STATES INTENSIFY ACTION AS 232 DIE, 121,000 DISPLACED

Several states, including Kaduna, Nasarawa, Bauchi and Jigawa, have intensified campaigns to avert flood crisis.

According to figures obtained by news 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 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.