Many of the victims of the devastating flood that struck central Nigeria on May 29 are Almajiri pupils, the boys sent to ...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said he has directed the activation of the national emergency response center to quickly assist the state.

In the case of Mokwa, as in the previous annual cases of flood Nigeria has had across many states in the past 15 years, someone somewhere had the responsibility of preventing it. Someone somewhere ...

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has asked the Nigerian government to declare an environmental state of ...

There is looming fuel scarcity as the deadliest flood killed hundreds of persons and brought down the bridge in Mokwa, Niger ...

ActionAid Nigeria warns that current relief efforts for Mokwa flood victims, especially women and children, are inadequate ...

MOKWA, Nigeria — On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, now reduced to sludge and shattered wood by ...

Nigerian authorities said they had expected flooding as part of the rainy season but were surprised by the extent of the damage.

Health experts warn that without immediate and sustained sanitation interventions, the region could face a cholera outbreak ...

Better drainage and early warning would help curb losses from a future flood but Nigeria's adaptation plan hasn't been ...