Coastal Highway

Youths in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom, have staged a strategic, peaceful protest to publicly endorse the federal Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, positioning their community as a willing and stable partner for national development. This demonstration serves as a powerful local counter-narrative to regional disputes, explicitly linking the highway project to economic benefits and investor security. Crucially, the protest also functions as a show of support for the state government’s stance on a contentious oil-rich forest reserve, aiming to resolve historical tensionsContinue Reading