The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised people living on flood-prone communities to start relocating. Last month, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency had categorised 148 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Lagos, Kano, Delta, and 30 other states as high flood-risk areas. According to the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, “the 2024 Annual Flood Outlook shows …

Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) with Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have strengthened their relationship to improve agriculture yield. Both had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 3 March 2022, to develop a dashboard for early warning, capacity building on accessing and interpreting information on meteorological changes. The MoU also include the provision of agro-meteorological advisory services to …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of likely heat stress across the country. In a weather alert accompanied by a pictorial representation of the map of the country marked with five different colours, the agency indicated the degree of heat stress. Kano, Gombe, Sokoto, Yobe, and about eight other states in the North were advised to take action because …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released a weather forecast projecting the prevalence of slight dust haze in the northern region of the country on Sunday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted the prevalence of slight dust haze across northern regions of the country with improvements in horizontal visibility. The report read: “Dust Haze is still the …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has raised fresh concerns over an impending dust haze that is expected to deteriorate visibility across the country in the coming days. The agency also emphasised the need for airline operators to be on high alert, and avail themselves of weather reports from NiMet for effective planning in their operations. OThe agency, Wednesday night, raised this …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a weather forecast indicating the likelihood of dust haze and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday across the nation. In its Weather Outlook report obtained on Monday, the agency predicted dust haze with a visibility range of one kilometre to three kilometre and localised visibility of less than or equal to 1,000 metres was …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), and the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) have predicted a high probability of flooding across the country as a result of heavy rainfall in the months ahead. The agencies, which released their 2023 Seasonal Climate Prediction and Annual Flood Outlookearly in the year, said they were taking proactive steps …

The Federal Government has approved emergency management plans to mitigate the impact of the flood nationwide. After an emergency meeting on flood situation with relevant stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo told reporters that said government had approved the National Emergency Flood Preparedness and Response …