Pieces of Halley's Comet will streak across Nigeria's sky before dawn on Thursday, 22 October. A bright Moon gets in the way, so here is when it sets where you live.
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A NIHSA alert put parts of 15 states at high flood risk last week. Here is the science behind the forecasts and what each warning asks you to do.
Updated 18:23 WAT, 30 Sep 2026: NIHSA has issued a new flood advisory covering 17 states from 28 September to 4 October, with eight at high risk. Last week the flood warnings came thick and fast. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) issued an alert, coded NFA-2026-262, placing parts of 15 states at high risk of flooding between 19 and…
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