Tinubu plans December 3 rail inaugurations in northern Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu plans to inaugurate two railway sections in northern Nigeria on December 3, 2026, according to an announcement by Dele Alake, spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council. The sections are the 190-kilometre Jaji-Kano stretch of the Kaduna-Kano railway and a 250-kilometre section of the Kano-Maradi project. The ceremonies are scheduled, not yet reported as having taken place.

Alake said the Kaduna-Kano project was about 90% complete and the Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway about 70% complete. Those figures were given by the campaign council and have not been independently verified in the reporting. The council described both sections slated for inauguration as completed.

The Kaduna-Kano railway extends the existing Abuja-Kaduna standard-gauge line. When the wider connection is operational, it is intended to link Abuja, Kaduna, Zaria and Kano, offering another transport option along a major commercial corridor. The planned inauguration of the Jaji-Kano section does not mean the full Abuja-Kano corridor is complete.

A Federal Government inspection team led by Funso Adebiyi, permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of...