I can say that it’s much bigger work. But the principle is the same because I wasn’t sitting down in office as a governor.

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is being constructed with safety and economic benefits considerations for the people in mind, stating that 20 kilometres of the road will be inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu in May 2025.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been called upon to wade in over the alleged selectivity of the demolition of properties for the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. Diaspora investors under the aegis of the Association of Nigerian Diaspora Investors (ANDI) accused the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, of illegal deviation and selective demolition of their…

Stakeholders, community leaders, Nigerians in Diaspora, and landowners have called on President Bola Tinubu to probe the circumstances surrounding the diversion of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway at chainages 17 and 18.

The candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) in the last Lagos State gubernatorial election, Funso Doherty, has taken the Federal Government, the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and HiTech Construction Company to court over the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.

President Bola Tinubu yesterday commissioned the reconstructed Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota-Oshodi expressway and the newly rehabilitated Third

Minister of Works,  Dave Umahi, has said the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway will return to its original route to avoid destroying submarine cables. Speaking at the 3rd stakeholders meeting of the coastal highway project in Lagos, Umahi announced that the Federal Government will abandon the proposed new route of the coastal highway from kilometres 16 to…

The Obong of Calabar Executive Forum, which is an advisory and executive arm of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar, has called on the Federal Government to start the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway simultaneously from the Lagos and Calabar axes.

A pro-democracy movement, The Democratic Front (TDF) has applauded governors of states in the South South region for throwing their weight behind the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. This, it said, is in spite of the fact that the majority of the governors have a political affiliation, which is different from that of…

A former senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has lauded the Federal Government over the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Murray-Bruce heaped plaudits on the Nigerian government after paying a visit to the construction site of the project on Tuesday morning. "Today, I visited the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction site with my good friend, the former governor…

The Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has advised the Federal Government to extend the terminus of the 700-kilometers Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project to the border town of Badagry.

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has accused Peter Obi of inciting the Southeast against President Bola Tinubu's administration. Umahi chided Obi on Wednesday when the Federal Government began the payment of N2.75 billion as compensation to the people whose properties were demolished due to the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. The Minister made the…