The death toll has surpassed 88, as a provisional figure given earlier on Friday by Hussaini Isah, the official coordinating the search and rescue operation.

Hussaini Isah, head of operations for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Niger state, confirmed the latest figures on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, an official coordinating the search and rescue operation, Hussaini Isah, had given a provisional toll of 88.

Earlier on Friday, an official coordinating the search and rescue operation, Hussaini Isah, had given a provisional toll of 88.

ABUJA -- The death toll from devastating floods triggered by heavy rainfall in Nigeria's north-central Niger State has climbed to at least 88, local authorities said Friday. Ibrahim Isah Hussaini ...

“The death toll is about 88,” Hussaini Isah, head of operations for the National Emergency Management Agency in Niger state told journalists, adding that the number is “rising”.

Hussaini Isah, the National Emergency Management Agency's head of operation for Niger State, told The Associated Press on Monday that there is a possibility that the death toll could still rise.

There is a possibility that the death toll could rise, Hussaini Isah, the National Emergency Management Agency's head of operation for Niger state, told the Associated Press on Monday.

Hussaini Isah, the National Emergency Management Agency’s head of operation for Niger State, told the Associated Press on Monday that there is a possibility that the death toll could still rise.

Hussaini Isah, the National Emergency Management Agency’s head of operation for Niger State, told the Associated Press on Monday that there is a possibility that the death toll could still rise.