Risk events in Nigeria, May 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.
4283 events were recorded: 3863 conflict events and 420 unrest events.
4283 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
4283 events· Nigeria
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,863
- 30 in the list
- Unrest
- 420
- 20 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
4283 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Ogbomoso · 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
Assault in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bama, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Bama · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ilesa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ilesa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Funtua, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Funtua · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gombe, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gombe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oyo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Oyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Bida · 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
Assault in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Biu · 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.