Severe flooding in Nigeria’s Niger State has displaced nearly 2,000 people and killed close to 200, according to the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

(Reuters) -Flooding in Nigeria's Niger State this week has killed 151 people and forced several thousand from their homes, an emergency official told Reuters on Saturday. Ibrahim Audu Hussaini, director of information at the Niger State Emergency Management Agency,

The official death toll after deadly floods hit the Nigerian town of Mokwa on Thursday has risen to more than 200, officials say.