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
- 11 in the list
- Unrest
- 343
- 4 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
2665 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Iwo, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Iwo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sagamu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sagamu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Makurdi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Makurdi, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Makurdi · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Biu · 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 Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · 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.