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
Military force used in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Makurdi · 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
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Makurdi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Nikki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kontagora, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kontagora · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afikpo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Afikpo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Nikki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Akwa Ibom · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Nikki, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Nikki · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tessaoua, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Tessaoua · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Numan, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Numan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Mokolo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Mokolo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · 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 Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bida, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bida · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · 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 Gusau, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Gusau · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sapele, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sapele · 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 Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ile-Ife · 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 Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nsukka · 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.