Flooding in northern Nigeria has already killed at least 100 people.

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01/06/2025
Nigerian officials said on the 30th that the heavy rain in Niger state in northern Nigeria on the 28th had caused floods that had killed at least 100 people. The head of the Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency, Zubaida Omar, said in a statement on the same day that at least 100 bodies of victims had been found as rescue operations continued. Rescue operations and support in the disaster area have begun with the cooperation of various departments in the national and regional government. Earlier, the head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Husseini, told the media that heavy rain on the night of the 28th triggered floods in the Moquo area of the state, resulting in multiple deaths and disappearances.