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Borno state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in January 2025

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UCDP recorded 29 events of organized violence in Borno state, Nigeria in January 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 353. The low estimate is 283 and the high estimate is 436. UCDP counts 118 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2024 was 8 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Borno state, Nigeria, January 2025 has the 9th highest count of events. Borno state, Nigeria holds 62 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in January 2025.

The report of the country for this month: Nigeria, January 2025.

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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

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 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Borno state, January 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (6 of 29 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
4 Jan 2025Damboa lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based424242
9 Jan 2025Gwoza lga, Borno stateIS; CiviliansOne-sided13013
12 Jan 2025Kukawa lga, Borno stateJAS; CiviliansOne-sided7040147
16 Jan 2025Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based939398
20 Jan 2025Mobbar lga, Borno stateIS; JASNon-state515151
22 Jan 2025Bama lga, Borno stateJAS; CiviliansOne-sided20020

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Borno state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Nigeria15182
IS22252
JAS8152

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Borno state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202610P82PCandidate Events
August 202622P170PCandidate Events
July 202617P88PCandidate Events
June 202624P128PCandidate Events
May 202631P410PCandidate Events
April 202636P337PCandidate Events
March 202640P476PCandidate Events
February 202622P81PCandidate Events
January 202648P368PCandidate Events
December 202532114GED
November 202528307GED
October 202521179GED
September 202532216GED
August 202525117GED
July 20253587GED
June 202523168GED
May 202534371GED
April 202523114GED
March 202527144GED
February 20251699GED
January 202529353GED
December 2024880GED
November 202424153GED
October 202423208GED
September 20241785GED
August 202416288GED

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.

Borno state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Borno state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in January 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/borno-state/month/2025-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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