Following recent warning by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other regulatory bodies listing Rivers State among flood prone states in Nigeria, the state government has warned that ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said, amid efforts to find more ...

Africa's richest man and president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has lauded President Bola Ahmed in an open letter for his ...

More than 1.4 million people have been displaced and about 500 people have died in some of the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade, the country’s humanitarian ministry said Wednesday.

Nigerian billionaire businessman and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s ...

88 people dead after floods hit Nigeria 00:27. At least 151 people have now been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall unleashed flooding in a market town in north-central Nigeria, the local ...

The flooding displaced large amounts of people, the reports said. ... In 2022, more than 600 people died and over 82,000 houses were destroyed by flooding in Nigeria.

Torrential rains in Mokwa, Nigeria, have caused severe flooding, killing at least 111 people. The disaster highlights the urgent need for infrastructure improvements.

Sani-Gwarzo, the government permanent secretary, said the scale of this year’s flooding is similar to the last major flooding Nigeria experienced, in 2012, which displaced 1.3 million people and ...

But floods are not a new phenomenon to Nigeria. Adaku Echendu, an urban flooding researcher at Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada said, "It is an annual thing.

In the case of Nigeria, flooding has had a major impact on the country’s development goals in relation to the social, economic and environmental targets. Drivers of flooding in Nigeria.