Risk events in Nigeria, June 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.
4714 events were recorded: 4200 conflict events and 514 unrest events.
4714 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
4714 events· Nigeria
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 4,200
- 37 in the list
- Unrest
- 514
- 13 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
4714 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Numan, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Numan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kontagora, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kontagora · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ebonyi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ebonyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ebonyi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ebonyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kontagora, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kontagora · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nikki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · 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
State-based conflict in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Birnin Kebbi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sagamu, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Sagamu · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Lafia, Nigeria
1 fatality · Lafia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sokoto, Nigeria
1 fatality · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Nigeria
15 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
12 fatalities · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Okene, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Okene · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- 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 Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gombe, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gombe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · 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.