completed
Second Niger Bridge
Onitsha–Asaba
1.6km dual-carriageway crossing the River Niger, opened to traffic in 2023.
- Cost
- ₦414B
- Started
- 2018
- Finished
- 2023
Module 12
Projects: built, broken, abandoned
Public works across Nigeria — what was promised, what was delivered, what was abandoned, and at what cost.
completed
3
ongoing
3
stalled
1
abandoned
1
completed
Dangote Refinery
Lekki, Lagos
650,000 bpd refinery — largest single-train refinery in the world.
- Cost
- $20B
- Started
- 2013
- Finished
- 2024
completed
Lagos–Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail
Lagos → Oyo
157km standard gauge line connecting the commercial capital to the South West.
- Cost
- $1.5B
- Started
- 2017
- Finished
- 2021
ongoing
Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway
Lagos → Cross River
700km coastal highway — costs revised up 4× without competitive tender.
- Cost
- ₦15T (revised)
- Started
- 2024
- Finished
- —
abandoned
Ajaokuta Steel Complex
Kogi
Never produced commercial steel. Multiple failed concessions.
- Cost
- $8B+ since 1979
- Started
- 1979
- Finished
- —
stalled
Mambilla Hydropower
Taraba
3,050 MW project trapped in international arbitration.
- Cost
- $5.8B contracted
- Started
- 2007
- Finished
- —
ongoing
Abuja Light Rail
FCT
Partially operational. Service interruptions and unfinished stations persist.
- Cost
- $823M
- Started
- 2007
- Finished
- —
ongoing
Eastern Rail Modernisation
Port Harcourt → Maiduguri
1,443km line under reconstruction. Insecurity has slowed progress.
- Cost
- $3.02B
- Started
- 2022
- Finished
- —