Nigeria, June 10 -- Ken IbenneTNC Reporter
This comes barely ten days since the glittering launch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, though one week since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially inaugurated the project on May 31, 2025.
Motorists can hardly get on the newly constructed stretch of 30 kilometers Phase 1, Section 1. News of it being one of the biggest landmarks national infrastructure achievements soon turned into controversy and concern.
The highway, described as Nigeria's most ambitious transport undertaking, was designed to considerably reduce traffic jams, particularly for drivers traveling between Victoria Island and Abraham Adesanya in Lagos. Touted with a promise of a quicker, smoother road that could reduce travel ...