Flood warnings had been ringing out across Nigeria’s north-east for weeks. Schools in Maiduguri were closed for a fortnight ...

The Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe ...

Nigerian authorities say 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country’s ...

The aftermath of flooding in Nigeria's northeast is raising alarming humanitarian concerns, with thousands facing ...

Nigerian farmer Enoch Fater has barely slept in the last few days after water levels started rising at his paddy rice farm ...

Schools in Niger will start the new academic year almost a month late because of heavy rainfall and flooding, says the ...

Torrential rains have led to disastrous floods across Central and West Africa, affecting over 4 million people. In Maiduguri, ...

Catholic leaders across West and Central Africa are calling for assistance following unprecedented and deadly floods that ...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and its humanitarian partners are working around the clock to provide life-saving relief to the ...

"We are deeply devastated by the flood," Auxiliary Bishop John Bakeni of Maiduguri said in a statement sent to OSV News Sept.

Nearly 300 prisoners have escaped in Nigeria's Maiduguri after floods collapsed the walls of a prison, authorities said on ...

Devastating floods since Tuesday have destroyed the homes and businessnes of thousands of residents in Maiduguri, the capital ...