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Niger state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in March 2026

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UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Niger state, Nigeria in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 8P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 11 eventsP.

UCDP recorded no events in March 2025. Among the 13 months with a report for Niger state, Nigeria, March 2026 has the 10th highest count of events. Niger state, Nigeria holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in March 2026. In March 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, March 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. Niger state, March 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
23 Mar 2026Borgu lga, Niger stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPState-based888

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. Niger state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of March 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P8P

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 Niger state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20266P18PCandidate Events
August 202617P294PCandidate Events
July 202612P71PCandidate Events
June 202611P53PCandidate Events
May 202611P105PCandidate Events
April 20269P62PCandidate Events
March 20261P8PCandidate Events
February 202611P93PCandidate Events
January 20269P72PCandidate Events
June 202511GED
February 2025111GED
January 202513GED
December 2024440GED

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.

Niger state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Niger state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/niger-state/month/2026-03/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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