Tinubu to Inaugurate Kaduna-Kano Railway on December 3, APC-PCC Says

The APC Presidential Campaign Council said Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the Kaduna-Kano railway on December 3, 2026, and ordered the immediate settlement of outstanding land compensation in Kaduna. Spokesman Dele Alake said the 190-kilometre Jaji-Kano section is complete and the Kaduna-Kano line is about 90% finished, compared with less than 30% in 2023. The 250-kilometre Dawanu-Kano-Kazaure-Daura-Katsina section of the Kano-Maradi project is also scheduled for inauguration then; the wider 400-kilometre Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway is 70% complete. A federal team inspected the projects and made a test train journey from Jaji to Kano; the lines are expected to improve transport and commerce, including cross-border trade with Niger.