In an effort to forestall flood disaster, Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago has appealed to those residing at the river ...

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

"Green infrastructure refers to natural systems that provide environmental services, wetlands, vegetated swales, urban ...

Better drainage and early warning systems would help minimise losses from future floods but, unlike many other nations, ...

The Nigerian Red Cross Society has expressed sorrow over the flooding that struck Kpege-Mokwa in Mokwa Local Government Area ...

Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority, UNRBDA; and National Water Resources Institute, NWRI, are on ground in Mokwa taking assessments of the cause of the flood in order to come up with an ...

The Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, has clarified that no water release from Kainji and Jebba Dams ...

Death toll from the Thursday devastating flood in Niger State has risen to 115, official sources have confirmed.The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba Arah ...

At least 111 people have been confirmed dead after massive flooding submerged the market town of Mokwa in central Nigeria's Niger State, officials said Friday. The disaster followed hours of ...

Mokwa, Niger State, after Thursday's pre-dawn flood. Rescue halted as Nigeria faces one of its deadliest floods in recent history.

May 31 (UPI) -- Torrential rains over two days caused flash flooding that killed at least 151 people in Mokwa, Nigeria. The ...