Sources and methodology

Every incident, casualty figure and territorial assessment resolves to a named, dated source. Conflicting reports are documented side by side, never silently averaged. If a military communiqué claims forty insurgents neutralised while community leaders report fifteen civilian deaths, both figures are recorded with their own citations.

Inclusion criteria. A recorded incident needs a specific date or a disclosed date range, a location resolvable to at least state and LGA, at least one named source with a publication date, and a summary in original words.

Grading. Events are graded on the NATO STANAG 2022 / Admiralty scale: source reliability A to F, information credibility 1 to 6. A1 means confirmed by independent evidence; B2 corroborated reporting from a usually reliable outlet; C3 a single official communiqué; D4 an unconfirmed eyewitness or preliminary report.