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 · ucdp
3950 events· Nigeria
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,625
- 39 in the list
- Unrest
- 325
- 11 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
3950 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sapele · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Afikpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Afikpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
1 fatality · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nikki, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Nikki · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
11 fatalities · Birnin Kebbi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
21 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oyo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oyo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Malanville, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Malanville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oyo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Oyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gombe, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gombe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kontagora, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kontagora · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malanville, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Malanville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · 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.