Situation report: Dikwa LGA
Local government area, Borno.
| Level High |
Coordinates 11°56′05″N 14°05′02″E 11.9347, 14.0838 |
Covers 1 LGA |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this local government area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 27 |
| Deaths in those events | 92 |
| Attacks on civilians | 4 |
| Civilians killed | 12 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dikwa | High | 12 | rising |
How it developed
Archive record
54 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 890 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-08 | Dikwa, Borno | ISWAP — Dikwa, Borno (2023-03-08) |
| 2022-10-23 | Dikwa, Borno | ISWAP — Gajibo, Dikwa, Borno (2022-10-23) |
| 2022-07-07 | Dikwa, Borno | Nigerian security forces (against Boko Haram) — Dikwa, Borno (2022-07-07) |
| 2022-06-06 | Dikwa, Borno | ISWAP — Boboshe, Dikwa, Borno (2022-06-06) |
| 2021-06-08 | Dikwa, Borno | ISWAP and Nigerian security forces — Dikwa, Borno (2021-06-08) |
| 2021-04-18 | Dikwa, Borno | Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces — Dikwa, Borno (2021-04-18) |
| 2021-03-15 | Dikwa, Borno | Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces — Dikwa, Borno (2021-03-15) |
| 2021-03-05 | Dikwa, Borno | Nigerian security forces (against Boko Haram) — Dikwa, Borno (2021-03-05) |
| 2021-03-01 | Dikwa, Borno | Boko Haram — Dikwa, Borno (2021-03-01) |
| 2021-02-19 | Dikwa, Borno | Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces — Dikwa, Borno (2021-02-19) |
Military installations within 150 km
| MNJTF Sector 3 headquarters | Monguno | 97 km |
| Theatre Command, Operation Hadin Kai | Maiduguri | 102 km |
| French base, N'Djamena (Chad) | N'Djamena, Chad | 105 km |
| 7 Division | Maiduguri | 105 km |
| MNJTF headquarters, N'Djamena | N'Djamena, Chad | 109 km |
| NAF Base Maiduguri | Maiduguri | 110 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Borno State — Terrorism and kidnapping (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.
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.