Risk events in Nigeria, August 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.
2665 events were recorded: 2322 conflict events and 343 unrest events.
2665 eventsSources: gdelt
2665 events· Nigeria
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,322
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 343
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 10 | 0 | 35 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 31 | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 22 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 21 | 0 | 43 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 21 | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 23 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
Events
What is happening now
2665 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Akwa Ibom · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- 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 Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · 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 Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Nikki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Biu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Biu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Benin City, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Benin City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Mokolo · 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.