- Kaduna – Kano rail set for December 3 inauguration
- Kano-Katsina-Maradi rail project reaches 70% completion
President Bola Tinubu has accelerated the completion of major railway projects in Northern Nigeria, with sections of the Kaduna-Kano and Kano-Katsina-Maradi rail lines scheduled for inauguration on December 3, 2026.
The 205-kilometre Kaduna-Kano Standard Gauge Railway has reached about 90 per cent completion, while the 400-kilometre Kano-Katsina-Maradi project is now 70 per cent complete.
The Federal Government said the Kaduna-Kano project, which was below 30 per cent completion when the Tinubu administration assumed office in 2023, will provide a continuous rail link between Abuja, Kaduna, Zaria and Kano.
The Kano-Katsina-Maradi project, which was reportedly about five per cent complete in 2023, is expected to strengthen transportation and trade links between Nigeria and neighbouring Niger Republic.
A federal government inspection team led by the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of Transportation, Engr. Funso Adebiyi recently inspected the projects, including a train test-run from Jaji in Kaduna State to Kano.
The team assessed the quality of construction, including track alignment, drainage infrastructure, embankment protection, stone pitching and soil stabilisation.
The government said the completed 190-kilometre Jaji-Kano section of the Kaduna-Kano project and the 250-kilometre Dawanu-Kano-Kazaure-Daura-Katsina section of the Kano-Maradi project are expected to be inaugurated on December 3.
