The Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa has said that the dredging of River Niger, River Benue, and River Kaduna to check perennial flooding in affected areas will cost over $20 billion. He stated this on Thursday at the 2023 stakeholders meeting on flood mitigation and other related issues held in Ilorin, the …

Niger state Governor-elect, Alhaji Umar Mohammed Bago has approved the governorship inauguration sub-committees’ leadership and members. A statement by Chairman of the inauguration Committee, Dr Mohammed Santuraki stated that Bago approved the constitution and membership of nine Inauguration subcommittees. The sub-committees are Security; Health and Safety; Venue; Accommodation, Transport and Logistics; Inauguration Lecture; Protocol, Welfare and Entertainment; and Special Events. …