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

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UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Plateau state, Nigeria in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 39P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 6 eventsP.

The count for March 2025 was 4 events. The change from March 2025 to March 2026 is levelP. Among the 23 months with a report for Plateau state, Nigeria, March 2026 has the 16th highest count of events. Plateau state, Nigeria holds 4 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Nigeria in March 2026. In March 2025, the share was 7 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

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Plateau state, March 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
24 Mar 2026Riyom lga, Plateau stateActor not identified by UCDP; CiviliansOne-sided222
28 Mar 2026Barkin Ladi lga, Plateau stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state111
29 Mar 2026Jos North lga, Plateau stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state333333
29 Mar 2026Jos North lga, Plateau stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state333

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. Plateau 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 UCDP4P39P

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 Plateau state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202647P95PCandidate Events
August 202628P66PCandidate Events
July 202617P36PCandidate Events
June 202626P73PCandidate Events
May 202622P77PCandidate Events
April 202634P78PCandidate Events
March 20264P39PCandidate Events
February 20266P24PCandidate Events
January 202613P42PCandidate Events
December 2025325GED
November 202524GED
October 20251033GED
September 2025310GED
August 2025625GED
July 2025547GED
June 20251148GED
May 2025932GED
April 202510104GED
March 2025417GED
December 2024115GED
November 202424GED
October 2024516GED
September 2024415GED

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.

Plateau state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Plateau state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/plateau-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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