The Federal Government has ordered security agencies to beef up surveillance patrols around the Second Niger Bridge and its surroundings to prevent further vandalism. On 12th July, the Federal Government had raised the alarm that the N336 billion bridge was already been vandalised. It was opened in May by thr then President Muhammadu Buhari. While inspecting the bridge on Monday, …

President Muhammadu Buhari will be physically absent at the official commissioning of the Second Niger Bridge scheduled to hold on Tuesday. According to sources in the Ministry of Works and Housing, who do not want to be mentioned in print, the N336 billion bridge, regarded as a legacy project, will be commissioned alongside six other road projects by the president …

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 palace of the Obi of Onitsha has said that His Majesty Nnaemeka Achebe was not involved in any sod turning ceremony for the second River Niger bridge in the first term of President Olusegun Obasanjo, who tenure ran from 1999 to 2007. While responding to Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, the Senior Special Assistant …