Date first published: 08/05/2025
Key sectors: all
Key risks: terrorism; communal violence; banditry
Risk development
Between 4 and 20 April multiple-casualty attacks occurred in the country’s North-East, North-West and North-Central geopolitical zones. Over 110 people were killed in two attacks by Fulani militias in Plateau state on 4 and 14 April. On 19 April more than 56 people were killed in herdsmen and bandit attacks in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA), Benue state. Meanwhile, the Mahmadu faction - a known Boko Haram faction - was reported to be operating alongside local bandits in Kwara state on 20 April.
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