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“It was awarded to a contractor to transport, but along the line, some got missing."

One million people were displaced in 2016 compared to 2.4 million in 2012 flood.

“We have been in Minawao camp for three years," a Nigerian refugee said.

Some of the refugees were forcefully repatriated by Cameroon.

Sixteen of the camps are located in Maiduguri.

Victims narrate how soldiers and policemen coerced them into sex in exchange for material and financial assistance.

IDP camps have been targets of suicide attacks.

The Army says eight people killed but the National Emergency Management Agency gives a different figure.

NEMA says assessments were ongoing, meaning more the number may rise.

Six people had earlier been rescued.

Five villages were displaced by the disaster.

The children, mostly of between the ages of five and 12, were from Bama and Baga in Borno.

"If the heavy rainfall continues in intensity and duration within these regions of the River Niger, it is imminent that ...

The incident was caused by a bigger boat which destabilised the wooden boat.

VP Osinbajo orders security agencies to beef up security in and around IDP camps in the country

"Some of their parents were killed while some of them had fled without any traces."

"We now have 58 others with serious injuries undergoing treatment in hospitals in Gombi and Yola towns."

The agency says 13 other passengers were rescued.

NEMA boss says the agency is more concerned about rehabilitation of displaced persons.

Monday marked the 596th day since the Chibok girls were abducted.

The state government says authorities are already addressing the situation

The federal medical centre in Yola received 29 dead bodies from the scene of the incident.

"So far, NEMA had evacuated and settled over 3,000 Nigerians returnees from CAR between 2014 to date."

The effects of the flood were devastating.

NEMA says residents of flood prone areas give really flimsy excuses as to why they would not relocate.