JUST IN: Buhari Names Railway Stations after Soyinka, Osinbajo, Tinubu, Fashola, Jakande, Others

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after deserving Nigerian citizens.

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this, on Monday.

The deserving Nigerians whose names were ascribed to the railway stations included, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, (Apapa station), late Mobolaji Johnson (Ebute Metta Station)

Babatunde Raji Fashola, (Agege station)

Lateef Jakande (Agbado station)

Yemi Osinbajo (Kajola station) and

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Papalanto station)

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (Agbor Station Complex)

Brigadier General David Ejoor (Abraka station)

Micheal Ibru (Opara station)

Alfred Rewane (Ujevwu station) and

Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe (Railway Village, Agbor