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
- 11 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 Gusau, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Funtua, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Funtua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Birni N Konni, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Birni N Konni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wum, Nigeria
17 fatalities · Wum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nikki, Nigeria
162 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
20 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Yola, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Enugu, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Enugu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Funtua, Nigeria
1 fatality · Funtua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kontagora, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kontagora · 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.