Nigeria has overlapping areas of insecurity and unrest, caused by different armed and political groups

Bandit gangs

Farmer-herder conflict

Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa

Yoruba separatists

Piracy and criminal groups

Militant Biafran separatists

Sokoto

Yobe

Katsina

Zamfara

Kebbi

Borno

Kaduna

Niger

Federal Capital

Territory

Abuja

Anambra

Biafran territorial

claim

Lagos

Niger

delta

300 km

300 miles

Nigeria has overlapping areas of insecurity and unrest, caused by different armed and political groups

Bandit gangs

Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa

Farmer-herder conflict

Yoruba separatists

Piracy and criminal groups

Militant Biafran separatists

Niger

Sokoto

Yobe

Katsina

Zamfara

Kebbi

Borno

Kaduna

Benin

Niger

Adamawa

Abuja

Federal Capital

Territory

Biafran territorial

claim

Anambra

Lagos

Cameroon

Niger delta

200 km

200 miles