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
- 43 in the list
- Unrest
- 420
- 7 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
4283 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaduna, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kaduna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · 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
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 Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kaduna, Nigeria
83 fatalities · Kaduna · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Okene, Nigeria
1 fatality · Okene · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
10 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
72 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kontagora, Nigeria
1 fatality · Kontagora · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Sokoto, Nigeria
20 fatalities · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Efon-Alaaye, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Efon-Alaaye · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Bauchi, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Bauchi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Yola, Nigeria
12 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Yenagoa, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Yenagoa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
8 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mokolo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Mokolo · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Riot in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tessaoua, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Tessaoua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Akwa Ibom · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sapele · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaduna, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kaduna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nikki · 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.