No fewer than 238 persons have been killed by the ravaging floods across 27 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) so far.
According to the flood update from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) 2025 Flood Dashboard, 409,714 Nigerians have been affected in 117 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the 27 states so far.
From the casualties recorded, Niger State had the highest death toll with 163 persons, followed by Adamawa with 59 deaths. Taraba recorded five deaths; Sokoto, three; Jigawa and Yobe, two each; while Gombe and Borno recorded one death each.
Details from the NEMA 2025 Flood Dashboard also showed that 135,764 persons were displaced, while 115 people were declared missing.
The statistics further indicate that 826 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, 47,708 houses were affected, and 62,653 farmlands were destroyed across the 27 states.
Among those severely impacted were 188,118 children, 125,307 women, 77,423 men, 18,866 elderly persons, and 2,418 persons with disabilities.
A breakdown of the affected persons showed that Adamawa topped the chart with 60,608 affected and 23,077 displaced persons, followed by Lagos with 57,951 affected and 3,680 displaced; Akwa Ibom with 46,233 affected and 40,140 displaced; and Taraba with 28,107 affected and 4,465 displaced.
In Imo, 26,041 were affected and 13,254 displaced; in Kaduna, 24,240 affected and 1,237 displaced; in Rivers, 22,345 affected and 9,645 displaced; in Abia, 11,907 affected and 4,896 displaced; in Edo, 18,373 affected and 7,681 displaced; in Kebbi, 16,918 affected and 5,718 displaced; and in Sokoto, 15,675 affected and 4,566 displaced.
Other states affected by the floods include the FCT, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, and Ondo.
