Situation report: Rivers State
State.
| Level High |
Coordinates 5°01′23″N 6°50′10″E 5.0230, 6.8360 |
Covers 23 LGAs |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Under a US Level 4 advisory: Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs (the advisory excepts Port Harcourt).
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 | 41 |
| Deaths in those events | 35 |
| Attacks on civilians | 28 |
| Civilians killed | 23 |
| LGAs at extreme | 0 |
| LGAs at high | 1 |
| LGAs at elevated | 7 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Harcourt | High | 3 | falling |
| Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni | Elevated | 8 | new |
| Khana | Elevated | 4 | rising |
| Emohua | Elevated | 2 | falling |
| Eleme | Elevated | 1 | rising |
| Etche | Elevated | 1 | rising |
| Obia/Akpor | Elevated | 1 | rising |
| Ikwerre | Elevated | 0 | falling |
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
| NAF Base Port Harcourt | Port Harcourt | 13 km |
| 6 Division | Port Harcourt | 33 km |
| NNS Pathfinder | Port Harcourt | 35 km |
| Central Naval Command | Yenagoa | 64 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Rivers State — Crime, kidnapping and armed gangs (the advisory excepts Port Harcourt) (Level 4, do not travel).
Named danger areas: Niger Delta creeks and riverine areas
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.