The Sokoto River (formerly known as Gublin Kebbi) is a river in north-west Nigeria. It flows from River Niger. The river start from near Funtua in the south of Katsina State, some in a straight line from Sokoto. It flows north-west passing Gusau in Zamfara State, where the Gusau Dam forms a reservoir that supplies the city with water.
The river enters Sokoto State where it passes by Sokoto city and is joined by the Rima River. It then turns south and flows through Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi State for about south of Birnin Kebbi. Sokoto river also meets with the Niger River.
The land around the river is used for farming. The river is used to supply water to the plants. The river is also an important means of transport. The Bakolori Dam, about upstream from Sokoto, is a major reservoir on the Sokoto River. It has had significant impact on downstream floodplain cultivation.
Rima River
The Rima River is a river in the northern part of Nigeria. The Goulbi de Maradi river flows by its northernmost point it. It runs southwest and joins the Sokoto River near Sokoto, then continues south to the Niger River. The upper Rima is a seasonal river and flows only during the rainy season.
The Zauro polder project, a major irrigation scheme, has been planned for many years. It would supply water to of farmland in the Rima floodplain between Argungu and Birnin Kebbi.
Zauro polder project
The Zauro polder project is an irrigation plan for the Rima River floodplain in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
The project started because the yearly rainfall in Kebbi, is not much. It is about . The temperatures are about , ranging from between April and June.
With these, there is little or no farming. Dams and irrigation plans are ways by which the government wants to use the abundant water of the rainy season for farming in the dry season.
The state government and the federal ministry of agriculture and water resources started the plan for the project started in 1969. However, there have been repeated delays.
As at July 1995 there was nothing being done on the project.
In March 2003, while campaigning for reelection in Birnin Kebbi, President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to complete the project.
In October 2006 the Federal and Kebbi state governments signed a memorandum of understanding for execution of the project, at an estimated cost of N15 billion.
In May 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua ordered work to start immediately on the first part of the project, which was now estimated to cost over N18.5 billion.
In January 2009 Kebbi State governor Sa'idu Dakingari said work would soon start.
Goulbi de Maradi River
The Goulbi de Maradi is a river in south central Niger and north central Nigeria. Its source is near Katsina in Nigeria, and its end in the Rima River.
It important for farming and rearing cattle in the Niger cities of Maradi, Guidan Roumdji, and Madarounfa, where it flows through. But the Goulbi de Maradi never flows more than from the Niger–Nigeria border. It is a seasonal river and flows only during the rainy season.
Tōta Kaneko
, (September 23, 1919 – February 20, 2018) was a Japanese writer. He was born in Chichibu, Saitama. He studied at the University of Tokyo and worked for the Bank of Japan.
Kaneko started to write poems (haiku) helped by his father Mitsuharu Kaneko. In his career, he won Cikada Prize (2005), Person of Cultural Merit (2008), Kikuchi Kan Prize (2010) and Asahi Prize (2015).
Kaneko died on February 20, 2018 of pneumonia in Kumagaya, Saitama at the age of 98.
Zigmas Zinkevičius
Zigmas Zinkevičius (January 4, 1925 in Juodausiai, Ukmergė district – February 20, 2018 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian linguist-historian, professor at Vilnius University, and a full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He has contributed to studies in the history of languages, onomastics
Zinkevičius was a recipient of the Herder Prize, which was presented to him in 1994. Zinkevičius was the author of 30 academic books and several hundred scientific publications in various languages.
Kevin Zinger
Kevin Zinger is an American movie producer and media entrepreneur based in San Diego, California. Zinger is best known for producing an award-winning documentary movie "Saving Banksy".
Zinger started his career by producing and promoting shows all over San Diego County by the age of 19. Zinger co-founded "Supporting Radical Habits" productions which helped pave the way for bands like Sublime, Offspring, Pennywise. In 1997, Zinger co-founded Suburban Noize Records, an independent record label based in Burbank, California.
In 2017, Zinger produced a highly acclaimed documentary movie "Saving Banksy". The film critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie an approval rating of 100% based on 13 reviews and an average rating of 6.2/10.
Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician. He was the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 to 17 March 2019. He was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. He worked under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017.
In October 2018, it was announced that Parrikar had pancreatic cancer. He died on 17 March 2019 from the disease at his home in Panaji, Goa at the age of 63.
Barry Crimmins
Barry Crimmins (July 3, 1953 – February 28, 2018) was an American stand-up comedian and political satirist. He was the author of "Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal".
Crimmins founded two comedy clubs, The Ding Ho and Stitches, in the 1980s in Boston. Shows at these clubs, produced by Crimmins, included performances by comedians Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and many others.
Crimmins's life and work in comedy and politics are the subject of a documentary called "Call Me Lucky" (2015) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
In January 2018, Crimmins was diagnosed with cancer and said that the diagnosis is "not very well". He died of the disease one month later on February 28, 2018, in Syracuse, New York at the age of 64.
Steven Wright
Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and Oscar-winning movie producer. He is known for his low voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic comedy. He is known for his Oscar-winning short movie "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988).
Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by "Rolling Stone" in a list of the 50 Greatest Stand-up Comics.
Tom Landry
Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. Landry won two Super Bowl titles (VI, XII). He was born in Mission, Texas. He played for the New York Giants from 1950 to 1955. He coached the Dallas Cowboys 1960 to 1988.
Landry died in Dallas, Texas on February 12, 2000 of leukemia at the age of 75.
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) is a research institute at the University of Virginia in the United States. It specializes in the use of Information technology in the humanities.The institute was founded in 1992 with money donated by IBM. In 2010, the institute developed the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) database. This database has s for people and what other people have written about the person. The database also tells which libraries have the writings about the person. Each person in the database has their own unique number. As of 2016, the SNAC database had entries for 2.5 million people.
Northern California
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