Azeezat Olaoluwa

Lagos

Reporter at BBC

Senior Journalist, BBC News, 2018 NMMA TV Newscaster nominee, 2018 FRLP fellow, NBMA Female Newscaster of the Year 2015. Media Consultant & Public Speaker.

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Death toll hits more than 200, officials say

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa |Cecilia Macaulay

Death toll in Nigeria floods hits more than 200, officials sayAzeezat Olaoluwa & Cecilia MacaulayGift UfuomaLocals have told the BBC how the flood waters swept through their townThe death toll after deadly floods hit the Nigerian town of Mokwa on Thursday has risen to more than 200, officials say. There are still 500 people missing in the town in north-central Niger State, as a search mission continues.
Nigeria floods: "I watched helplessly as water washed my family away"

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Azeezat Olaoluwa

Image source, Gift UfuomaImage caption, Mr Yusuf lost his wife and newborn baby in the floods which swept through his townAdamu Yusuf's life has been upended since he lost nine of his family members in Tiffin Maza, one of two communities in his town worst-hit by floods in north-central Nigeria. The father-of-one, 36, said his wife and newborn baby were among those washed away in floods early on Thursday morning in Niger state.
At least 110 die after torrential rains in Mokwa, Niger state

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa

Floods kill at least 110 people after heavy rain in NigeriaAzeezat OlaoluwaMikail MusaMore than 50 houses have been swept awayAt least 110 people have died in floods caused by torrential rain in central Nigeria, officials have told the BBC. The rainfall lasted for several hours, said the head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (Nsema), Abullahi Baba-Arah. He added that "surging flood water submerged and washed away over 50 residential houses with their occupants".
Niger coup leader Abdourahamane Tchiani sworn in as president for five years

Mar 26, 2025 | bbc.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa |Nkechi Onyinyechi Ogbonna

Niger coup leader sworn in as president for five yearsAzeezat Olaoluwa & Nkechi OgbonnaEPAGeneral Abdourahamane Tchiani led the military in a coup two years agoNiger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger's elected President, Mohamed Bazoum.
Nigeria's president declares emergency in oil-rich state

Mar 19, 2025 | yahoo.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa |Danai Nesta Kupemba

Nigeria is facing an escalating political crisis after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in the oil-rich Rivers state and suspended the governor, his deputy and all lawmakers in the state parliament for six months. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening Tinubu said he had received "disturbing security reports detailing incidents of vandalisation of pipelines by some militants without the governor taking any action to curtail them".
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Dec 5, 2024 | linkedin.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa

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'Dead bodies everywhere' - villagers mourn children killed in drone strike

Dec 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa

An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria's military during a religious festival in their large but sparsely populated village exactly a year ago. The military said the bombing was caused by "a failure of intelligence", leading the army to mistake the open-air festival in Tudunbiri for a gathering of jihadist fighters.
Benin arrests three men over suspected coup plot

Sep 26, 2024 | aol.com | Wycliffe Muia |Azeezat Olaoluwa

President Patrice Talon has announced he would step down in 2026 elections [AFP]Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon's security, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup, the state prosecutor has said. Ex-sports minister Oswald Homeky was caught on Tuesday while handing over six bags of money to the head of the Republican Guard, Elonm Mario Metonou, the prosecutor told a press conference.
Prisoners flee after Nigeria floods damage jail

Sep 16, 2024 | yahoo.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa |Will Ross

Azeezat Olaoluwa & Will Ross - BBC News, Maiduguri & LondonSeptember 16, 2024 at 5:27 AM·1 min readThe Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe flooding damaged a prison in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri. So far, seven are back in detention. The flooding was caused by the collapse of a dam following heavy rainfall.
'I thought I would die with my six children' - dam collapse survivor

Sep 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Azeezat Olaoluwa

Fatima Yakubu cannot believe that she and her six children are still alive after a dam collapsed following torrential rains in north-eastern Nigeria. The family, who live south of the city of Maiduguri near the Alau Dam, were asleep when their house began filling with water in the early hours of Tuesday. “I woke up at 1am when I felt water on my legs,” the 26-year-old told the BBC. “It was rising very fast, and I was so scared.