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2025 SCP: NiMet predicts delayed onset of rainfall in 8 northern states NiMet The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted that eight northern states will experience a delayed onset of rainfall in 2025. The prediction is contained in NiMet’s 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP), unveiled by Mr. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, in Abuja. A statement issued by NiMet listed the affected states as Plateau, Kaduna, Niger, Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba, Adamawa, and Kwara. The SCP, themed “ The Role of Early Warnings Towards a Climate-Resilient Aviation Industry for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development,” also outlined Key Rainfall Predictions for 2025. NiMet predicted an early onset of rainfall in Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Anambra, and parts of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Lagos, Edo, Enugu, Imo, and Ebonyi. “Earlier than long-term average end-of-rainy season is predicted over parts of Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Plateau, Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, FCT, Ekiti, and Ondo States. “A delayed end of season is expected over parts of Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Lagos, Kwara, Taraba, Oyo, Ogun, Cross River, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Anambra, and Enugu States,” it said. According to NiMet, the length of the rainy season in 2025 is expected to be mostly normal across the country. However, it forecasted a shorter-than-normal season in Borno and parts of Yobe, while Lagos and Nasarawa are expected to have longer-than-normal rainy seasons. “A normal to below-normal annual rainfall is anticipated in most parts of Nigeria compared to the long-term average “Parts of Kebbi, Kaduna, Ebonyi, Cross River, Lagos, Abia, Akwa Ibom, and the FCT are expected to have above-normal annual rainfall amounts. “High-intensity rainfall is expected in May and June, likely resulting in flash floods in coastal cities. “As with previous years, there are pre-onset rainfall activities that should not be confused with the actual onset of the rainy season,” it said. NiMet anticipated a severe dry spell of more than 15 days after rainfall begins in parts of Oyo during the April-May-June season. It also predicted a moderate dry spell lasting up to 15 days in Ekiti, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Edo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Imo, Abia, Cross River, Delta, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom. “For northern states, a severe dry spell lasting up to 21 days is predicted for the June-July-August season of 2025. “The Little Dry Season (LDS), also known as ‘August Break,’ is predicted to begin by late July and will be severe only in parts of Lagos and Ogun. “The number of days with little or no rainfall will range between 27 and 40. Moderate LDS effects are expected in parts of Ogun, Oyo, and Ekiti,” it said. NiMet further predicted light or mild LDS over Osun, Oyo, Kwara, and parts of Ondo-North. It also forecasted above-average temperatures across the country. “Both daytime and nighttime temperatures are predicted to be warmer than the long-term average over most parts of the country in January, February, March, and May 2025. “However, April daytime and nighttime temperatures are predicted to be cooler than normal, while warmer-than-normal temperatures are likely in most northern states,” it said.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced one Freeman Charles Ogbonna, to 25 years imprisonment for drug trafficking.

Ogbonna bagged the jail term three months after vomiting and excreting 80 wraps of cocaine.

He was arrested Sunday 31 March 2924 by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while attempting to board his flight to Delhi, India via Doha on Qatar Airways, with a Liberian international passport, bearing the name: Carr Bismark.

He was taken for body scan, which tested positive for ingestion of illicit drugs.

Preliminary checks revealed his real identity as Freeman Charles Ogbonna and was subsequently placed under observation in NDLEA custody where he started to manifest signs of discomfort. Obviously choked by the volume of illicit drugs in his stomach and another substance taken to hold back excretion, the suspect soon began to retch before starting to vomit and excrete wraps of cocaine he ingested almost simultaneously.

The suspect who claimed he was recruited into drug trafficking by one of his relatives eventually passed out a total of 80 wraps of cocaine weighing 889 grams through his mouth and anus over a period of four days.

Ogbonna said he was given the drugs to swallow at a hotel in Ipodo area of Ikeja with a promise to reward him with N300,000 cash if he successfully delivers the consignment in India.

He was subsequently arraigned before Justice Dipeolu Isaac of the Federal High Court, Lagos in charge number FHCL/378/2024 for committing an offence contrary to section 20(1)(b) and punishable under section 20(2)(a) of the NDLEA Act Cap N30 LFN 2004.

Delivering his judgement on the case on Monday, Justice Dipeolu sentenced Ogbonna to 25 years in prison without an option of fine.

Reacting to the outcome of the case, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd) commended the MMIA Command and the prosecution team for a fast and diligent handling of the case, adding that the judiciary remains a strong pillar in the coordinated and concerted effort to curb the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.

He said Ogbonna’s conviction will further send a strong signal to his ilk that there will be no hiding place for drug barons and their mules.

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