Weather
12 Dec
The UK weather service forecast Thursday that 2025 would likely be among the top three warmest years globally, falling just behind the record-breaking temperatures set in the past months.
2 Oct
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are heading Wednesday to areas devastated by Hurricane Helene after Harris's election rival Donald Trump sought to turn their handling of the disaster into campaign fodder. Biden will survey damage by helicopter over the flood-hit city of Asheville, North Carolina, one of the places worst hit…
16 Sep
One person was killed and seven were reported missing in the Czech Republic after flooding provoked by Storm Boris, Czech police said on Monday. One person drowned in a stream close to Bruntal in the northeast, while authorities "recorded seven people missing", police chief Martin Vondrasek told a radio station. READ ALSO: Gambling in the Czech…
4 Sep
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions across the nation from Wednesday to Friday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja forecast thunderstorms over parts of Borno, Jigawa, Yobe Adamawa, Taraba, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto States during the morning hours on Wednesday. “Later in the day, thunderstorms are…
19 Aug
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Kaduna, Taraba and Bauchi States during the morning hours. According to NiMet, thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kebbi, Adamawa, Taraba,…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized the administration of President Bola Tinubu over the alleged hack of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website. In a statement signed by his Media Office on Thursday, Atiku stressed the importance of data fidelity for development purposes. "The unprecedented claim that the website of the National Bureau…
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Several travellers during this festive period are finding seamless air travel less accessible at various airports nationwide. The challenge, The Guardian observed, is not unconnected with weather disruptions, inadequate infrastructure and equipment to cope
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The upper chamber of the National Assembly has commended Dangote Sinotruk West Africa Limited (DSWAL) for its efforts in industrial breakthrough. Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Shuaibu Lau
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The federal government said it has assigned air routes to many domestic operators where it has a Bilateral Air Service Agreement. While speaking recently in Abuja, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo
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Lagos State House of Assembly has described as unfounded the allegation by an anti-corruption coalition that it awarded a N17 billion contract for the construction of the Assembly's gate. Chairman, House Committee on Information
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The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Temitope Fashedemi, has expressed displeasure over the decline of agricultural productivity in most parts of northern states, linking the challenge to climate risks and natural disasters
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The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the Bank of Industry (BoI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the disbursement of a N75 billion intervention fund
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The other burning issue, apart from Farotimi and Babalola’s, which I wish to take a look at – and which I am taking a look at now – relates to what is happening in our capital territory. What is this burning issue – which our human rightists and civil society
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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revoked plots of land belonging to former President, Muhammadu Buhari; House of Representatives Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, and 759 others.