On Monday 27 July Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe/Ajaokuta/Aladja/Warri corridors after some noble Nigerians.
The Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi in a statement through his spokesman, Eric Ojiekwe, said that these deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and Nigeria at large.
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These Nigerians include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Senate leader late Olusola Saraki, former Lagos State Governor Ahmed Tinubu, and Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka among the rest.
- Apapa station named after Tinubu
- Kajola station was named after Prof Osinbajo
- Abeokuta station was named after Prof. Soyinka.
- Ajaokuta station was named after the late Saraki.
- Ebute Metta Station named after Mobolaji Johnson.
- Agege station named after Babatunde Raji Fashola
- Agbado station named after Lateef Jakande
- Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti named after Papalanto station
- Aremo Segun Osoba(Olodo station)
- Chief Ladoka Akintola (Omio-Adio station)
- Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Ibadan station)
- Chief Alex Ekwueme (Operation Control Centre).
- Alhaji Adamu Attah (Itakpe station)
- Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (Itogbo station)
- Brigadier General George Innih (Agenebode station)
- Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (Uromi station)
- Chief Tom Ikimi (Ekehen station)
- Brig. Gen. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (rtd) (Igbanke station).
- Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (Agbor Station Complex)
- Brigadier General David Ejoor (Abraka station)
- Micheal Ibru (Opara station), Alfred Rewane (Ujevwu station)
- Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe (Railway Village, Agbor)
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