DispatchKwara8.50°N 4.54°E
A new substation in Kwara, and what it does not do
The state has a new piece of the national grid. It is worth being precise about what that changes, because it is not the thing most people will assume.
Writer
Sule Danjuma
Covers rivers, farming and the places where the two arguments meet. Grew up on the Benue and has never really left it.
Based in Makurdi
DispatchOnitsha6.14°N 6.80°E
Everything crosses at Onitsha
A river port with what is often called the largest market in West Africa, and one bridge holding it all together.
DispatchMakurdi7.73°N 8.54°E
A city that is entirely about crossing a river
Makurdi exists because of a bridge, grows the country's yam, and floods on a schedule everybody knows.
Local historyLokoja7.80°N 6.73°E
Where two rivers meet and refuse to mix
At Lokoja the Niger and the Benue join, and for a stretch below the confluence you can see the join.