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This is the Zawachiki Railway Station, the central station in Kano for the Lagos–Kano National Railway Service. Construction began in July 2021 and has now reached the final phase of completion. Once completed, it will be one of the largest railway stations in the country.

UPDATE on Arewa Rail Projects.

The largest Railway station in West Africa in Zawachiki Kano state, has now reached the final phase of completion. pic.twitter.com/Uvd6JAdR0z

— Abu bakar (@abbkar_ai) June 29, 2026

Construction at the Kazaure Railway Station, part of the Kano–Maradi–Dutse Railway Project, is progressing steadily. The Kano–Maradi–Dutse railway corridor will include 20 stations, five workshops, 52 bridges, and more than 80 road crossings. Upon completion, it is expected to transport up to 3,000 metric tons of freight and about 9,374 passengers daily. It will also connect seamlessly with the Lagos–Kano railway line to enhance regional connectivity, boost trade, improve mobility and drive our economic growth.

naptu2:
I'll explain this again.

1) Western Line: The Western Line was the first line that was built by the Colonial Government. The primary reason for building it was to transport raw materials and agricultural goods like Al-Hassan Dantata's groundnuts from Kano to the port in Lagos.

The line begins at the Lagos Terminus in Iddo (there's also a branch line to the Apapa Port) and goes through Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ilorin, Kaduna and terminates in Kano. It is a narrow gauge line.

The Western line began with the Lagos-Ibadan line which was built between 1891 and 1896, it reached Kano in 1912 and it was later extended to Nguru in 1930.


2) Eastern Line: The Eastern Line was primarily built to move coal from Enugu to the port at Port Harcourt. Port Harcourt was also built for the same reason (to serve as a port for the shipment of coal). Coal was shipped to Great Britain and to the power plant at Ijora in Lagos.

The Eastern Line was extended to Jos, to move tin from the tin mines there and it was also connected to the Western Line in Kaduna. The Government of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa extended the Eastern Line to Maiduguri. It is a narrow gauge line.

The Eastern Line began with the Port-Harcourt to Enugu Line that was built between 1913 and 1916. It was extended to Kaduna in 1927 and it was later extended to Maiduguri between 1958 and 1964.

3) Central Line: The Central Line was constructed by the government of General Ibrahim Babangida (construction began in 1987). It was built to convey iron from the iron mines at Itakpe to the steel mill at Ajaokuta and to convey the steel from Ajaokuta to Warri Port. It is a standard gauge line. The line was not completed.


There have been plans to build new standard gauge lines on the western and eastern axis, along the same corridor as the old narrow gauge lines.

The government of President Goodluck Jonathan began the Kaduna-Abuja rail line on the Western Axis. The government of President Muhammadu Buhari completed it and also built the Lagos-Ibadan line on the Western axis. The Government is currently building the Kano-Kaduna leg of the Western Line. When that is completed, all that will be left is the Ibadan-Ilorin and Ilorin-Abuja segments of the line.


The Government of Muhammadu Buhari also completed the Warri-Itakpe Line (the Central Line). There are plans to extend it to Abuja.

The Muhammadu Buhari Administration had declared that it would focus on completing existing projects, rather than starting new ones and so it focused on completing the Western and Central Lines. There is also a plan to build a standard gauge Eastern Line (Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri) but that has not commenced yet (which has caused annoyance among people of the North-East and South-East).


There is a proposal to build a coastal line, from Lagos to Calabar, but it hasn't been built yet. Critics complain that the colonialists were only interested in exploiting resources from Nigeria, rather than giving Nigerians good infrastructure and that's why they built rail lines from the hinterland in the north, to the ports in the south. For example, the critics point out that if you want to go from Lagos to Enugu by rail, you'd first have to go all the way up to Kaduna, before you can get to Enugu.

When I heard this criticism back in the 1980s, I often asked, "So why haven't we built it? The colonialists have been gone since 1960, so why haven't we built a rail line from east to west? We can't keep blaming them".

naptu2:
The Buhari Administration began the Kaduna - Kano leg of the Western Line and the Tinubu Administration will finish it.

President Tinubu has gone to China to finalise the deal for the construction of the Ibadan - Ilorin and Ilorin - Abuja legs of the line.

The idea to build the Eastern and Western standard gauge lines was conceived during the administration of President Obasanjo. Yar'Adua did not follow through, but Goodluck Jonathan continued it.

The Central Line was conceived during the administration of President Shehu Shagari. It was started by the Babangida Administration and finished by the Buhari Administration. However, the Buhari Administration proposed that it should be extended to Abuja.

I'll tell you about Lord Harcourt later.

naptu2:
The Eastern Line goes through places like Port Harcourt, Aba, Umuahia, Enugu, Makurdi, Jos, Bauchi and Maiduguri.

The Western Line goes through places like Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ilorin, Jebba, Minna, Kaduna and Kano.

The Central Line goes through Warri, Abraka, Agbor, Igbanke, Agenebode, Uromi, Ajaokuta and Itakpe.

naptu2:
Bashir Ahmad, OON @BashirAhmaad



https://x.com/i/status/2071604483000250421

Typing:
A project that Buhari initiated and it was over 90% completed before Buhari left office. Tinubu wants to take Buharisl's glory.

Nigerians are wiser now

Helinuse:
Again I am the first to comment here

Typing:
A project that Buhari initiated and it was over 90% completed before Buhari left office. Tinubu wants to take Buharisl's glory.

Nigerians are wiser now

Typing:
A project that Buhari initiated and it was over 90% completed before Buhari left office. Tinubu wants to take Buharisl's glory.

Nigerians are wiser now

helinues:
Is this project not In Zawachiki Chad republic or which Zawachiki is this

To the best of understanding of the confused opposition and their supporters, this government hasn't done a thing

anonimi:
Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC

January 19, 2015

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.

On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.

But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.

It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.

https://www.thecable.ng/petrol-never-cost-n70-per-litre-says-apc/

dele1727:
So should Tinubu abandon the project?
U guys said the same thing about the second Niger bridge when Buhari was finishing it ..

You said jonathan had paid all the money...like someone who does not know how government works in Nigeria

But i am not suprised...
We deserve the government we get..

Our thought process is extremely shallow and we never bother to carry out any research..

We just open our mouth waaaa

PepeXKermit:
Nigerians need to change their mentality. Anytime thry do something, they always quantify it in terms of competition to something else. What is the largest train station in west africa?

naptu2:
Wonderful! So Tinubu should have abandoned it because Buhari started it?

Amazing reasoning.

Typing:
A project that Buhari initiated and it was over 90% completed before Buhari left office. Tinubu wants to take Buharisl's glory.

Nigerians are wiser now