Adamu Yusuf's life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria.The father-of-one, 36, said his wife and newborn baby were among those washed away in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger state.

Torrents of predawn rain unleashed deadly flooding that killed scores of people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers sell their wares to traders from the south, officials said Friday, as they predicted that the death toll would grow.

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with Nigeria following floods that submerged the town of Mokwa in Niger State, in the north of

We extend our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and to the people of Nigeria,’ says Turkish Foreign Ministry statement - Anadolu Ajansı