Unrelenting price rises and a brutal insurgency had already made it hard for Nigerians in northeastern Borno State to feed ...

“People should not be afraid.” Four days later, water ripped through the Alau dam wall, leaving two-thirds of the city of Maiduguri underwater, killing up to 1,000 people, said rescue and ...

which led to the overflow and collapse of the dam. Officials said the flash floods covered about two-thirds of Borno State, with widespread flooding recorded in the Maiduguri, Jere, Konduga ...

However, less than two weeks before he planned to start harvesting ... resulting in the dam’s collapse in September. Section of Alua Dam in Maiduguri that collapsed ( Photo Credit: PREMIUM ...

Following the collapse of its section that led to recent devastating flooding incident, the Federal Government has announced plans to fully repair and desilt the Alau Dam in Maiduguri, the Borno ...

A major dam collapsed on September 10 ... Officers attempted to evacuate the city of Maiduguri's main prison last week when ...

The family, who live south of the city of Maiduguri near the Alau Dam, were asleep when their house ... reopened after a long holiday, to close for two weeks. Gift Ufuoma / BBC Businesses and ...

Panicking, she grabbed two of her six children ... flood recedes from the streets of Maiduguri and host villages (in Jere and Konduga) to the damaged Alau Dam, an unwieldy social crisis manifests ...

Joseph Utsev has visited Alau Dam in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital with assurance that the entire Dam and it’s facilities would be overhauled and desilted. This followed a flood disaster ...

“we have been here (Alau dam) about two or three times, as well as the Jere-Bowl road. That means the commission is under very serious contractual transactions of the road and rehabilitation of ...

Four days later, water ripped through the Alau dam wall, leaving two-thirds of the city of Maiduguri underwater, killing up to 1,000 people.

However, less than two weeks before he planned to start ... "The flood overwhelmed that place (the embankment leading to Alau Dam) and affected Maiduguri. Nothing would have happened if they ...