Flooding: Panic spreads in Lagos over impending disaster alert.

An uneasy calm hangs over Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, particularly on the Island, as residents brace for what experts predict could be one of the worst flood seasons in recent years. The fear was heightened following a fresh warning by the Nigeria hydrological services agency, NIHSA, which listed Lagos among States at high risk of severe flooding in its 2025 annual flood outlook unveiled last week in Abuja.

The minister of water resources and sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, who presided over the event, urged residents in flood-prone communities, particularly those on Lagos Island, Lekki, Victoria Island, Ikoyi ,And Ajah, to prepare for severe flooding due to heavy rainfall, rising sea levels and overstretched urban drainage infrastructure.  For many Lagosians, this is not an unfamiliar dread. The city, perched precariously on the Atlantic coast, has witnessed repeated flood disasters over the years, incidents that have damaged properties, paralysed businesses and displaced many families.