Lagos-Calabar road project
7 May 2024
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend the execution of the controversial Calabar-Lagos Coastal Highway until issues of opaqueness, lack of transparency in the award of the project, among other issues are cleared.
6 May 2024
The Chidi Ibeh-led faction of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged those attacking the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, over the construction of the 700 kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, to rethink and support the project.
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kidnapped senior Anglican cleric, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala has been freed by his abductors.Words filtered in on Thursday morning
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