Umar who gave the update on Mokwa flood via a statement made available to Tribune Online, commended members of the rescue teams, including personnel from NEMA, the Niger State Emergency Management ...

The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has called the Federal Government to address the season disasters critically in order to forestall future occurrences.The JNI also urged the government to ...

Torrential rains in Mokwa, Nigeria, have caused severe flooding, killing at least 111 people. The disaster highlights the urgent need for infrastructure improvements.

Mokwa offered to retire earlier this week, Goodson said. The Police Board voted unanimously to accept the resignation and voted 4-1 to approve the severance package.

The deputy chairman of Mokwa Local Government, Musa Kimboku, confirmed the updated fatality count to The Associated Press on Sunday. He said rescue operations have been called off, as authorities ...

The Mokwa flood, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), killed 206 people, displaced 3,534 others and destroyed over 400 homes.

Two decomposed bodies of victims of the devastating flood that swept through Mokwa town, headquarters of Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, on May 29, were recovered on Thursday.

Authorities in Nigeria’s northern Niger state say at least 150 people have been killed after floods triggered by heavy rainfall hit Mokwa, a vibrant market town in the largely agricultural state.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 111 people were confirmed dead in central Nigeria on Friday after floods submerged the market town of Mokwa in the country's Niger State following torrential rains ...

Before Mokwa’s reign, police administrators couldn’t suspend an officer for more than 30 days without a board trial. That’s what the U.S. Constitution would call due process under the 14th ...

The news story, also covered in today’s American, tells of the motor vehicle exploits of Chief Mokwa’s daughter Aimie (a convicted felon) and numerous City police officers who took vehicles ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said. Torrents of predawn rainfall early ...