Several states, including Kaduna, Nasarawa, Bauchi, and Jigawa, have intensified campaigns to avert flood crises, The PUNCH reports.
According to figures obtained by The PUNCH from the National Emergency Management Agency on Monday, no fewer than 232 persons have lost their lives, while 121,224 others have been displaced following floods that swept through parts of the country as of September 20, The PUNCH reports.
The 2025 flood dashboard shows that at least 339,658 people also recorded some form of losses, with 681 sustaining various degrees of injuries.
Deaths were recorded in seven states, with Niger State accounting for 163 fatalities, Adamawa 59, Taraba five, Yobe two, Borno, Gombe, and Jigawa one each, bringing the nationwide death toll to 232. The floods also resulted in 115 cases of missing persons across the country.
The disaster also left 42,301 houses damaged and destroyed about 48,447 hectares of cultivated farmlands.
The most impacted states include Lagos, where 57,951 people were affected, 3,680 displaced and 3,244 houses damaged; Adamawa, with 57,890 affected, 23,077 displaced, 438 injured, 59 killed, and more than 9,000 farmlands destroyed; and Akwa-Ibom, where 46,233 persons were affected, 40,140 displaced, with over 17,000 homes and farmlands damaged.
Other states severely hit are Imo, which recorded 29,242 affected, 15,607 displaced, 81 injured, and hundreds of homes and farms destroyed; Taraba, with 26,722 affected, 3,080 displaced, 88 injured, and five killed; Rivers, with 22,345 affected and 9,645 displaced; Delta, with 14,057 affected and 3,325 displaced; Abia, where 11,907 were affected, 4,896 displaced, and 21 injured; and Edo, with 10,608 affected and 2,439 displaced.
Also affected are Borno, which had 8,164 people impacted, 2,436 displaced, three injured, and one death; Kaduna, with 7,334 affected and 662 displaced; Niger, where 6,041 were affected, 1,860 displaced, 11 injured, and 163 deaths; Bayelsa, with 5,868 affected; Cross River, which reported 5,646 affected and 5,518 displaced; Yobe, where 4,256 were affected, 486 displaced, and two killed; Sokoto, with 4,278 affected and 1,287 displaced; Gombe, where 4,098 were affected, 865 displaced, 12 injured, and one death; and Ondo, which reported 3,735 affected and 363 displaced.
