•Heavy downpour Farmers across Nigeria have been urged to prepare for heavy rains and not to rush into full-scale planting despite the recent onset of rainfall The Founder of Global Initiative for Nigeria Development, Micheal Ale, gave this advice in a statement released in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday. He noted that the current [&...
•Aerial view of houses submerged last year The federal government has predicted heavy rains and floods in 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The high-flood risk states are: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nas...
•Empty road Imo residents shunned the streets today, Thursday, August 1, during the nationwide hunger protests, opting to stay indoors due to what they called ‘fear of the unknown.’ Some attributed their non-participation in the protest to the recent killings of five policemen and several civilians on Monday and Tuesday at various locations in...
•A car is stranded on a flooded street in Dubai today Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates today as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change. A lightning storm with high winds swept across the oil-rich monarchy […]
•Heavy rains At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the country’s prime minister said today. Tanzania and other countries in East Africa — a region highly vulnerable to climate change — have been pounded by heavier than usual rainfall during the current rainy […...

