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
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,625
- 38 in the list
- Unrest
- 325
- 12 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
3950 events · newest first
- Unrest
Strike in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Oturkpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Oturkpo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iseyin, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iseyin · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · 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 Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nikki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Akwa Ibom · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Benin City, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Benin City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Makurdi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Makurdi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Efon-Alaaye · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Makurdi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · 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.