ABUJA — April 15, 2025 | Naija247news — Prominent media mogul and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has declared that no single opposition party in Nigeria can defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections without a broad-based coalition. In a hard-hitting political analysis aired on Monday, Momodu warned that the…

Abuja, April 1, 2025 (Naija247news) – The World Trade Centre, Abuja, has expressed concern that despite Nigeria producing over 50 million metric tonnes of yam annually, accounting for more than 70 per cent of global yam production, its export rate remains at just 11 per cent. The Head of Trade Services, Mr David Oke, speaking at the sixth edition of…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria First Lady has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic tanker explosion in Karu, Abuja, which claimed multiple lives and destroyed several properties. Naija News reported that the tragic incident happened when a petrol-laden tanker exploded on Karu Bridge, along the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi road, engulfing no fewer than 30 vehicles in flames. In response to the incident, which occurred on Wednesday night along the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi road, the President has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.

By Naija247news Political Desk | April 17, 2025 Abuja – The drumbeats of discontent are growing louder across Nigeria’s battered political landscape, and one of the sharpest voices to emerge is that of Dr. Alex Otti’s 2023 running mate-turned-political activist, Chief Chinedu Ibe, who has fired a scorching missile at the Tinubu administration, declaring that “Nigeria is not working, and the President is missing in action.”

An area devastated by floods in Mokwa, Nigeria, May 30, 2025. Chenemi Doma / AP The sudden floods that struck Nigeria, after torrential rains on Wednesday May 28, left more than 200 dead, according to a new assessment given on Tuesday, June 3 by local authorities, while hundreds of people are still missing. Many victims have been counted in Mokwa, the most affected agglomeration and a district of which was scratched from the map in a few hours, Thursday, by flood waters of the Niger river, in the state of the same name.

Deadly floods in Mokwa, Nigeria, have killed at least 150 & displaced over 3,000. Heavy rainfall ca...

The death toll from widespread floods in central Nigeria rose to at least 111 people on Friday.After torrential rains earlier in the week, flood waters have swept away more than 50 homes in the market town of Mokwa in the central Niger state.Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesperson for the Niger State emergency agency told the Associated Press that "more bodies have just been brought and are yet to be counted, but we have at least 111 confirmed already."Earlier in the day, Husseini, told AFP he "expected the toll to rise considerably because there are different rescuers at different locations."The head of the operations office in the Niger state capital Minna, Husseini Isah, said rescue efforts were still ongoing on Friday.

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Floods reportedly swept away many children under Angwa Hausawa of the Mokwa Area Council of Niger State, North-Central, after a heavy rainfall which occurred Wednesday at midnight. According to Mohammed, a community source who spoke to NEWSNGR, the ravaging flood also destroyed properties worth millions of naira, including business buildings. “Around Goodwill, the flood covered all the main roads of the Lagos-Kaduna highway.

Floods have devastated Mokwa and nearby areas in Niger State, prompting Turkey to express deep condolences and solidarity with Nigeria over the tragic loss of life and widespread destruction. In an official statement released on Sunday, June 2, 2025, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed deep sorrow over the tragic events, offering sympathies to the Nigerian government and the affected families.

About 500 people are still missing in the town of Mokwa, and officials fear no more survivors will be found.

Apart from conserving species, #wetlands help to control floods, replenish groundwater, stabilise shorelines, retain nutrients and purify water. The park will join Nigeria’s protected area of 445 forest reserves, 29 game reserves, 12 strict nature reserves, 11 Ramsar sites, 7 national parks and one biosphere reserve.

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Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world is

Emergency services warn the number of victims may rise as recovery and rescue operations continue.

Parts of Lagos State were submerged by floodwaters on Tuesday morning following heavy rainfall that began in the early hours. The flooding affected major roads and neighbourhoods, including Ikorodu, A...