By NAN 11 March 2022 | 8:35 am The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reacted to a trending video showing how its standard gauge train got stuck due to insufficient fuel between Ibadan and Lagos on Thursday. Passengers on Standard Gauge Railway that temporarily got stuck between Ibadan and Lagos on Thursday PHOTO: NAN The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reacted to a trending video showing how its standard gauge train got stuck due to insufficient fuel between Ibadan and Lagos on Thursday. NRC Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, explained to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday night that the incident was caused by fuel gauge failure on the passenger train service. The NRC boss also explained that passengers coming to Lagos from Ibadan through the standard gauge train were not stranded as the matter was resolved with an hour. “The train gauge had an issue while the engineers thought the diesel in the train tank would take them to Lagos. “The train gauge was not reading correctly, so by the time they started moving, the driver discovered that there is no sufficient diesel in the train. “Immediately they discovered the challenge, they responded quickly and under an hour they were able to get drum of diesel to fill the tank and continued the journey back to Lagos,” Okhiria said. NAN reports that a standard gauge train from Ibadan to Lagos was reportedly stuck while convening passengers to Lagos from Ibadan station on Thursday. Latest NOW The news have surfaced of US artiste, Akon, who has been accused by his former business partner of planning to run his city like a “Ponzi” scheme. In January 2020, we reported that his announcement of his new city, Akon City.This city, he explained, would sit on a 2,000-acre land, a gift to him by… 17 mins ago Thomas Tuchel has vowed Chelsea will not be destroyed by the sanctions on Blues owner Roman Abramovich that plunged the European champions into turmoil before their 3-1 win at Norwich on Thursday. 41 mins ago La Liga has adopted a familiar look with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid back in the top four and both teams might now begin to believe they can finish second as Sevilla continue to stumble. 57 mins ago Despite the suspension of the activities of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at parks and garages by the Lagos State government, many foot soldiers of the union were sighted this morning in many parts of the city still operating, collecting dues from transporters. Union officials were seen on Friday morning harassing commercial bus… 1 hour ago The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has advised the Federal Government to remain focused on increasing Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity.
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