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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Nigeria reopened the First Niger Bridge on Thursday after a 38-day closure that forced interstate traffic onto the newer downstream crossing between Asaba and Onitsha. Works Minister David Umahi ordered emergency repairs following alarming reports that scavengers had stolen crucial steel bolts from the ageing crossing. Neglect and theft continuously endanger critical transport links across…
Persistent downpours have forced the Federal Ministry of Works to postpone the reopening of the First Niger Bridge. The steel span, which links Onitsha in Anambra State to Asaba in Delta State, was shut down on 7 September for emergency repairs. Federal engineers had promised to hand the river crossing back to commercial traffic on…
Federal authorities have ordered the closure of the First Niger Bridge for two weeks, cutting off the historic primary link between Asaba and Onitsha. The Federal Ministry of Works cited severe carriageway degradation and extensive structural vandalism, most acutely the stripping of stanchion bolts, steel truss components, and expansion joint fixtures by scrap scavengers, as…
The Federal Government has ordered the full closure of the First Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State, for two weeks to allow emergency rehabilitation and maintenance works. In a statement issued on Friday by the Acting Federal Controller of Works, Anambra State Field Headquarters, Timothy Emenike, the bridge will be closed to traffic from…