Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Saturday dismissed allegations by businesswoman Tracyniter Nicholas Ohiri that he demanded sex from her in exchange for the payment of a purported debt, describing the claims as politically motivated and baseless.

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has assured Nigerians that roads being constructed under the administration of President Bola Tinubu will last up to 100 years due to improved construction methods and materials.

The David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital (DUFUTH), Uburu, Ebonyi State, has provided free medical treatment to at least 8,000 vulnerable people in the state.

The Federal Government has confirmed that Section One of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway will be ready for inauguration by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the month of May 2026.

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has announced that Section One of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway is on track for commissioning by May, even as he condemned vandalism and improper waste disposal along the project corridor.

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has appointed Mr. Francis Nwaze as Senior Special Assistant on Media with immediate effect.

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has directed contractors handling the Aba–Port Harcourt Expressway to complete the project by April, ahead of its formal inauguration by Bola Ahmed Tinubu in May.

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has urged that the Southeast region can only produce a credible presidential candidate through collaboration, development, and unity, rather than by sentiment, intimidation, or hate.

The contractor handling the long-delayed Kaduna Eastern Bypass road project, Eksiogullari Construction Company Nigeria Limited, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, to urgently intervene and release funds to enable the completion of the project.

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a God-sent blessing to the South-East geopolitical zone, citing what he called unprecedented attention to infrastructural development in the region.

The Federal Government has banned all forms of mining activities within a 10-kilometre radius of bridges across the country.

Mr. Osborne Umahi, son of the Minister of Works and former Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to contest the chairmanship election in Ohaozara Local Government Area ahead of the August 2026 council polls in Ebonyi State.

Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has commended progress of work on the ongoing reconstruction of Shagamu-Iperu Junction-Ore dual carriageway.

THE Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, yesterday, disclosed that the total rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State cost N43 billion, while the bridge’s Closed Circuit Television Camera, CCTV, Centre cost about N2.5 billion.

Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has charged staff of the Ministry to prepare and embrace the challenges likely to come with 2026.