Flood: Kaduna steps up dredging, targets flood-free season

From Noah Ebije, Kaduna

The Kaduna State government has launched a massive dredging and expansion of waterways in flood-prone areas, determined to avert the kind of devastation that crippled parts of the state last year.

This followed early warnings by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), which listed Kaduna among states likely to experience heavy downpours, flash floods, and windstorms…