Nigeria Insecurity Tracker (NIT) is an effort to chronicle and map insecurity and violence based on a weekly survey of media reports. The data include violent incidents relating to political, economic, and social grievances directed at the state or other affiliated groups, or the state employing violence to respond to those incidents.
FEBRUARY 1: Gunmen killed one person and abducted nine at Piroje village in Lau LGA of Taraba State.
FEBRUARY 1: One person was shot dead while four others were abducted by kidnappers at Shendai, Namu district in Quaan-Pan LGA of Plateau State.
FEBRUARY 2: 15 persons were killed when herders attacked Amegi Nkalagha community in Ishielu LGA of Ebonyi State.
FEBRUARY 2: 23 bandits surrendered, and one was killed at Amar village of Karim Lamido LGA of Taraba State.
FEBRUARY 3: Three persons were killed in a renewed bloody clash between rival cult groups in Onne, Eleme LGA of Rivers State.
FEBRUARY 3: Gunmen invaded Esa-Oke in Obokun LGA of Osun State, killing four people.
FEBRUARY 3: Clash between residents and security agents claimed four lives during a demolition exercise at Rimi Zakara, Ungogo LGA of Kano State.
FEBRUARY 3: A man stabbed a police inspector to death at Manigi village in Masegu LGA of Niger State for marrying his son’s girlfriend, and causing the son heartbreak.
FEBRUARY 3: Gunmen killed two persons and kidnapped many at Galadimawa in Rumaya, Kaduna State.
FEBRUARY 4: Three siblings were killed, and their bodies stuffed in a deep freezer in Nnewichi, in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra state.
FEBRUARY 4: Four were confirmed dead in the kingship tussle between Esa-Oke community of Obokun LGA of Osun State.
FEBRUARY 4: kidnappers killed one, and abducted four in Shendai community of Namu District, Plateau State.
FEBRUARY 4: Gunmen invaded Ijegun-Egba community in Oriade LCDA of Lagos, killed two persons and injured several others.
FEBRUARY 4: Two people were killed by Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted by Boko Haram terrorists on their way to a market along Harang and Jibhuhwui villages of Hawul LGA, Borno State.
FEBRUARY 4: Bandits killed a vigilante and kidnapped 6 girls in Pandogari community, Rafi LGA of Niger State.
FEBRUARY 4: A woman was killed by a stray bullet during a clash between the Bobousnand Greenlanders at Swali Ultran Modern Market, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
FEBRUARY 5: Gunmen killed the Chief Security Officer, CSO, of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Richard Timothy and his 23-year old son, Silas, at their Igwuruta-Ali residence near Port Harcourt.
FEBRUARY 5: The decomposing remains of Anambra House of Assembly lawmaker, Justice Azuka, who was kidnapped on December 24, 2024 was found at the Second Niger Bridge.
FEBRUARY 5: At least five persons including All Progressives Councillorship aspirnt in the last local council polls, Amedu Agaba, reportedly lost their lives while several others sustained injuries during a bloody clash between suspected armed herdsmen and local hunters at Okpomaju village of Okete Ward in Otukpo LGA of Benue State.
The killings were after a February 4 peace meeting after one herder and two hunters had been killed in the area.
FEBRUARY 5: The Police neutralised two bandits at Gwana district in Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi State during a tactical operation in collaboration with hunters.
FEBRUARY 6: Bandits killed one and kidnapped the former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga, and nine others at Tsiga village, Bakori LGA, Katsina State.
FEBRUARY 6: A female student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, while a stray bullet killed a woman in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
FEBRUARY 7: A 37-year old man killed his 45-year old elder brother overfood at Adegbe village, Abagana in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State.
FEBRUARY 7: Bandits killed 12 traders and abducted four in Katsina State.
FEBRUARY 7-8: No fewer than 44 terrorists were killed and 25 injured in a co-ordinated attacks across multiple fronts by troops at Kashabawa, Bwarare, Zaki and Sakaraw in Zamfara State.
Totalling 115 deaths in the first week of February
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