All three million children in Borno state in Northeast Nigeria are without school indefinitely, increasing the likelihood of child marriage and other protection risks, after being hit by the worst floods in 30 years, Save the Children said, News.Az reports.

Nigerian authorities reported that 281 inmates escaped when devastating floods caused a prison's walls to collapse in the country's northeast, News.Az reports citing ABC News .

At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, News.az reports citing the National Emergency Management Agency.