Peter Obi: Security Must Take Priority Over Coastal Highway Project

We’re not at war, but Nigerians are refugees – Peter Obi - Newsy People

The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has decried the growing insecurity and hardship across Nigeria, describing the country as a “crime scene” in dire need of repair.   Speaking at an event in Abuja on Tuesday, June 10, Obi lamented that although Nigeria is not officially at war, many citizens live like refugees, both within and outside the country. In his words;   “Today in Nigeria, we’re not officially at war, …

Nigeria’s 30km Coastal Highway Closed 10 Days After Launch - Thepodiummedia

There was euphoria and excitement on Saturday, May 31, 2025 when President Bola Tinubu, at an elaborate gathering of politicians, captains of industry and sundry stakeholders, commissioned the Section 1, Phase 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, measuring 30 kilometres. That excitement, however, is thinning out as the road that was declared ready and commissioned is not yet fully open to motorists because, “work is still on-going from the Da…

Peter Obi: Security Must Take Priority Over Coastal Highway Project

Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised the Tinubu administration’s emphasis on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, contending that Nigeria’s economic vulnerability and insecurity should come before such massive infrastructure projects. In an interview on Monday, Obi questioned whether it was logical to commit vast resources to the several infrastructural projects that will “lead nowhere…