Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised the Federal Government’s plan to engage 4,000 social media influencers to showcase infrastructure projects delivered under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Odinkalu, in a post on X on Thursday, said the proposed influencer network could instead be used to address questions surrounding…
The Federal Government has threatened to shut down the Lagos section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway within two weeks if motorists fail to comply with safety measures, but the real scandal is that President Bola Tinubu and Works Minister David Umahi are threatening to close a road they have failed to manage, protect, or justify….
Minister of Works David Umahi has ordered the arrest of the Managing Director of Hartland Nigeria Limited over the company’s failure to complete an 11-kilometre section of the Benin-Onitsha Expressway despite receiving about N14 billion from the Federal Government. Umahi gave the order during an on-the-spot inspection of the expressway on Friday, expressing anger over…
The Benin-Ore Expressway is one of Nigeria’s most vital economic corridors. It is the lifeline that connects the South-West to the South-South and South-East, carrying traders, goods, petroleum products and passengers across the country every single day. But today, that lifeline is broken. Hundreds of motorists and commuters were left stranded for several hours after…
The people of the South-East Region of Nigeria should ignore calls by the Minister of Works, Engr Dave Umahi, urging them to vote solely for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Umahi had instructed south-easterners not to waste their votes on the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Mr Peter Obi. Reacting,…
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has announced that the remaining 164 kilometres of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano highway will be completed by November, a pledge that comes after years of missed deadlines and a project cost that has ballooned from N155 billion to over N752 billion. Speaking on Monday when the leadership of the National Association…
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has allegedly issued a fresh warning to the National President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples United Associations (SOKAPU), Engr. Samuel Tabara Kato, amid the escalating controversy surrounding the death of 26-year-old Mary Habila and the N20 billion lawsuit filed against him. In a WhatsApp message seen by SaharaReporters, a…
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has confirmed that Mary Habila died at his residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State. He also stated that she was a physiotherapist seconded to the Federal Ministry of Works from the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences and renewed his call for an autopsy to determine the cause of…
News Published July 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM Share Copy link Copied! Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp Telegram The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has dismissed claims that the death of a nurse, Mary Habila, at his residence in Ebonyi State was concealed. Naija News reports that Umahi said the deceased’s relatives raised the alarm, forced…
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has fired back at the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, saying he does not need to be a presidential candidate to educate the former Anambra State governor on infrastructure. Addressing journalists at a construction site on Sunday, Umahi made the remark while defending the…
