Oct 28, 2026 · 29 min · 12 segments
A climate phenomenon originating in the Pacific Ocean is raising concerns about extreme weather across the world, including potential heat-related risks in Nigeria. Known as El Niño, it occurs when…
Ahmad Mohammed SaboGuestNoura AbdullahiGuestLukman Awol AgunuHostSo I've heard of El Nino.
And from what I understand, it's a climate pattern where part of the Pacific Ocean becomes unusually warm.
And it causes changes in weather patterns around the world.
So it makes some places hotter and drier, while other places, again, experience heavy rainfall and even flooding.
So speaking of the hot weather in Nigeria, be the um hot weather nigerians are experiencing let me just say what has been helping me is that i try as much as possible to stay hydrated like i take um cold water Even though water is expensive now because of the cost of electricity.
So everything is expensive, including water.
But what can we do? We don't have any option than to stay hydrated.
this what i heard about this el nino the warning about the streaming heat i could witness it that my girlfriend witnessed it and she complained about it yesterday with me.
Then when we had a phone conversation, she said the hit almost wanted to buy her life.
She thought that she's dying.
And I told her she never heard about this El Nino hit that they were talking about.
She said she didn't know.
I told other people they said 30,000, no, 31,400 people, they are going to die for this.
condition of this weather condition in Nigeria and they they they dictate that it was since September that it didn't happen that it's going to end February and it's in West Africa especially Nigeria so the weather is not suitable at all At all, we the Nigerian, the weather is not suitable.
Like me now, for example, now I consume more water.
I
drink more of water.
I can't, this cost of electricity, kai, I don't know about this electricity because where we are now like this, we don't even see light because NEPA used us to do play play, used us to catch crows here.
Alhamdulillah for water.
Yes, I've heard about El Nino and the warning about extreme heat.
So from what I understand, it is a weather change, a weather pattern that can affect temperature and then sometimes rainfall in different parts of the world.
So honestly, I think we're experiencing the effects now in Nigeria.
Yes, because I can see the extreme heat.
So I've heard of El Nino.
And from what I understand, it's a climate pattern where part of the Pacific Ocean becomes unusually warm.
And it causes changes in weather patterns around the world.
So it makes some places hotter and drier, while other places, again, experience heavy rainfall and even flooding.
So speaking of the hot weather in Nigeria, be the um hot weather nigerians are experiencing let me just say what has been helping me is that i try as much as possible to stay hydrated like i take um cold water Even though water is expensive now because of the cost of electricity.
So everything is expensive, including water.
But what can we do? We don't have any option than to stay hydrated.
this what i heard about this el nino the warning about the streaming heat i could witness it that my girlfriend witnessed it and she complained about it yesterday with me.
Then when we had a phone conversation, she said the hit almost wanted to buy her life.
She thought that she's dying.
And I told her she never heard about this El Nino hit that they were talking about.
She said she didn't know.
I told other people they said 30,000, no, 31,400 people, they are going to die for this.
condition of this weather condition in Nigeria and they they they dictate that it was since September that it didn't happen that it's going to end February and it's in West Africa especially Nigeria so the weather is not suitable at all At all, we the Nigerian, the weather is not suitable.
Like me now, for example, now I consume more water.
I
drink more of water.
I can't, this cost of electricity, kai, I don't know about this electricity because where we are now like this, we don't even see light because NEPA used us to do play play, used us to catch crows here.
Alhamdulillah for water.
Yes, I've heard about El Nino and the warning about extreme heat.
So from what I understand, it is a weather change, a weather pattern that can affect temperature and then sometimes rainfall in different parts of the world.
So honestly, I think we're experiencing the effects now in Nigeria.
Yes, because I can see the extreme heat.
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