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 ...

Eight days after the devastating flood that swept through Mokwa town, headquarters of Mokwa Local Government Area in Niger State, a mutilated body of one of the victims has been recovered ...

MOKWA, Nigeria — On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, now reduced to sludge and shattered wood by ...

The Mokwa flood disaster on May 28, 2025, like the Maiduguri flood on September 9, is not about rainfall but a signal to ...

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 Niger State government has warned over 2,000 communities across 15 local government areas of the state living along ...

But this flood has been particularly deadly in Mokwa, a farming region near the banks of the River Niger. Mokwa community leader Aliki Musa told the AP the villagers are not used to such flooding.

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

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 ...

Then Mokwa’s attorney objected to questions about Mokwa’s severance package – more than $100,000 and paid legal fees for cases involving his tenure in the police department.

And, more to the point about Mokwa, the city school board doesn’t report to the mayor, but that didn’t stop Slay from getting involved with school board politics in a big way.

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