Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Benue state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in Benue state, Nigeria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 20P. The low estimate is 13 and the high estimate is 20P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 19 eventsP.

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

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

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

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

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Events

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

Table 1. Benue state, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Logo lga, Benue stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state222
3 Aug 2026Guma lga, Benue stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state444
5 Aug 2026Ukum lga, Benue stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111
13 Aug 2026Ukum lga, Benue stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state222
16 Aug 2026Ukum lga, Benue stateFulani; TivNon-state10310
19 Aug 2026Benue stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111

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

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Benue state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP5P10P
Fulani1P10P
Tiv1P10P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Benue state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20266P20PCandidate Events
July 202619P71PCandidate Events
June 20269P15PCandidate Events
May 20266P19PCandidate Events
April 202613P66PCandidate Events
March 202614P47PCandidate Events
February 202616P61PCandidate Events
January 202623P50PCandidate Events
December 202548GED
November 202536GED
October 202523GED
September 2025514GED
August 20251634GED
July 202557GED
June 20259203GED
May 20251593GED
April 202512113GED
March 2025422GED
February 2025634GED
January 202512GED
December 2024224GED
November 2024631GED
October 2024427GED
September 202429GED
August 2024381GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Benue state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Benue state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/benue-state/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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