Nigeria train service to resume after March attack

The authorities in Nigeria have announced that train services on the railway line between the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna, will resume at some point this month.

Services were suspended eight months ago following an attack on a passenger train which left at least eight passengers dead.

More than 60 others were abducted. They were released piecemeal over a period of seven months, with the last batch freed in October.

Nigeria’s Transport Minister Mu’azu Sambo said in Abuja that adequate security had been put in place to ensure the safety of passengers.

He did not disclose a specific date for the resumption of the services.

The country continues to battle growing insecurity with Jihadists and bandits attacks, kidnapping for ransom and separatist agitations.

BBC Africa