On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, ...

Heavy rains and media reports quoting local government officials say a dam collapse in a nearby town worsened the situation.

Thousands of people have been left homeless and hungry after devastating floods hit central Nigeria. Survivors say help is ...

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

ABUJA, Nigeria — Torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that killed at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on ...

Flooding is common during Nigeria’s wet season ... nearly 380 kilometers (236 miles) west of Abuja and a major trading and transportation hub where northern Nigerian farmers sell beans, onions ...

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

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 111 people were confirmed dead in central Nigeria on Friday after floods submerged the market town of Mokwa in the country’s Niger State following torrential ...

At least 151 people have now been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall unleashed flooding in a market town in north-central Nigeria ... west of Abuja, the capital of Africa’s most populous ...