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 …