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Dr. Abiodun Essiet, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement for the North-Central region and North Central Coordinator of the Directorate of Infrastructure, Mobilisation and Sensitisation (APC Presidential Campaign Council), has highlighted major road and bridge projects being delivered across the zone under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. In a recent

The Honourable Minister of Works, Sen. Engr. David Umahi, CON, FNSE, FNATE, has inaugurated members of the Office of the Deputy Director General (ODDG) for Infrastructure, Mobilisation and Sensitisation under the 2027 APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Speaking at the inaugural meeting held on Thursday, 15 October 2026 in Abuja, Umahi — who serves as

The Federal Government has clarified that the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway has not been discontinued or replaced by the East–West Road, explaining that the reconstruction of the existing road is an additional infrastructure project. The controversy surrounding the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway has taken a fresh turn following public concerns over comments suggesting that part of the

President Tinubu to Flag Off 401km Lambata–Bida–Mokwa–Makera–Kontagora Highway Reconstruction on Tuesday President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to flag off the reconstruction and dualisation of the Lambata–Bida–Mokwa–Makera–Kontagora Federal Highway in Niger State on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The ceremony will hold at 12 noon in Bida. The project covers a reported 401-kilometre corridor that serves

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (North Central), Dr. Abiodun Essiet, has paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu. The visit centred on strategic investment in human capital, skills development and research, and how those interventions can strengthen Nigeria’s