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President Bola Tinubu has renewed his request to the Nigerian Senate for approval of a $516.3 million foreign loan to accelerate the construction of the Sokoto–Badagry superhighway. This project is expected to improve regional connectivity and trade routes across Nigeria's northwest to the southwest. Opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, continue to express concern over the rising national debt from such borrowing.