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
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 2,322
- 29 in the list
- Unrest
- 343
- 21 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2665 events · newest first
- Conflict
Assault in Funtua, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Funtua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Osogbo · 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 Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Cotonou, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Cotonou · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Gombe, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gombe · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Benin City, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Benin City · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Biu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalingo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Jalingo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ebonyi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ebonyi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ilesa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ilesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ijebu Ode, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ijebu Ode · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Malanville, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Malanville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · 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.