In a statement on Thursday, NIHSA’s Director General, Umar Mohammed, urged residents near the riverbanks to evacuate, as ...

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, and the Benue State government have raised an alarm over the rising water ...

The rapidly rising water level of River Benue has submerged numerous houses and farmlands in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, displacing hundreds of families, particularly those living within one ...

The Federal Government has announced that it has commenced work on the construction of a multi-purpose dam upstream of the River Dura in the Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State to contain ...

Findings by SaharaReporters have shown that the recent appointment of Mahmud Sanusi Mohammed as the Managing Director of Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority by President Bola TInubu has ...

Vincent Ijebe and his wife Jennifer borrowed money to rent half a hectare of land next to the Benue River to grow rice. They borrowed more money for fertilizer and spent hours a day travelling from ...

The Federal Government is to construct a multi-purpose dam upstream of River Dura in Buruku Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state to check the flooding in that part of the state. The Deputy ...

As Africa's biggest economy grappled with the devastation, neighbouring Cameroon opened its Lagdo Dam, to ease the water pressure on its side of the border along the Benue River. To serve as a ...

In 2012, hundreds of thousands of acres of land were flooded in Nigeria when the Benue and Niger over-spilled. That year, the Niger River reached a record-high level of 12.84m (42ft). In 2018 ...

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued an urgent flood warning to communities along the River Benue and River Niger, following significant rises in water levels due to ...

The Federal Government has initiated the construction of a multi-purpose dam on the River Dura in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State, aimed at managing the heavy water flow from the area ...