1st Niger Bridge, built to unite Nigeria, is now being dismantled, piece by piece, introducing a new threat as vandals target bolts, braces and steel components By Egufe Yafugborhi For six decades, the First Niger Bridge has stood over the River Niger, carrying generations of Nigerians, traders, travellers, families, trucks and buses between Onitsha and […]
August 30, 2026
Ever busy Niger Bridge
1st Niger Bridge, built to unite Nigeria, is now being dismantled, piece by piece, introducing a new threat as vandals target bolts, braces and steel components
By Egufe Yafugborhi
For six decades, the First Niger Bridge has stood over the River Niger, carrying generations of Nigerians, traders, travellers, families, trucks and buses between Onitsha and Asaba.
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