The National Judicial Council has released the list of thirty eight persons recommended for various judicial appointments in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, and ten other states.

Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man. Rainfall intensity is high in Rivers state due to climatic changes such as high rainfall volume and duration. The result of our study shows that the risk of the occurrence of potentially damaging floods in Port Harcourt increases with increasing rainfall intensity. Also, the risk of flood is bound to increase in the future with increasing urbanization hence the need to demarcate the flooded areas for effective flood mitigation, an idea that has remained in the papers for decades.