolen by Tinubu from the communities of Siriwon, Igbekodo, Apakin, etc in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and given to Ibukun Fakeye – his crony to build a golf course and luxury villa with little or no compensation to the villagers. In addition, Tinubu paid $20million (N3billion) out of public treasury to Ibukun Fakeye to commence the project in late 2006. Fashola has since released additional funding for this project, which is not owned by the state government.

7. The 14-hectare Parkview Ikoyi Estate foreshore land reclaimed by Lagos State Government is now owned by Bola Tinubu.

8. While in office, he allocated to himself the former Strabag yard beside the Lagos State Secretariat at Alausa, Ikeja. The property is now being developed into a shopping mall as big as the Palms in Lekki. This is public property brazenly stolen and now owned by Tinubu, aided by Fashola.

9. The choice property at Lekki-Epe road on which he built and owns the multi-billion naira Oriental Hotel and the extension of multi-storey car park beside it. Also, the multi-level recreation centre by Mobil in Oniru Estate on Lekki-Epe road jointly owned with ARM and Tunji Olowolafe. All these assets valued at over N25billion were obtained without paying a kobo to the Lagos State Government.

10. Tinubu and Fashola sold the following prime Lagos properties to their personal friend and front – Prince Dipo Eludoyin at very ridiculous prices:

• The 3.8-hectare of land of Lagos State Fisheries office in VI (beside the Institute of Oceanography) valued at N3billion.

• The fishery landing jetty at Badore (where the Ilubirin fishermen were to be relocated) valued at N500million

• The entire Ogudu foreshore scheme initially earmarked for a low-cost housing scheme valued at N5billion

• The Ilubinrin housing estate (which used to house Lagos state civil servants and judges up till 2007) valued at N2.5billion.

• The former Julius Berger yard at Oko Orisan, Epe valued at N450million.

11. Tinubu raised a loan of N4.7billion on Eko Akete project for which nothing was achieved before he turned around to sell the property to his Chagouri friends of Chagouri & Chagouri and Hitech Construction Ltd at a ridiculously low price at the expense of the taxpayers of Lagos.

12. Tinubu applied to personally purchase the Federal Secretariat building while in office. When he couldn’t get to buy it, he directed Fashola to stop the eventual owner of the complex to develop it. The complex is presently wasting away courtesy of the Lagos State Government.

13. It took several months of horse trading and underhand payments before Fashola could allow the new owners of 1004 flats to redevelop the complex.

14. Several other buyers of Federal Government properties and developers of properties in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Government Reservation Area Ikeja were forced to succumb to the outrageous demands of Tinubu, Fashola, Commissioner Abosede and other officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning Ministry and were made to pay ridiculous amounts to private accounts before their redevelopments were approved. Those who refused or were unable to pay could not develop their properties. This is a major economic strangulation of property developers and has contributed largely to the skyrocketing rent in Ikoyi, VI and Lekki axis.

15. Tinubu converted all the plots of land where Lagos Polytechnic was located at Ikosi near the old toll gate. He chased away the Polytechnic in 2006 and went ahead to locate the choice plots to himself, his cronies and political associates. The headquarters of Television Continental (TVC), which is owned by him, is located there. He deprived the youths of Lagos of decent education because of his greed.

16. Tinubu singlehandedly sold the prime land on Aboyade Cole, Victoria Island which was recovered from some allotees, to UACN Properties Plc. The amount of proceeds was shrouded in secrecy.

17. Eludoyin, fronting for Tinubu, built the estate directly opposite Goshen Beach Estate in Lekki area.

18. Tinubu’s wife, Remi Tinubu, built the massive New Era Foundation youth camp at the junction of Eleko, off the Lekki-Epe express road, with Lagos State funds and has now converted it to personal use.

19. Tinubu owns the Fara Park Estate and the Beach Wood Estate both in Lekki.

20. The Critical Care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja, built and equipped with state funds, is now owned personally by Tinubu. He has put one Dr. Sikiru Tinubu, (a supposed cousin of his) to run the outfit. It is run as a private unit and the proceeds are pocketed by the duo. The unit charges its users exorbitantly and most Lagosians can hardly afford to pay its high charges. Much of the revenue is derived from fees paid by the State Government for patients referred there by its General Hospitals.

21. Several prominent Nigerians in the judiciary, police, INEC, and other sensitive agencies have obtained prime land from former Governor Tinubu and incumbent Governor Fashola over the years without paying a kobo. Many of them had turned around to sell the land to third parties at substantial profit. Many top officials in the police, INEC and the judiciary who participated in the 2003 and 2007 elections and tribunals in states where Tinubu has interest were compromised with parcels of free prime Lagos land and cash. If the Lagos State Land’s Bureau could publish the names and identities of beneficiaries of land allotees from 2000 to date, the scandal that will result is better imagined. Gbenga Ashafa, now a Senator, and Mrs. Awofisayo were the conduits through which these acts were being perpetrated. Both were also personally involved in various dubious land transactions on their own.

22. Prime land and properties have been used to pay off public officials who are personally close to Tinubu and Fashola for “jobs well done” or for being privy to sensitive information, notably:

(a) Dele Alake, former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, was sold a whole house on Alexander Road, Ikoyi where he lived as official quarters at a give-away price.


http://myondostate.com/w3/shocking-curuption-list-citizen-reveals-tinubus-alleged-assets-challenges-efcc-to-disprove-list/

GEJ has done in 2 yrs what OBJ couldn't do in 8ys for NRC

After 17yrs of non usage of the tracks for container haulage a few hitches is allowed if the train broke down it will be fixed and the journey completed.
efficiency on the freight will be attained gradually. kudos to this administration for revamping the railway.

the roofing and facade frames/anchors have began. pictures courtesy of aquafinna @ http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1457431&page=6


the pictures quality are not the best cos its on a rainy day but if you look closely u should see.

updates on the progress of the stadium

more

Akwa Ibom Stadium project updates pictures courtesy of Aquafinna. you can see more pictures and updates @ http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1457431&page=6

Pictures courtesy of Aquafinna @ skyscrapercity.com

the hospital project is chugging along nicely

20th anniversary hospital updates on the project pictures courtesy of Aquafinna

A talking dinosaur spewing anachronistic garbage. Tofa please join the dinosaurs train and disappear to dinosaurland.