Risk events in Nigeria, February 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.
111 events were recorded: 109 conflict events and 2 unrest events.
111 eventsSources: ucdp
111 events· Nigeria
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 109
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
111 events · newest first
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Funtua, Nigeria
1 fatality · Funtua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kontagora, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bauchi, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Zaria, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Zaria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kontagora, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
46 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Iseyin, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Iseyin · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yola, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Benin City, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Benin City · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bama, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
1 fatality · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Ado-Ekiti · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bida, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bida · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Potiskum, Nigeria
1 fatality · Potiskum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kontagora, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Birni N Konni, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Birni N Konni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Potiskum, Nigeria
40 fatalities · Potiskum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Nguru, Nigeria
1 fatality · Nguru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Zaria, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Zaria · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
1 fatality · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kontagora, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
1 fatality · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
16 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Oturkpo, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Funtua, Nigeria
1 fatality · Funtua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
1 fatality · Ado-Ekiti · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Makurdi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Efon-Alaaye · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bauchi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Wukari, Nigeria
27 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
1 fatality · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kontagora, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Malanville, Nigeria
1 fatality · Malanville · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kano, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
13 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Enugu, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Enugu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Maiduguri · 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.