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
- 35 in the list
- Unrest
- 420
- 15 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
4283 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Biu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Biu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Akwa Ibom · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Weapons-of-mass-destruction threat in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Weapons-of-mass-destruction threat in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lagos, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lagos · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gusau, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Gusau · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Lafia, Nigeria
6 fatalities · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Kogi State, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Kogi State · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Nsukka, Nigeria
1 fatality · Nsukka · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Yola, Nigeria
5 fatalities · Yola · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Funtua, Nigeria
7 fatalities · Funtua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Biu, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Biu · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · 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 Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · 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.