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Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in June 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 166 eventsP of organized violence in Nigeria in June 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 614P. The low estimate is 572 and the high estimate is 677P. UCDP counts 263P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for May 2026 was 145 eventsP.

The count for June 2025 was 68 events. The change from June 2025 to June 2026 is up 144 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Nigeria, June 2026 has the 2nd highest count of events. Nigeria holds 8 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in June 2026. In June 2025, the share was 3 percent.

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

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, June 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Benue state915
Borno state24128
Kaduna state1456
Katsina state421
Kebbi state739
Kogi state59
Niger state1153
Plateau state2673
Sokoto state1562
Zamfara state1892

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

Figure 1. Events in Nigeria, June 2026. The map shows 166 events with 614 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, June 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (15 of 166 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Jun 2026Tureta lga, Sokoto stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided202020
4 Jun 2026Magumeri lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based191919
9 Jun 2026Anka lga, Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based10910
9 Jun 2026Borgu lga, Niger stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided121212
10 Jun 2026Abadam lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based151515
10 Jun 2026Kukawa lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based12012
12 Jun 2026Maradun lga, Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided171717
13 Jun 2026Mariga lga, Niger stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state10910
14 Jun 2026Arewa-Dandi lga, Kebbi stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided202020
18 Jun 2026Borgu lga, Niger stateJAS; CiviliansOne-sided10010
19 Jun 2026Jere lga, Borno stateIS; CiviliansOne-sided111111
20 Jun 2026Damboa lga, Borno stateGovernment of Nigeria; ISState-based111111
20 Jun 2026Kukawa lga, Borno stateIS; CiviliansOne-sided151516
21 Jun 2026Bokkos lga, Plateau stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state222022
26 Jun 2026Talata Mafara lga, Zamfara stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided171717

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 3. Nigeria: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of June 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP107P394P
Birom2P3P
Black Axe7P12P
Bujinji1P2P
Bwatiye1P1P
Eyie8P15P
Farmers (Nigeria)2P15P
Fulani7P11P
Government of Nigeria22P103P
Group named for a person (name not shown)5P20P
Herders (Nigeria)2P15P
Idoma2P4P
Idomi1P2P
Inkil1P2P
IPOB3P5P
Irigwe1P1P
IS28P135P
JAS2P13P
JNIM1P2P
Jurist1P1P
SVC2P4P
Tiv1P1P
Tsobo1P1P
Ugep1P2P
Yoruba1P2P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. Nigeria: events by type of violence, June 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict62P37%
Non-state conflict58P35%
One-sided violence against civilians46P28%

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

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 June 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/month/2026-06/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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