The federal government has issued a red alert notice of imminent flooding between July 16 and July 20 in 11 states, including Kano, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Borno.
Signed by the Director, National Flood Early Warning Centre, Federal Ministry of Environment, Usman Bokani, the notice, said the locations expected to be affected include: Adamawa (Mubi); Akwa Ibom (Edor, Upenekang, Oron, Eket); Borno (Ngala, Maiduguri); and Bauchi (Azare, Bauchi, Itas, Jama’are, Kafin-Madaki, Jama’a, Kari, Misau).
Others are Cross River (Calabar, Akpap); Jigawa (Miga, Gwaram, Diginsa, Ringim, Dutse); Katsina (Daura); Kano (Kunchi, Kano, Gezawa, Wudil, Bebeji, Sumaila, Tudun Wada); Plateau (Jos, Bukuru, Mangu); Yobe (Jakusko, Machina, Dapchi); and Zamfara (Bungudu, Gusau).
Bokani urged relevant stakeholders and state government representatives to take necessary precautions to reduce the impact of potential floods.
In April, the federal government had already identified 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as being at high risk of flooding.
Earlier, during the unveiling of the 2025 Annual Flood Outlook by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, listed the following states as high-risk flood areas: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara, and the FCT.