Nigeria, Nov. 27 -- The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and the newly operational Southwest Development Commission (SWDC) have begun talks on reactivating disused railway lines across the region to bolster economic activities and ease movement of goods between Lagos and other southwestern states.

The NRC Managing Director, Kayode Opeifa, announced the partnership on Tuesday while receiving the SWDC leadership, led by its Managing Director, Charles Akinola, on a working visit to the corporation's headquarters in Lagos.

in a statement signed by Callistus Unyimadu, Chief Public Relations officer at NRC, on Wednesday, Mr Opeifa said the corporation will work with the commission to produce a Memorandum of Understanding for the operational...