Country intelligence
🇳🇬Nigeria
LiveLast 7 days
Over the last seven days the desk logged 37 events in Nigeria, 25 of them in the last 24 hours (rising against the 24 hours before). The busiest layer was kidnappings and the most severe event reached level 4 (Critical). That puts the risk index at 61 out of 100, which the desk reads as high.
Risk index
61
High · out of 100
Events, 7 days
37
rising · 25 in 24h
Most severe
4
Critical on the 0 to 4 scale
Live from Nigeria
1
news channels on the desk
What the desk logged
Events by layer, last seven days. Scheduled items such as launches are listed with their planned time.
Kidnappings21
Attacks & Assaults6
Shootings6
Cyber Threats1
Protests1
Conflict Events1
Robberies & Theft1
Most severe events
- 922299 bandits abduct 14 islamic school pupils teacher in niger police confirmKidnappings · level 4 · 10h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- allafrica.comKidnappings · level 3 · 2h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- allafrica.comKidnappings · level 3 · 2h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Plateau gunmen kidnap 2 blind people demand n50m ransomShootings · level 3 · 4h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Plateau kidnappers abduct two visually impaired persons demand n50m ransomKidnappings · level 3 · 6h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
- Police rescue 11 kidnapped victims arrest 19 suspectsKidnappings · level 3 · 9h ago · GDELT_EVENTS
Latest stories mentioning Nigeria
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