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The first European to visit the area was Heinrich Barth in 1851, shortly after Yola was founded. He traveled by the Sahara route, coming through Kukawa near Lake Chad, which at the time was the capital of the Borno Empire. [4] The state is serviced by the Yola International Airport which is among the first airport buillt in Nigeria.
Engr Adedeji Ashiru (FNSE) [1] is a Nigerian engineer and the MD/CEO of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, [2] [3] a federal agency under the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Water Resources and one of the twelve River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) established by the Federal Government of Nigeria under Decrees number 25 of 1976 and 31 of 1977.
River Basin Development Authorities in Nigeria are government agencies involved in the management of water resources for agriculture and other uses. Each authority operates in an assigned geo-morphological and political boundary and work to improve agriculture and rural development through irrigation, control of river pollution and also to assist farmers in processing food crops.
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
One’s biological age, which measures the body’s physiological state, may help predict who is at risk for developing colon polyps, a known risk factor for colorectal cancer.
And the current permanent secretary is Alhaji Aliyu Shehu shinkafi from zamfara state which is appointed by president Tinubu on the 19th of January 2024. [ 3 ] The former minister of water resources is Engr. Suleiman Hussaini Adamu FNSE, FAEng., who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 11 November 2015.
A friend referred to her toddlers as anchors: cute, squishy anchors, but anchors nonetheless. The same could be said of our pets — furry, feathered, and finned.
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC or CBLT in French) is an intergovernmental organization that oversees water and other natural resource usage in the basin. There are eight member governments—i.e., Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Algeria, the Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan—chosen for their proximity to Lake Chad. [1] [2]