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.
4134 events were recorded: 3625 conflict events and 325 unrest events.
4134 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
4134 events· Nigeria
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,625
- 34 in the list
- Unrest
- 325
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
4134 events · newest first
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
13 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Kontagora, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Biu, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
1 fatality · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
1 fatality · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bida, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Bida · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bida, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Bida · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Gusau, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Potiskum, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Potiskum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Numan, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Numan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Ikeja, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Ikeja · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sokoto, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Assault in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nigeria
15 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nigeria
2 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kano, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kano · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Afikpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Afikpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
1 fatality · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Jalingo, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Jalingo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Lafia · 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.