As of Thursday, August 21, 2025, floods across Nigeria have caused widespread devastation:
- 209,666 people affected
- 228 deaths recorded
- 114 missing persons
- 495 injured
- 71,700 displaced
Destruction & Losses
- 21,257 homes destroyed or damaged
- 23,281 farmlands lost
- 43 Local Government Areas (LGAs) impacted
Breakdown of Affected Population
- 97,244 children
- 64,327 women
- 40,030 men
- 8,064 elderly persons
- 2,069 persons with disabilities
Hardest-Hit States:
- Imo
- Rivers
- Abia
- Borno
- Kaduna
Other Affected States:
- Abia
- Adamawa
- Akwa Ibom
- Anambra
- Bayelsa
- Borno
- Edo
- Gombe
- Imo
- Jigawa
- Kaduna
- Kano
- Kogi
- Kwara
- Niger
- Ondo
- Rivers
- Sokoto
- Yobe
- and the FCT.
Public Advisory:
Relevant agencies are urging state and local governments to sensitize residents along riverbanks and encourage early evacuation to minimize further casualties ..READ FULL ARTICLE>>