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 ...

The Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe ...

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 ...

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

Devastating floods since Tuesday have destroyed the homes and businessnes of thousands of residents in Maiduguri, the capital ...

"We are deeply devastated by the flood," Auxiliary Bishop John Bakeni of Maiduguri said in a statement sent to OSV News Sept.

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 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 ...

The UN refugee agency in Nigeria said on X Tuesday the flooding ... Since the start of the rainy season in Africa's most populous country, floods have killed 229 people and forced more than ...