Federal Government don forecast say heavy rain go fall for five days wey fit cause flood for 19 states and 76 locations.
Di warning wey dem give on Tuesday come from National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre under Federal Ministry of Environment, and dem don tell stakeholders and people wey dey affected areas make dem take quick action.
Dis one dey happen as serious flood knack Ogun and Gombe states on Tuesday, and other states like Lagos, Plateau, Anambra and Delta still dey suffer from di wahala.
According to wetin di centre talk for their flood prediction wey our reporter see, di places wey go dey affected go see rain wey fit cause flood from August 5 reach August 9, 2025.
Di states and locations wey dem mention na Akwa-Ibom (Edor, Eket, Ikom, Oron, Upenekang); Bauchi (Tafawa-Balewa, Azare, Jama’are, Kari, Misau, Jama’a); Ebonyi (Abakaliki, Echara, Ezilo); Cross-River (Ogoja Edor, Obubra); Nasarawa (Keana, Keffi, Wamba); Benue (Agaku, Buruku, Gboko, Igumale, Ito, Katsina-Ala, Ugba, Vande-Ikya); Kaduna (Jaji, Kafancha, Birnin-Gwari, Zaria) and Katsina (Bindawa, Bakori, Daura, Funtua).
Others na Kebbi (Bagudo, Birnin-Kebbi, Bunza, Gwandu, Jega, Kalgo, Kamba, Kangiwa, Shanga, Ribah, Sakaba, Saminaka, Yelwa, Gauri-Banza); Kano (Bebeji, Gezawa, Gwarzo, Kano, Karaye, Tundun-wada, Wudil, Kunchi); Niger (Kontagora, Rijau, Ringim); Plateau (Mangu); Taraba (Donga, Takum); Jigawa (Diginsa, Gumel, Dutse, Gwaram, Hadejia, Miga); Yobe (Machina, Potiskum); Zamfara (Anka); Sokoto (Sokoto, Wamakko); Borno (Biu); and Gombe (Bajoga).
Flood wey dey happen for Nigeria don turn yearly wahala wey dey kill people and scatter plenty property. Last year, dem talk say 31 states suffer flood wey kill hundreds, wound thousands and affect 1.2 million people.
On September 10, 2024, Alau Dam collapse for Borno State, e cause flood wey kill at least 150 people, displace 419,000 and make 70 percent of di community sink.
This year, Nigeria don see many flood wey cause property damage, death, injury and displacement. Di worst flood na for May wey kill at least 200 people and displace thousands for Mokwa, Niger State.
Di flood wey heavy rain cause and dam wey collapse join hand scatter plenty things and affect how people dey get basic services.
Even though Mokwa suffer pass, other parts of Nigeria still see flood for 2025. Rivers State na one of di places wey rain cause flood and landslide wey bury house and carry people go for Okrika, kill at least 25 people and put millions for danger.
For April, at least 13 people die for Kwara and Mokwa, including three wey dey canoe wey capsize for flooded river, and rice farm scatter after flood wey Jebba Hydroelectric Power Station dam release water affect 30 communities.
Recently, National Economic Council don approve money to help fight flood wahala for di whole country.
NEC approve say dem go give N3bn each to di 36 states and FCT; N1.5bn to Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning; N1.5bn to Federal Ministry of Environment; N1.5bn to Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation; and N10bn to National Emergency Management Agency.
For dashboard wey NEMA release last Friday, dem show say at least 165 people don die, 82 miss and 119,791 people don suffer from this year flood.
Di agency still talk say 138 people wound, 43,936 people don lose their house, 8,594 houses don spoil and 8,278 farms don scatter for 43 Local Government Areas inside 19 states.
According to wetin di agency talk, na children and women suffer pass.
Meanwhile, new report from National Emergency Management Agency show say for 2025, at least 191 people don die because of flood wey scatter different parts of di country, and 94 people still dey miss.
Di report wey our reporter see on Tuesday show say Niger State get di highest number of death, with 163 people wey die, followed by Adamawa State wey 26 people die. One person each die for Borno and Gombe states.
Di data still show say so far this year, flood don affect 134,435 people for 20 states and 47 local government areas.
Di states wey flood affect na Abia, FCT (Abuja), Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, and Kaduna. Others na Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ondo, Rivers, and Sokoto.
Plus that one, 48,056 people don lose their house, and 239 people don wound. Di flood still spoil 9,499 houses and affect 9,450 farms.
NEMA dashboard still show say among people wey flood affect, 27,121 na men, 41,539 na women, 60,071 na children, 5,704 na old people, and 1,874 na people wey get disability.
For 2024, flood affect 5,264,097 people, displace 1,243,638 across 35 states and 401 local government areas. Di disaster kill 1,237 people and wound 16,469.
Dem still talk say 116,172 houses don spoil, and 1,439,296 hectares of farm land don scatter, wey make di economic and humanitarian wahala worse across di country.
