Situation report: Niger Delta creeks and riverine areas
Named danger area.
| Level High |
Coordinates 4°48′00″N 6°06′00″E 4.8000, 6.1000 radius ≈ 85 km |
Covers 22 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Kidnapping for ransom, pipeline attacks, illegal refining and armed cult violence across the riverine areas of Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta.
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this named danger area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 27 |
| Deaths in those events | 22 |
| Attacks on civilians | 15 |
| Civilians killed | 12 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 2 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yenegoa | High | 4 | falling |
| Emohua | Elevated | 2 | falling |
| Ughelli North | Elevated | 1 | falling |
How it developed
Archive record
2 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 12 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-13 | Mayo Sava, Extrême-Nord | Boko Haram — Kolofata, Mayo Sava, Extrême-Nord (2015-09-13) |
| 2015-09-05 | Burutu, Delta | Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces — Benigboye, Burutu, Delta (2015-09-05) |
Military installations within 150 km
| Central Naval Command | Yenagoa | 23 km |
| NAF Base Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt | 97 km |
| NNS Pathfinder | Port Harcourt | 102 km |
| 6 Division | Port Harcourt | 105 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Bayelsa State — Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs; Delta State — Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs; Rivers State — Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs (the advisory excepts Port Harcourt) (Level 4, do not travel).
Limits
- ACLED counts recorded events. Rural violence is under-reported everywhere, and more so where journalists cannot go.
- Levels summarise twelve months; a road can change within days. Current advisories and local security briefings outrank this report.
- Approximate extent drawn as a circle around a well-known location. It marks where danger is concentrated, not a line inside which it begins; the areas around it are not implied to be safe.
Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), www.acleddata.com — aggregates via HDX, as of 25 September 2026. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Map base: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; state boundaries OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Archive: Dustline snapshot of dustlinemap.online, 22 September 2026. Advisory: US Department of State.