The campaign office of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced that the 203-km Kano-Kaduna Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line is now 90% complete and that a launch ceremony will be held on December 3, 2026. The line is an extension of the already-existing Abuja-Kaduna line and will now provide uninterrupted transportation between the national capital and Kano, a city 450km to the north.

A connection between Kano and the Nigerien city of Maradi is already under construction and is estimated to be 30% complete, according to media reports. Although the Tinubu campaign is trying to play this as their accomplishment, the project (and the Nigerien extension) were begun under President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021, and received a big boost after receiving a loan from China in 2025.