ON THE RIVER NIGER BRIDGE, Nigeria — After two hours spent in gridlocked traffic trying to cross a bridge spanning the mighty Niger River, despair kicks in. We’ve not moved an inch.

•Bridge not on our priority list, says Delta govt Asaba Ase, a coastal community on the bank of River Niger, faces an existential threat on two fronts: rapid erosion of its shoreline by the ...

With the Second River Niger Bridge, inter-state travel within the region becomes more convenient. Social and economic integration also becomes more enhanced.

At least nine people have been killed after the collapse of a bridge over a river in India’s western Gujarat state, according ...

The Federal Road safety Commission (FRSC) is putting out all the stops in order to ensure that the River Niger bridge is traffic-free.

The Second Niger Bridge has been on the drawing board since 1976 until construction commenced on September 1, 2018. The bridge constructed across the River Niger, connects Asaba (Delta State) with ...

Dozens of people were feared dead after a boat carrying mostly women and children returning from a religious festival capsized in northern Nigeria, a local emergency official and residents said on ...

Upon the return to civilian rule on May 29, 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to deliver a second Niger River bridge.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said ...

Started in earnest in 2018, the bridge is quite strategic given that it lies over the River Niger, linking the South-east with the South-south and South-west. Inspection Given the April deadline ...

READ ALSO: Excitement as Onitsha River Port comes alive Moghalu said: “By February next year 2022, the new Second Niger Bridge will be opened for vehicular use.

The Federal Road safety Commission (FRSC) is putting out all the stops in order to ensure that the River Niger bridge is traffic-free. The Anambra sector of the Federal Road safety Commission ...