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Benue state: conflict events in October 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Benue state, Nigeria. Country-wide report: Nigeria, October 2025.

2events5 the month before
3est. deathsrange 1–3
0civilian deaths

Benue state, Nigeria saw 2 recorded events and 3 estimated deaths in October 2025. That is -60% compared with 5 events the month before. The death toll range is 1 to 3.

100% of the month's events were non-state conflict.

The most active pairing was Fulani - Tiv with 1 events.

Where events happened

2025-10-06: Black Axe vs SVC (1 deaths)2025-10-03: Fulani vs Tiv (2 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Benue state, October 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, October 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
3 Oct 2025Gwer West lga
Benue state
Fulani vs Tiv
Non-state
2
0–2
6 Oct 2025Makurdi lga
Benue state
Black Axe vs SVC
Non-state, 3 sources
1

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Fulani12
Tiv12
Black Axe11
SVC11

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. See methodology.