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

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

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

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

Nigerian farmer Enoch Fater has barely slept in the last few days after water levels started rising at his paddy rice farm and in a major river nearby, pointing to impending floods in Benue state.

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

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and its humanitarian partners are working around the clock to provide life-saving relief to the ...

The UN World Food Programme is working to assist newly displaced and food insecure people in northeast Nigeria who have been ...

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 ...

The Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe flooding damaged a prison in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri. So far ...