Federal Government pays $218m to begin the construction of Kano-Kaduna rail next week.
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Nigeria will pay $600m for that $1.2bn railway, as Standard Chartered Bank UK has shown readiness to pay for the southern Lagos-Calabar coastal rail.
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The eastern railway also got N13bn initial payment.