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
Events
What is happening now
2665 events · newest first
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tessaoua, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Tessaoua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaduna, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kaduna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ilesa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ilesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cotonou, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Cotonou · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Funtua, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Funtua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaduna, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kaduna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kogi State, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kogi State · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Okene, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Okene · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oturkpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Oturkpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ilesa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ilesa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Iwo · 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 Benin City, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Benin City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Benin City, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Benin City · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Nguru, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nguru · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaduna, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kaduna · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kontagora, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kontagora · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · 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.