The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that no fewer than 231 people have lost their lives while 607 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the devastating floods that have swept across Nigeria in 2025.
According to the latest flood dashboard released by the agency on Saturday, 114 persons are still missing, while 315,762 people across 86 Local Government Areas in 25 states have been affected.
The data further revealed that 113,367 residents have been displaced, with 40,493 houses destroyed and 46,304 farmlands submerged, raising fears of worsening food insecurity.
Lagos, Adamawa, and Akwa Ibom emerged as the hardest-hit states, recording 52,013, 51,713 and 46,233 victims respectively. Other states with heavy impact include Imo (29,242), Taraba (26,722), Rivers (22,345), Delta (14,057), Abia (11,907), Borno (8,164) and Kaduna (7,334).
NEMA’s breakdown shows that children bear the highest burden, with 143,683 affected. Women accounted for 100,079 victims, men 60,408, elderly persons 11,592 and people living with disabilities 2,265.
The agency identified major challenges in managing the disaster as resource shortages (69 per cent), inaccessibility of affected areas (16 per cent), community resistance (7 per cent) and security risks (6 per cent).
It also listed priority needs of victims to include food, shelter, water and sanitation, healthcare, livelihood support, nutrition, education, protection and security.
The affected states cut across all regions, including Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Edo, FCT, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Rivers and Sokoto.
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