Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 28 eventsP of organized violence in Plateau state, Nigeria in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 65P. The low estimate is 64 and the high estimate is 65P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 17 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Nigeria, August 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 26.0.8, 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Nigeria has each event.

Table 1. Plateau state, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 28 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
17 Aug 2026Mangu lga, Plateau stateFulani; MwaghavulNon-state252525

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Plateau state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP22P29P
Birom1P3P
Fulani6P36P
Irigwe1P1P
Mwaghavul4P32P

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
August 202628P65PCandidate Events
July 202617P36PCandidate Events
June 202626P70PCandidate 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.

Plateau state: all figures

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ConflictStats. Plateau state, Nigeria: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/nigeria/plateau-state/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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