Friends of the Rail Forum

To avoid Nigeria's notorious kidnapping gangs thousands of commuters pack on to trains each day between the capital, Abuja, and the city of Kaduna.

Mannir Awal Addo, a trader in Abuja who has family that he visits every weekend in Kaduna, was kidnapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway earlier this year and held for five days...

"Since then, honestly I don't use car transport because I am afraid of the road. It's better for me to take the train because of its safety"...