Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- A Nigerian train has derailed three days after resuming operations, raising concerns about safety as authorities complain of sabotage to rail tracks.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) resumed the Warri-Itakpe train service on Wednesday, only for the train to derail on Saturday.

"We wish to inform the public that a train derailment incident occurred on Saturday at approximately 19:30 hours, involving two out of the seven coaches of our WITS at Kilometre 212+8m, Agbor.

"Preliminary investigations indicated that the incident may have been caused by suspected track vandalism," the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NRC, Kayode Opeifa, said in a Sunday statement.

The derailment occurred about two months af...