Nigeria, July 17 -- The Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced the development on Thursday during a media briefing in Abuja. He also revealed that President Tinubu had approved a 400-kilometre extension of the Fourth Legacy Highway and the reconstruction of sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Umahi said the decision to rename the coastal highway was taken by the Ministry of Works following consultations with the ministry's leadership.

"That highway is named the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway. By the powers conferred on me as Minister of Works, in consultation with my Permanent Secretary, the Minister of State, directors and staff of the ministry, we decided to name it after him because of his dream for it," he said...