Risk events in Nigeria, April 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.
3950 events were recorded: 3625 conflict events and 325 unrest events.
3950 eventsSources: gdelt
3950 events· Nigeria
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,625
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 325
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-02 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-03 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-04 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 182 |
| 2026-04-05 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 3 | 0 | 286 |
| 2026-04-06 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 8 | 0 | 523 |
| 2026-04-07 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 10 | 0 | 283 |
| 2026-04-08 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 31 | 0 | 59 |
| 2026-04-09 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 23 | 0 | 314 |
| 2026-04-10 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 16 | 0 | 189 |
| 2026-04-11 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 11 | 0 | 205 |
| 2026-04-12 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 4 | 0 | 508 |
| 2026-04-13 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 18 | 0 | 388 |
| 2026-04-14 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 12 | 0 | 1267 |
| 2026-04-15 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 183 |
| 2026-04-16 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 121 |
| 2026-04-17 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 187 |
| 2026-04-18 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 209 |
| 2026-04-19 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 53 |
| 2026-04-20 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 27 | 0 | 240 |
| 2026-04-21 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 19 | 0 | 73 |
| 2026-04-22 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 32 | 0 | 182 |
| 2026-04-23 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 13 | 0 | 277 |
| 2026-04-24 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 274 |
| 2026-04-25 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 196 |
| 2026-04-26 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| 2026-04-27 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 14 | 0 | 117 |
| 2026-04-28 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-29 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
3950 events · newest first
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sapele · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oturkpo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Oturkpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sapele · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sapele · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sapele · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Efon-Alaaye · Source: gdelt
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.