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
State-based conflict in Potiskum, Nigeria
11 fatalities · Potiskum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
1 fatality · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sokoto, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Okene, Nigeria
1 fatality · Okene · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Birni N Konni, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Birni N Konni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Katsina, Nigeria
1 fatality · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Zaria, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Zaria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ikeja, Nigeria
1 fatality · Ikeja · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ikeja, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Ikeja · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
10 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Okene, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Okene · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
10 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Sapele, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Sapele · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Iseyin, Nigeria
1 fatality · Iseyin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Katsina, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Ogbomoso · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
1 fatality · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
18 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
9 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
1 fatality · Ado-Ekiti · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Okene, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Okene · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kontagora, Nigeria
42 fatalities · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yola, Nigeria
23 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bida, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Bida · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mokolo, Nigeria
19 fatalities · Mokolo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bauchi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bauchi · 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.