President Bola Tinubu has issued a stern warning to developers against erecting structures on designated setbacks around the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, threatening demolition without compensation. Also read: Tinubu commissions 1st phase of Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, other roads, warns contractors, developers He emphasised that the Federal Government would rigorously enforce these regulations in the national interest. At the commissioning of the first …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to local content, technology transfer, and the empowerment of Nigerians as he commissioned the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and several major road projects across the country. At the ceremony in Lagos on Saturday, President Tinubu directed the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and other ministers overseeing projects …

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, May 31, commission 11 completed road projects across Nigeria, including the first completed section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. The Federal Ministry of Works announced on Friday. The commissioning, which will be held both physically and virtually, follows presidential approval secured by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to officially open a 30-kilometre stretch …

President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, 31 May inaugurate Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as part of his working visit to Lagos, the Presidency said on Monday. The highway, one of the flagship infrastructure projects of his administration, will be inaugurated alongside other key developments including the Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, the flag-off of …

Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi said all the governors in the Southeast region are supporting President Bola Tinubu and urged the undecided, such as former governor Peter Obi, to join the train. He also said a section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is nearing completion and that users will have to pay a toll starting in December. Senator Umahi …

The minister of works, Dave Umahi, has clarified on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project implementation, saying that it is the section one of the project that is 70 per cent completed. Umahi made the clarification in an interview with joutnalists during a tour of some bridges on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Thursday. ‘Some of you reported that I said the …

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will fast-track development and deepen Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) within a short time, a businessman, Chief Tolani Oladipo has said. Against the backdrop of the project’s criticism by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his latest book, Oladipo gave a note of caution. In a statement, he advised against comments that are damaging to the project …

The federal government has disclosed plans to install Closed Circuit Television cameras (CCTV) on the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The minister of works, Engr. David Umahi, disclosed this during a tour of Sections I and II of the project in Lagos being handled by Hitech Construction Company Ltd on 20 December. In a statement by the special adviser on media to …

The Federal Government has set up a legal team to address the numerous court cases impacting the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, Minister of Works David Umahi has said. He said the decision was crucial as the litigations risk delaying the timely completion of the legacy road project. According to him, President Bola Tinubu has also approved compensation for property owners …

The Governor of Cross Rivers State, Bassey Otu, has commended President Bola Tinubu for the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, saying the project would strengthen the socio-economic ties between the South-West and the South-South regions of the country. According to a statement on Monday by his media aide, Otu spoke on Sunday during the South-South zonal meeting of the All Progressives …