Many people displaced by Alau Dam flood in Maiduguri have started leaving camps for their respective homes as the water receded in many areas of the city.

When floods swept through Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri last week, canoe owners volunteered to help move residents ...

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

IN response to the devastating floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Maiduguri, Borno State, Humanity ...

Nigeria’ has warned of possible flooding in 11 states following the release of water from a dam in neighboring Cameroon.

Nigeria has been dealing with a cholera outbreak in many states in 2024, with 6,782 suspected cases including 197 deaths reported by the end of August 2024. The flooding in Maiduguri may worsen the ...

The impact of the severe flooding in northeast Nigeria in recent days has not only displaced thousands of families but is ...

Floods have displaced 300,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings, affecting one million people in Maiduguri.

Research has shown that the Alau dam, located 20 kilometres outside Maiduguri, was constructed in 1986 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida for irrigation purposes, flood control, ...

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all those leaving camps are provided with two weeks of food ration and N₦10,000 ...

Floods are not uncommon in northern Nigeria. However, experts say Maiduguri is seeing its worst flood in 30 years. The affected region is the heart of a 15-year armed rebellion led by Boko Haram ...

Picking through the pieces - what's left in a northern Nigerian city after half of it was swamped by flooding.