Situation report: Plateau State
State.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 9°22′48″N 9°37′41″E 9.3800, 9.6280 |
Covers 17 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this state; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 475 |
| Deaths in those events | 788 |
| Attacks on civilians | 325 |
| Civilians killed | 584 |
| LGAs at extreme | 5 |
| LGAs at high | 4 |
| LGAs at elevated | 4 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barikin Ladi | Extreme | 164 | rising |
| Mangu | Extreme | 124 | rising |
| Riyom | Extreme | 73 | rising |
| Jos South | Extreme | 66 | rising |
| Bassa | Extreme | 40 | rising |
| Bokkos | High | 48 | falling |
| Jos North | High | 46 | rising |
| Kanam | High | 5 | rising |
| Wase | High | 3 | falling |
| Qua'an Pan | Elevated | 7 | steady |
| Pankshin | Elevated | 4 | rising |
| Jos East | Elevated | 0 | new |
| Shendam | Elevated | 0 | falling |
How it developed
Archive record
15 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 373 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Barkin Ladi, Plateau | Troops of Operation Safe Haven foil armed herders invasion of farmlands in Plateau |
| 2026-09-10 | Barkin Ladi, Plateau | Operation Enduring Peace troops neutralize kidnapper and recover fabricated rifle in Plateau |
| 2026-09-07 | Mangu, Plateau | Gunmen kill civilian in Kadun community, Mangu; Operation Safe Haven launches manhunt |
| 2026-06-27 | Barkin Ladi, Plateau | Operation Safe Haven troops avert sectarian reprisal attack in Fan district |
| 2026-04-28 | Mangu, Plateau | Operation Safe Haven foils night raid on Bungha Gida, arresting 3 militia fighters in Mangu |
| 2026-02-22 | Bokkos, Plateau | Armed assailants attack artisanal mining site in Mangar; Operation Safe Haven intervenes |
| 2015-07-12 | Jos North, Plateau | Boko Haram — Tudun Wada, Jos North, Plateau (2015-07-12) |
| 2015-07-05 | Jos North, Plateau | Boko Haram — Jos North, Plateau (2015-07-05) |
| 2015-04-25 | Riyom, Plateau | Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces — Shonong, Riyom, Plateau (2015-04-25) |
| 2015-02-26 | Jos South, Plateau | Boko Haram — Jos South, Plateau (2015-02-26) |
Military installations within 150 km
| 3 Armoured Division | Jos | 102 km |
Advisories and named areas
No US Level 4 advisory state here.
Named danger areas: Plateau (Bokkos–Barkin Ladi–Mangu)
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.