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Better drainage and early warning systems would help minimise losses from future floods but, unlike many other nations, ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the governors of the 30 flood-prone states have been advised to design anticipatory flood prevention plans that will help prevent tragic impact of the disaster in the ...
Severe floods struck Mokwa, Nigeria, leaving hundreds dead or missing and devastating communities. Among the victims were ...
Many of the victims of the devastating flood that struck central Nigeria on May 29 are Almajiri pupils, the boys sent to ...
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, has dismissed claims that the devastating flood ...
The death toll from devastating flash floods in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria, has risen to over 200, officials confirmed ...
The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on ...
Despite receiving a $10 million grant to address gully erosion in Mokwa Local Government Area (LGA) and spending N2.2 billion on flood and erosion in 2024, the Niger State government recorded a ...
Mokwa, Niger State, after Thursday's pre-dawn flood. Rescue halted as Nigeria faces one of its deadliest floods in recent history.
Three people have died and more than 10,000 hectares of rice farms have been destroyed following a severe flood in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State. The flood, believed to have resulted ...
As Northern Nigeria endures a prolonged heatwave with soaring temperatures, fresh alerts from federal authorities have identified the region among the areas most at risk of severe flooding in the ...
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has allocated “$5m from its Central Emergency Fund”, to support flood preparedness efforts in Nigeria. This was made known in a ...