Situation report: Shiroro and Rafi (Niger State)
Named danger area.
| Level High |
Coordinates 9°57′00″N 6°51′00″E 9.9500, 6.8500 radius ≈ 40 km |
Covers 2 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Mining and farming areas where armed groups have displaced whole communities and attacked security forces.
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 | 50 |
| Deaths in those events | 219 |
| Attacks on civilians | 25 |
| Civilians killed | 44 |
| LGAs at extreme | 1 |
| LGAs at high | 0 |
| LGAs at elevated | 1 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiroro | Extreme | 42 | falling |
| Muya | Elevated | 2 | falling |
How it developed
Archive record
9 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 125 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Shiroro, Niger | Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army rescue 22 kidnapped victims in Niger State counter-bandit raid |
| 2026-06-21 | Shiroro, Niger | NAF Super Tucano airstrike hits armed bandits crossing Kaduna River toward Shiroro |
| 2026-03-25 | Shiroro, Niger | Bandits engage Joint Security Task Force in Allawa mining belt in Shiroro |
| 2026-01-24 | Munya, Niger | Joint Security Task Force repels bandit raid on Sarkin Pawa in Munya LGA |
| 2023-01-16 | Shiroro, Niger | Nigerian security forces (against Boko Haram) — Kurebe, Shiroro, Niger (2023-01-16) |
| 2022-08-13 | Shiroro, Niger | Nigerian security forces (against Boko Haram) — Karebe, Shiroro, Niger (2022-08-13) |
| 2022-02-25 | Shiroro, Niger | Bandit groups — Galadima Kogo, Shiroro, Niger (2022-02-25) |
| 2021-11-25 | Shiroro, Niger | Bandit groups — Shiroro, Niger (2021-11-25) |
| 2021-11-18 | Shiroro, Niger | Bandit groups — Kurebe, Shiroro, Niger (2021-11-18) |
Military installations within 150 km
| 1 Division | Kaduna | 88 km |
| Nigerian Defence Academy | Kaduna | 95 km |
| Air Training Command / NAF Base Kaduna | Kaduna | 98 km |
| Army Headquarters | Abuja | 119 km |
| Defence Headquarters | Abuja | 122 km |
| Air Force Headquarters | Abuja | 123 km |
| Naval Headquarters | Abuja | 124 km |
Advisories and named areas
No US Level 4 advisory state here.
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.