Recently updated on January 13th, 2025 at 09:57 am
The 2025 Nigerian Security News: Safety Of State Capitals by PositiveNaija aims to objectively, assess the safety of the various state capitals in Nigeria.
The security and criminal risk cases considered in our weighted assessment includes attempted harm, robbery, physical assault, offenses against property/businesses, kidnapping and death as occurred in each Nigerian state.
Media reports are largely the source of information for this report update.
2025 Nigerian Security News: Safety Of State Capitals
2025 [01 January 2025 - 13 January 2025]
An estimated total of % security risk in Nigeria state capitals in 2025.
| State Capitals | % of Security Risk |
| Abia (Umuahia) | |
| Adamawa (Yola) | |
| Anambra (Awka) | |
| Akwa Ibom (Uyo) | |
| Bauchi (Bauchi) | |
| Bayelsa (Yenagoa) | |
| Benue (Makurdi) | |
| Borno (Maiduguri) | |
| Cross River (Calabar) | |
| Delta (Asaba) | |
| Ebonyi (Abakaliki) | |
| Enugu (Enugu) | |
| Edo (Benin city) | |
| Ekiti (Ado Ekiti) | |
| Gombe (Gombe) | |
| Imo (Owerri) | |
| Jigawa (Dutse) | |
| Kaduna (Kaduna) | |
| Kano (Kano) | |
| Katsina (Katsina) | |
| Kebbi (Birnin Kebbi) | |
| Kogi (Lokoja) | |
| Kwara (Ilorin) | |
| Lagos (Ikeja) | |
| Nasarawa (Lafia) | |
| Niger (Minna) | |
| Ogun (Abeokuta) | |
| Ondo (Akure) | |
| Osun (Oshogbo) | |
| Oyo (Ibadan) | |
| Plateau (Jos) | |
| Rivers (Port Harcourt) | |
| Sokoto (Sokoto) | |
| Taraba (Jalingo) | |
| Yobe (Damaturu) | |
| Zamfara (Gusau) | |
| Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) |
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