Risk events in Nigeria, January 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
159 events were recorded: 159 conflict events.
159 eventsSources: ucdp
159 events· Nigeria
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 159
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-02 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-03 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-04 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-07 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-08 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-29 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
159 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
1 fatality · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Katsina, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
11 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Gombe, Nigeria
1 fatality · Gombe · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Maiduguri, Nigeria
12 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Maiduguri, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Okene, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Okene · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Potiskum, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Potiskum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yola, Nigeria
27 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ebonyi, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Ebonyi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bida, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Bida · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Potiskum, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Potiskum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Biu, Nigeria
11 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Malanville, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Malanville · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
1 fatality · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Lafia, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
11 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
1 fatality · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Katsina, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Jalingo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Jalingo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Tessaoua, Nigeria
1 fatality · Tessaoua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
1 fatality · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Maiduguri, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
1 fatality · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
1 fatality · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nigeria
9 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
1 fatality · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
1 fatality · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kaduna, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kaduna · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Jalingo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Jalingo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
1 fatality · Ogbomoso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kaduna, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kaduna · Source: ucdp
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.