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Railway Stations In Nigeria
Railway stations in Nigeria include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Atlas Map Cities served by rail The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line. West Line * Apapa (W) - Lagos. Port ; flour mill ; oil terminals * Lagos (W) (0 km) - Lagos Terminus railway station, Terminus station * Yaba (W) - Lagos suburban railway * Oshodi (W) - Lagos suburban railway * Ikeja (W) - Lagos suburban railway * Agege (W) - Lagos suburban railway * Agbado (W) - Lagos suburban railway * Ijoko (W) - terminus of suburban trains, 2013 * Abeokuta (W) ---- * Agege (W) - junction * Ibadan (W) (156 km) * Oshogbo (W) * Ilorin (W) * Zungeru (W) - bridge * Minna (W) - junction for Baro (Nigeria), Baro * Kaduna (city), Kaduna (W) - junction for East Line; junction for Abuja * Zaria (WX) - junction for Kaura Namoda (W) * Kano (city), Kano (W) (1124 km) (capital Kano State, Kano state) * Nguru, Nigeria, Nguru (W) - terminus near Niger border ---- * Zaria (W) - junction * Funtua ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Train Station Mobolaji Johnson
A train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units or Railcar, railcars. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons or carriages. Trains are designed to a certain Track gauge, gauge, or distance between rails. Most trains operate on steel tracks with steel wheels, the low friction of which makes them more efficient than other forms of transport. Many Rail transport by country, countries use rail transport. Trains have their roots in wagonways, which used railway tracks and were Horsecar, powered by horses or Cable railway, pulled by cables. Following the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom in 1802, trains rapidly spread around the world, allo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baro (Nigeria)
Baro is a small port town on the Niger in present Niger State (central Nigeria). A crater on Mars has been named after Baro. Transport Baro is also a railway town situated approximately 400 miles (650 km) up the Niger River at the limit of river navigation, subject to dredging. The railway terminal or station is on bar 0 (later corrupted to baro) which was the starting point of the Baro to Kano railway. The Baro to Kano railway was built by the Northern Nigerian Protectorate under Sir Fredrick Lugard from 1907 to 1911. The line was later amalgamated with the Lagos Government Railway built by the Lagos Colony (later Southern Nigerian Protectorate) to form one single national railway known as the Nigerian railway department in 1912. See also * Railway stations in Nigeria Railway stations in Nigeria include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Atlas Map Cities served by rail The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line. West Line * Apapa (W) - Lagos. Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idogo
Idogo (also spelled Idawgo) is a town in western Nigeria fairly close to the border with Benin. Transport Idogo is served by a terminus of a branch on the national railway network. A nearby river (Iyewa) also provides transportation of goods to other parts of western Africa, ipaja, olokuta, odon, including Cotonou. See also *Railway stations in Nigeria Railway stations in Nigeria include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Atlas Map Cities served by rail The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line. West Line * Apapa (W) - Lagos. Port ; flour mill ; oil terminals * Lagos (W) (0&nbs ... References Towns in Nigeria {{Ogun-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enugu (city)
Enugu ( ; ) is the capital city of Enugu State in Nigeria. The city had a population of 4,690,100 spread across the three Local government areas of Nigeria, LGAs of Enugu East, Enugu North and Enugu South, according to the 2022 Nigerian census. History Early history Énugwú (Igbo verbalization of Enugu) is the capital city of Enugu State in Nigeria. It is located in southeastern part of Nigeria. The name Enugu is derived from the two Igbo words Énú Ụ́gwụ́, meaning "hill top", denoting the city's hilly geography. Enugu acquired township status in 1917 and was called Enugwu-Ngwo, but because of the rapid expansion towards areas owned by other indigenous communities, the city was renamed Enugu in 1928. The first settlement in the Enugu area was the small Nike village of Ogui from present day Igala which was present since the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade.Udo, p. 88. ''Nike'' in the Igbo language means "with strength or power".Williams, p. 196. The Nike people acquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajoga
Bajoga is a town and headquarters of Funakaye, a local government area located in the northern part of Gombe State, Nigeria. Bajoga is 9 km south of the Ashaka cement factory. Bajoga's economy is significantly boosted by its close proximity to the Ashaka Cement Plant, situated just 9 kilometers north of the town. As a major local employer and infrastructure driver, the plant has a profound impact on the town's economic well-being. mus'ab Islamic Secondary School Bajoga is of the early private secondary school to have been established in Bajoga. Schools *Mus'ab bn Umair comprehensive Day secondary school Bajoga. * Government Day Secondary School Bajoga. * Gombe State Polytechnic Bajoga. * JIBWIS Islamic Secondary School Bajoga. * Girl Child Initiative School. * Gandu Primary School Bajoga. * Government Vocational Training Center Bajoga. * Al'majiri School. * Sangaru Primary School, Bajoga. * Government Junior Secondary school Sangaru, Bajoga. * Federal Government Girls Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamey
Niamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. As the Niamey Urban Community (, CUN), it is a Regions of Niger, first-level division of Niger, surrounded by the Tillabéri Region, in the western part of the country. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the river's east bank. The capital of Niger since the Colony of Niger, colonial era, Niamey is an ethnically diverse city and the country's main economic centre. Before the French developed it as a colonial centre, Niamey was the site of villages inhabited by Fula people, Fula, Zarma people, Zarma, Maouri people, Maouri, and Songhai people, Songhai people. French expeditions first visited Niamey in the 1890s before Captain established a military post in 1901. Niamey replaced Zinder as the territorial capital from 1903 to 1911 and again in 1926, after which large-scale development occurred. The first city plan in 1930 relocated neighbourhoods and enacted Racial segregation, segregation of European and indigen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gusau
Gusau is a city in northwestern Nigeria. It is the capital of Zamfara State and also the name of the state's Local government areas of Nigeria#Zamfara State, Local Government Area of Gusau, which has an area of ² and a population of 383,162 as of the 2006 census. The area's postal code is 880. The current local government chairman is Yahaya Garba. Geography Gusau City is located north of a line drawn from Kebbi State, Kebbi to Kano (city), Kano in Nigeria. The Hausa people are the indigenous inhabitants of Gusau. Gusau district was one of the Districts that emerged following the jihad movement of the nineteenth century in Hausa land, led by the legendary Sheikh Usman dan Fodio. It was founded around 1799 by Mallam Muhammadu Sambo Dan Ashafa, a disciple of dan Fodio. Gusau district only became prominent after the fall of Yandoto in 1806. Since its emergence as an important settlement in the Sokoto Caliphate, Gusau town attracted attention as an important agricultural and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funtua
Funtua is a local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria, and is headquartered in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway. It is one of the premier local governments in Nigeria created after the local government reforms in 1976. It is the headquarters of the Katsina South senatorial district, which comprises eleven local governments: Bakori, Danja, Dandume, Faskari, Sabuwa, Kankara, Malumfashi, Kafur, Musawa, Matazu and Funtua. Funtua has a conducive weather condition as it lies at latitude and longitude 11°32'N, 7°19'E. The city has an average temperature of 32 °C and humidity of 44%. It has an area of and a population of 225,571 at the 2006 census and 570,110 according to 2016 estimate. The chairman is the official head of local government. The inhabitants are predominantly Fulani, Their main occupations are trading, farming and animal rearing. Funtua is in the southern extreme end of Katsina State and is the second largest city in the state after Katsina. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguru, Nigeria
Nguru (or N'Gourou) is a Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Nguru near the Hadejia River at . It has an area of 916 km and a population of 270,632. The postal code of the area is 630. The town probably dates from around the 15th century. There is a variety of landscape types in the area, including the protected Hadejia-Nguru wetlands of Nguru Lake, and the "Sand Dunes", a semi-desert area. Climate Transport Nguru is the terminus of the Western Railway of Nigeria. See also * List of Local Government Areas in Yobe State See also * Railway stations in Nigeria Railway stations in Nigeria include: Maps UN MapUNHCR Atlas Map Cities served by rail The East (E) and West (W) lines are connected by the Link Line. West Line * Apapa (W) - Lagos. Port ; flour mill ; oil terminals * Lagos (W) (0&nbs ... * Federal Medical Centre, Nguru References Populated places in Yobe State {{Yobe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano State
Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous state in Nigeria. The recent official estimates taken in 2016 by the National Bureaucracy, Bureau of Statistics found that Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 out of the former Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Region, Kano State borders on Katsina State to the northwest for about 210 km (130 miles), Jigawa State to the northeast for 355 km (221 miles), Bauchi State to the southeast for 131 km (82 miles), and Kaduna State to the southwest for 255 km. The state's capital and largest city is the city of Kano (city), Kano, the List of Nigerian cities by population, second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano (city)
Kano (Ajami script, Ajami: كَنُواْ) is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos, with over four million citizens living within . Located in the savanna, south of the Sahel, Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade, having been a trade and human settlement for millennia. It is the Traditional states of Nigeria, traditional state of the Ibrahim Dabo, Dabo dynasty who have ruled as emirs over the city-state since the 19th century. Kano Emirate Council is the current traditional institution inside the city boundaries of Kano, and under the Authority bias, authority of the Kano State Government, Government of Kano State. The city is one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people , Hausa and Fula people , Fulani people. Centuries before British colonization, Kano was strongly cosmopolitan with settled popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaura Namoda
Kaura Namoda is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Kaura-Namoda, home to the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda. It has an area of 868 km and a population of 281,367 at the 2006 census. History Kaura Namoda was founded in 1807 by Muhammadu Namoda, who was a prince of Alibawa ruling family of Zurmi and a 19th century military genius. Namoda fought alongside the Sokoto jihadists and was appointed Sarkin Zamfara. However, Zamfara never became an emirate. The town was an important regional center in the early 20th century, largely due to its location as the terminus of the railway. Postal code The postal code of the area is 882. Climate The district has an annual temperature of 30.31oC, 82.13 rainy days, and 61.59 millimetres of precipitation. Transport It is served by a station at the terminus of a branch line of the western line of the national railway network. In 2014, this line is proposed to be rehabilitated and exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
