Situation report: Zango-Kataf LGA
Local government area, Kaduna.
| Level High |
Coordinates 9°50′21″N 8°16′40″E 9.8391, 8.2778 |
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 | 14 |
| Deaths in those events | 11 |
| Attacks on civilians | 7 |
| Civilians killed | 8 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zango-Kataf | High | 8 | steady |
How it developed
Archive record
No incident in the Dustline archive falls here — the archive is concentrated in the north-east, so this is a gap, not a finding.
Military installations within 150 km
| 3 Armoured Division | Jos | 64 km |
| 1 Division | Kaduna | 120 km |
| Naval Headquarters | Abuja | 122 km |
| Defence Headquarters | Abuja | 122 km |
| Army Headquarters | Abuja | 123 km |
| Nigerian Defence Academy | Kaduna | 123 km |
| Air Force Headquarters | Abuja | 126 km |
| Air Training Command / NAF Base Kaduna | Kaduna | 142 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Kaduna State — Kidnapping (Level 4, do not travel).
Named danger areas: Southern Kaduna (Kauru–Zangon Kataf)
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.