Situation report: Funtua LGA
Local government area, Katsina.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 11°26′01″N 7°20′40″E 11.4336, 7.3445 |
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 | 70 |
| Deaths in those events | 103 |
| Attacks on civilians | 49 |
| Civilians killed | 39 |
| LGAs at extreme | 1 |
| LGAs at high | 0 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funtua | Extreme | 39 | rising |
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
| Air Training Command / NAF Base Kaduna | Kaduna | 82 km |
| Nigerian Defence Academy | Kaduna | 95 km |
| 1 Division | Kaduna | 103 km |
| NAF Base Kano | Kano | 145 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Katsina State — 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.