The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has ordered the closure of the Second Niger Bridge and sections of other major roads earlier opened to ease traffic for the 2022 Christmas celebrations. Giving the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, Fashola said that this is to enable contractors to return to the site to complete work on the various …

The second Niger Bridge was opened for vehicular movement at 9:50 am today. The opening was delayed by about 10 hours having been scheduled for midnight of Thursday. According to a government official who spoke to Channels Television, the delay was as a result of some adjustments on the roads the roads linking the bridge. The first driver to pass through …

The Acting Federal Controller of Works for Anambra State, Mr Seyi Martins has said that the second Niger-bridge would be fully ready for use by the first quarter of 2024. While receiving members of the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) on the bridge on Saturday, he said that work on the facility had reached 95 per cent …