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Katsina state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

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UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in Katsina state, Nigeria in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 65P. The low estimate is 59 and the high estimate is 65P. UCDP counts 53P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 8 eventsP.

UCDP recorded no events in May 2025. Among the 13 months with a report for Katsina state, Nigeria, May 2026 has the 2nd highest count of events. Katsina state, Nigeria holds 7 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in May 2026. In May 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, May 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 each event of the month. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Katsina state, May 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 May 2026Dandume lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111
2 May 2026Dutsin-Ma lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based444
3 May 2026Kankia lga, Katsina stateGroup named for a person (name not shown); CiviliansOne-sided171117
5 May 2026Musawa lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided777
9 May 2026Dutsin-Ma lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based333
10 May 2026Matazu lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided121212
21 May 2026Sabuwa lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based111
25 May 2026Dutsin-Ma lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state222
28 May 2026Faskari lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based222
29 May 2026Dutsin-Ma lga, Katsina stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided161616

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. Katsina state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP9P48P
Group named for a person (name not shown)1P17P

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 Katsina state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202610P41PCandidate Events
August 202613P65PCandidate Events
July 20264P71PCandidate Events
June 20264P21PCandidate Events
May 202610P65PCandidate Events
April 20268P24PCandidate Events
March 20264P4PCandidate Events
February 20266P29PCandidate Events
January 20265P8PCandidate Events
September 202513GED
August 2025252GED
February 202511GED
December 202418GED

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.

Katsina state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Katsina state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/katsina-state/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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