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A Nigeria Railways Corporation official said the train departs Ibadan for Lagos at 8am daily with a return trip scheduled at 4pm.

The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is notorious for heavy trucks and traffic gridlocks that can stretch for several kilometres.

The Lagos-Ibadan line is the first part of a new 2,733km Lagos-Kano standard gauge line. The total cost of the project was valued at $11.117bn.

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Press Release - Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day, 10 December

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[Daily Trust] The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that Nigeria's population has been estimated at 206 million for 2020.

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[WHO] WHO today launches a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 - \"Commit to Quit.\"  The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication \"More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco\" are being released today to mark the start of the campaign.

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