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Punch Newspapers Sections Ted Odogwu, Kano KANO State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the families of those, who died in a road accident and the injured in Kwanar Dumawa and Kunya towns in the Minjibir Local Government Area. The accident occurred at Kwanar Dumawa leading to the death of 17 persons, while over 30 suffered varying degrees of injury. In a press statement issued by Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said, “Ganduje prayed for Allah’s forgiveness for those, who lost their lives, while wishing those, who suffered varying d...

"I can trust this man with my wallet in a way l cannot do with Jonathan who appears to have forgotten where he came from."

The plan is to boost the Lagos-Kano-Jibiya (LAKAJI) economic corridor, which both the World Bank and the US have been highlighting. As far back as 2016, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria, in partnership with the West Africa Borderless Alliance, hosted a road governance caravan on the southern segment of the Lagos-Kano-Jibiya (LAKAJI) transport corridor. The caravan started in Lagos, passed through Ogun and Oyo, and ended in Kwara State. A 2013 USAID baseline study on the LAKAJI corridor, showed that it costs over $3,000 and takes approximately 12.5 days to send a 2...

Critics who carpeted the Katsina-Maradi rail as a wrong-headed project argued that it would drain the nation of scarce resources that could have been ploughed to more productive use. But ADEYINKA ADERIBIGBE and FAITH YAHAYA, who witnessed the ground-breaking event last Tuesday, report that contrary to their claims, the project when completed, will reposition the economy. Katsina State last week witnessed an unusual throng of people that could be...

•Directs conclusion of financial plan for Lagos-Calabar rail project By Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh and Kasim Sumaina in Katsina President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military service chiefs to be decisive in dealing with terrorists and ending the insurgency in the North-east without further delay. Buhari has also justified the extension of the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya rail line to Maradi in Niger Republic, saying the project, when completed, will boost trade between Nigeria and Niger Republic, foster trans-Sahara trade and contribute to the expected gains in the African Continental Free ...