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Adamawa state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

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UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Adamawa state, Nigeria in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 27P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 5 events.

UCDP recorded no events in January 2025. Among the 18 months with a report for Adamawa state, Nigeria, January 2026 has the 9th highest count of events. Adamawa state, Nigeria holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 0 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The report of the country for this month: Nigeria, January 2026.

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An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Adamawa state, January 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Jan 2026Lamurde lga, Adamawa stateBwatiye; TsoboNon-state333
3 Jan 2026Adamawa stateIS; JASNon-state242424

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Adamawa state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Bwatiye1P3P
IS1P24P
JAS1P24P
Tsobo1P3P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Adamawa state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P35PCandidate Events
August 20262P29PCandidate Events
July 20261P0PCandidate Events
June 20261P1PCandidate Events
May 20265P12PCandidate Events
April 20265P60PCandidate Events
March 20262P7PCandidate Events
February 20263P29PCandidate Events
January 20262P27PCandidate Events
December 2025514GED
September 2025348GED
July 202522GED
June 202511GED
May 2025318GED
April 2025415GED
March 202523GED
October 202415GED
August 2024211GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Adamawa state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Adamawa state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/adamawa-state/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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