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

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UCDP recorded 48 eventsP of organized violence in Borno state, Nigeria in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 368P. The low estimate is 298 and the high estimate is 392P. UCDP counts 48P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 32 events.

The count for January 2025 was 29 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is up 66 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Borno state, Nigeria, January 2026 has the highest count of events. Borno state, Nigeria holds 34 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 62 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.

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 26.0.9, 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 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (15 of 48 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Jan 2026Gwoza lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; JASState-based191919
4 Jan 2026Gwoza lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; JASState-based181818
6 Jan 2026Borno stateIS; JASNon-state121212
8 Jan 2026Kukawa lga, Borno stateIS; JASNon-state101010
15 Jan 2026Monguno lga, Borno stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based40240
19 Jan 2026Borno stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based242424
20 Jan 2026Damboa lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based282828
20 Jan 2026Abadam lga, Borno stateIS; JASNon-state242424
22 Jan 2026Gwoza lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; JASState-based15015
24 Jan 2026Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based222222
28 Jan 2026Biu lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based111114
29 Jan 2026Damboa lga, Borno stateIS; CiviliansOne-sided232330
30 Jan 2026Biu lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based212121
31 Jan 2026Konduga lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based111111
31 Jan 2026Guzamala lga, Borno stateIS; CiviliansOne-sided12412

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. Borno state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP7P76P
Government of Nigeria31P202P
IS36P234P
JAS8P104P

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 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 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/borno-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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