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
Events
What is happening now
159 events · newest first
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bauchi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
22 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Zaria, Nigeria
1 fatality · Zaria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Efon-Alaaye · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
15 fatalities · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Oturkpo, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sokoto, Nigeria
1 fatality · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Katsina, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Biu, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Birni N Konni, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Birni N Konni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kaduna, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kaduna · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
1 fatality · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kaduna, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kaduna · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
28 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Nigeria
6 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
1 fatality · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
24 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Yola, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yola, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
1 fatality · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Birnin Kebbi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
1 fatality · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Zaria, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Zaria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Lafia, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
40 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Iwo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Iwo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Lafia, Nigeria
1 fatality · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sokoto, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sokoto, Nigeria
1 fatality · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nsukka, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Nsukka · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kano, Nigeria
71 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kaduna, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kaduna · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
1 fatality · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Oturkpo · 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.