Flood warnings had been ringing out across Nigeria’s north-east for weeks. Schools in Maiduguri were closed for a fortnight ...

Nigerian authorities said 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country's ...

Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum described the extent of the damage as "beyond human imagination". This is the first time ...

The city of Maiduguri, in northern Nigeria, has been hit by devastating flooding. But is it due to government neglect or climate change — or both?

Floods that swept through Nigeria's northeastern Borno state have affected up to 1 million people, the state governor said on ...

The aftermath of flooding in Nigeria's northeast is raising alarming humanitarian concerns, with thousands facing ...

Nearly 300 prisoners have escaped in Nigeria's Maiduguri after floods collapsed the walls of a prison, authorities said on ...

GENEVA – Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of Nigeria's 36 states. According to the government, over a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced ...

The floods blamed on poor infrastructure and badly maintained dams have killed 185 people and displaced 208,000 in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the National Emergency Management Agency said in an ...

The floods, blamed on poor infrastructure and badly maintained dams, have displaced 208,000 people in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the National Emergency Management Agency said in an update Friday ...

In further attempts to describe the nature of the catastrophe, the diocese said the raging waters had broken the confines of ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 2024 (IPS) - On Monday, the Alau dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed, causing flash floods to ravage neighbouring regions in Nigeria. This comes after weeks of torrential ...