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Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in December 2024

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UCDP recorded 27 events of organized violence in Nigeria in December 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 182. The low estimate is 175 and the high estimate is 203. UCDP counts 9 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2024 was 57 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Nigeria, December 2024 has the 26th highest count of events. Nigeria holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in December 2024.

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.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Nigeria, December 2024: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Anambra state33
Benue state224
Borno state880
Delta state11
Gombe state23
Imo state47
Katsina state18
Niger state440
Oyo state11
Plateau state115
Figure 1. Events in Nigeria, December 2024. The map shows 27 events with 182 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

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

Table 2. Nigeria, December 2024: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (5 of 27 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
7 Dec 2024Shiroro lga, Niger stateGovernment of Nigeria; JASState-based404040
22 Dec 2024Riyom lga, Plateau stateFulani; IrigweNon-state151515
23 Dec 2024Borno stateIS; JASNon-state404040
25 Dec 2024Kwande lga, Benue stateFulani, Jukun; TivNon-state202020
25 Dec 2024Abadam lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based323232

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Nigeria: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Black Axe11
Eyie11
Ezza14
Farmers (Nigeria)23
Fulani115
Fulani, Jukun120
Government of Nigeria1791
Group named for a person (name not shown)18
Herders (Nigeria)23
IPOB710
Irigwe115
IS880
JAS580
Korri14
Tiv120

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Nigeria: events by type of violence, December 2024
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict1659%
Non-state conflict726%
One-sided violence against civilians415%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Nigeria, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 2026143P451PCandidate Events
August 2026161P992PCandidate Events
July 2026116P551PCandidate Events
June 2026166P614PCandidate Events
May 2026145P1,010PCandidate Events
April 2026182P1,034PCandidate Events
March 2026113P698PCandidate Events
February 2026108P712PCandidate Events
January 2026142P719PCandidate Events
December 202559358GED
November 202544340GED
October 202551255GED
September 202569336GED
August 202569262GED
July 202567222GED
June 202568469GED
May 202585648GED
April 202568401GED
March 202559248GED
February 202546191GED
January 202547428GED
December 202427182GED
November 202457255GED
October 202452330GED
September 202439235GED
August 202430408GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Nigeria: all figures

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ConflictStats. Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in December 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/month/2024-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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