Niger: Flood kills two children in Minna

Niger: Flood kills two children in Minna

Heavy rainfall in Minna, Niger State, has resulted in a devastating incident in the Tunga area, where two children lost their lives after being swept away

Body of 7-year-old boy swept away by flood in Niger recovered after two ...

Minna Flood Claims Two Children as Torrential Rain Sweeps Through City

By Oscar Okhifo It was another bad day for Niger state as a devastating flood in the Tunga area of Minna, Niger State, claimed the lives of two young siblings on Tuesday after hours of heavy rainfall submerged parts of Minna, the state capital. The victims , a nine-year-old girl and her 11-year-old brother , were swept away by tempestuous floodwaters while attempting to cross a drainage channel. The siblings were said to have been sent by their…

Bodies Of Two Children Recovered From Drain After Torrential Rain In Niger - Latest Nigerian News and Entertainment

Latest Nigerian News and Entertainment - Latest Nigerian News and Entertainment Two children, a nine-year-old girl and an unidentified boy, have been confirmed dead after they were swept away by floodwaters during a heavy downpour in Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday afternoon. The tragedy occurred in the Tunga community following hours of persistent rainfall that overwhelmed drainage systems, submerged roads, and brought movement across…

Two children drown after heavy rainfall in Minna - Newsy People

Two children, a boy and a nine-year-old girl, have drowned in floodwaters after a heavy rainfall in Minna, Niger State.   The bodies of the children were discovered in a drainage on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.    It was gathered that residents of the Tunga community initially thought that the flood carried only the girl whose parents are said to hail from Edo State, until the girl’s father was contacted to identify his daughter and discovered that a …