Is Igbanke safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Igbanke safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Igbanke scores 69/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Nigeria Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 12 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 28 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Igbanke scores 69/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Nigeria (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Igbanke: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (83/100) and crime and scams (69/100).
A score of 69 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 6.3869° N, 6.1647° E in Edo, Igbanke maintains a regional distance of 331.5 km NNE to Abuja.
Edo
6.3869° N, 6.1647° E
Lowland
UTC
30,500
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Nigeria
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 11 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Igbanke happened in February (11 of 24 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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