Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by ...

As climate change puts more of the world at risk of flooding, landscape architects are looking beyond disaster response, to future-facing “sponge tactics”. The concept is epic, but a street-by-street ...

Northern Nigeria's city of Maiduguri has been hit by devastating flooding. But is it due to government neglect or climate change or both?

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has declared the state’s proactive stance on potential flooding, emphasising that the ...

Bode Saadu is on the Ilorin-Jebba federal highway, a few kilometres from Jebba Dam. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many houses on the river bank in the area were submerged, displacing ...

Save the Children in Nigeria has called for improved humanitarian assistance for children affected by the devastating flood ...

As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds ...

The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has proposed to build five buffer dams to contain incessant floodings which often arise from the release of water from ...

Nigeria has warned of potential flooding that could affect eleven of its states, as Cameroon said it would start releasing water from its largest dam.

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

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, has been severely impacted by a nine-day flood that caused an estimated loss of ₦27 ...

The four states as well as Adamawa, Kogi, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa and Cross River were on Tuesday advised by NIHSA to adopt measures to mitigate floods that might occur as a result of gradual ...