‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria ...
Sep 12, 2024 · The heavy surge of water buried half the state capital, Maiduguri, damaging buildings and infrastructure. Authorities say some one million people are affected, of which about 200,000 are...
Maiduguri News | Latest News - NewsNow
Latest news on Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. It is also the largest city in the state. The city is located on the eastern edge of the Borno Plain, near the Mandara Mountains. Maiduguri has a population of 1,144,000 (2016 estimate).
BREAKING: Heavy Flooding in Maiduguri as Alau Dam Breaks …
Sep 10, 2024 · Maiduguri residents are on high alert as severe flooding has submerged homes following the overflow of the Alau Dam, which has been at full capacity for a week.
Female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria | AP News
Jun 30, 2024 · MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks in northern Nigeria that killed at least 18 people, local authorities said Sunday.
Nigeria Alau Dam collapse in Maiduguri: Survivors desperate as
Sep 12, 2024 · BBC News, Maiduguri. Fatima Yakubu cannot believe that she and her six children are still alive after a dam collapsed following torrential rains in north-eastern Nigeria. The family, who live...
‘A disaster’: Homes lost, relatives missing in floods in northeast ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Floods have displaced 300,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings, affecting one million people in Maiduguri.
Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village ...
Sep 4, 2024 · MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 villagers were killed in northeastern Nigeria when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes, residents said Wednesday, …
Hundreds flee in northwest Nigeria after attacks, official, residents ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have fled their villages in a rural community in northwestern Nigeria after weekend attacks by armed groups left 10 dead and at least 160...
Hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children ... - Associated Press News
May 21, 2024 · MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of hostages, mostly children and women, who were held captive for months or years by Boko Haram extremists in northeastern Nigeria have been rescued from a forest enclave and handed over to authorities, the army said.
Maiduguri Flood: Emergency agency says situation still terrible as ...
Sep 10, 2024 · The Director-General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Barkindo Mohammed, has said the situation in flooded Maiduguri town is “terrible” as President Bola Tinubu on ...