Nigeria Tension Score
indexed · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Nigeria, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Nigeria stands
#35 of 197 countries today, #6 of 53 in Africa (region score 64). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Nigeria news pulse
60 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Nigeria, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving Nigeria’s tension score
last 30 days- 83 headlines in 30 days — 0.43% of everything the engine read, up sharply on the previous 30 days (37).
- 25% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 16% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: Nigerian Civil Conflicts (dormant).
- Region: Africa reads 64 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Nigeria) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
Nigeria tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 31.2 | Calm | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 30.5 | Calm | 84 | 23 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 28.6 | Calm | 32 | 9 | 13 |
Record for Nigeria began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Nigeria score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Africa region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Nigeria
Is Nigeria in a war right now?
Yes, by our roster: Nigerian Civil Conflicts. Status is updated on every full cycle.
Is tension in Nigeria rising or falling?
Easing: down 2 points in 7 days.
How does Nigeria compare with the rest of Africa?
Below its region: Nigeria reads 31 against 64 for Africa, ranking #6 of 53 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Sudan 54 · South Sudan 44 · Somalia 36 · Ethiopia 35 · Eritrea 34 · Algeria 30
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Africa · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Nigeria and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamAfrica’s giant. Nigeria has the continent’s largest population and one of its largest oil industries. Boko Haram in the north-east, bandits in the north-west and separatists in the south-east keep three conflicts running at once.
Oil theft and the naira. Pipeline sabotage and currency devaluations are economic tension headlines that arrive as often as security ones.
What our engine watches in Nigeria
- Insurgent and bandit attacks
- Oil output and pipeline sabotage
- Naira moves and fuel-subsidy protests
Indexes to follow: Energy Security · Currency Stress.