UCDP Data: Geocoded Conflict Events in Nigeria

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset covers individual events of organized violence in Nigeria. Events are sufficiently fine-grained to be geo-coded down to the level of individual villages, with temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is published by HDX under a CC-BY-IGO license and was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Conflict pattern analysis based on disaggregated event-level data.
• Geospatial mapping of violence down to the village level.
• Temporal analysis of conflict intensity based on daily event durations.

Strengths

• Data is described as UCDP's most disaggregated dataset.
• Events are geo-coded down to individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single days.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), accessed via HDX.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, NGO publications, and other conflict monitoring sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-12 05:57:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nigeria