BREAKING: SEVERAL PASSENGERS CONFIRMED INJURED AS ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN DERAILS

March 16, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

Several passengers have been confirmed injured as an Abuja en-route Kaduna train on Monday derailed after a collision.

Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Kayode Opeifa, confirmed the incident on Monday.

According to him, the train encountered an incident near Asham.

He explained that no person had died while filing the report; however, the injured passengers had been brought back to Idu train station for necessary medical attention.

Opeifa said NRC is currently carrying out an investigation to ascertain the exact cause of the incident.

“It is confirmed that our Abuja-Kaduna train had an incident at Asham. Passengers were injured while an investigation is ongoing into the exact cause of the incident,” he said .

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.