Alleged Realignment: Coastal Highway Is Intact, Says – Umahi

Umahi insists coastal highway intact amid realignment controversy

Works Minister David Umahi has dismissed reports that the 750km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway has been abandoned, insisting the original alignment is intac

Alleged Realignment: Coastal Highway Is Intact, Says – Umahi

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has clarified that at no time did President Bola Tinubu issue an instruction that the 750km dualised Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway be “discontinued to East-West road from Edo State”.

Ondo Coastal Highway: ADC candidate challenges Umahi

…Akingunola alleges route change breaches procurement rules By Dayo Johnson AKURE: The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Ondo East/West Federal Constituency, Hon. Niyi Akingunola, has questioned the alleged rerouting of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway away from Ondo State, calling on the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to clarify the decision. Akingunola, in a statement, […]

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Reroute: What Changes, What Stays, and Does It Break Procurement Law?

The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is changing course again. On Monday, October 12, 2026, Works Minister David Umahi told reporters at the State House in Abuja that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the road to follow the existing East-West Road from the Ondo State boundary into Edo State, instead of cutting a fresh alignment through the […]

FG says, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Rd unchanged, 400km East-West inland Is Additional

By Kola Alawiye In a shocking manner that has all the trappings of damage control, the Federal Government in Nigeria has come out to debunk , adjust and clarifies earlier statement by Minister of woks, Umahi. It has now been clarified that Tinubu Never Ordered Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Realignment, 400km East-West Road Is Additional Project ...

East-West Road Reconstruction Won’t Affect Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

The Federal Government has dismissed reports that President Bola Tinubu ordered the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project to be discontinued at Edo State in favour of the East-West Road, saying the reconstruction of the latter is an additional project. The Ministry of Works said the 400-kilometre stretch of the East-West Road from Edo to Cross River […]