Nigeria’s railway network serves only a small portion of the country. The country is 923,770km², with a railway network of 3,505km colonial narrow gauge and 669km modern standard gauge.

But observers have also said that a change in banks financing a major rail project in Nigeria points to China's desire to commercialise its overseas lending. Wu, the Chinese foreign ministry's ...

LAGOS, May 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria on Wednesday re-opened the first phase of a Chinese-built light railway network in the capital Abuja, four years after it was suspended due to the COVID-19 ...