In a statement, the spokesman of the Borno State Command, Ahmed Wakil, said the convict escaped following the collapse of the centre’s fence during the recent floods in Maiduguri. “On ...

Nigeria confirmed on Sunday that 274 jail inmates at the Medium Correctional Centre in the northeast city of Maiduguri escaped by taking advantage of a collapsed wall caused by heavy flooding.

Too little and too late, delivered too reluctantly, might be used to describe the reactions to the catastrophe that overtook the sprawling city of Maiduguri and its citizens. Beyond the floods ...

The heavy surge of water buried half the state capital, Maiduguri, damaging buildings and infrastructure. Authorities say some one million people are affected, of which about 200,000 are displaced.

The residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and other vast areas of the North-East, woke up, Tuesday last week, to the invasion of massive floods which came as a result of a breach of the ...

More dan one million pipo don lose dia houses and many don die becos of di flood wey happun for Maiduguri, di Borno State capital. Borno state Govnor, Babagana Zulum don tell BBC News say di ...

Former Senate leader Mohammed Ali Ndume has pledged N50 million to assist those affected by the recent flooding in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, as part of efforts to alleviate their ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmad have donated N50m to Maiduguri flood victims. They made the donation during a ...

who had been serving a prison sentence for culpable homicide before escaping from the Medium Security Custodial Center in Maiduguri. A statement issued on Tuesday by the spokesman of the Borno ...