Abuja-Kaduna rail service set to resume
30 July 2020 |
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The Abuja to Kaduna rail service will today resume operations after months of its closure due to the occurring virus pandemic. now the minister of transport Rotimi amici says that every precautionary measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus.
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