Flood warnings had been ringing out across Nigeria’s north-east for weeks. Schools in Maiduguri were closed for a fortnight as the torrential rains came. The reservoir of the Alau Dam began to overflow;

At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had died across western and central Africa.

Inmates escaped from Medium Correctional Centre, an old prison in Maiduguri, after prison walls collapsed due to heavy flooding, says official - Anadolu Ajansı

Nigerian authorities say 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country’s northeast.

Authorities say severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others.

Authorities in Nigeria have said 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country's northeast. A major dam collapsed on September 10, unleashing severe flooding that left 30 people dead and over a million displaced,