Is Jebba safe? Nigeria travel risk
Is Jebba safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Jebba scores 73/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). 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.
Jebba scores 73/100 (Extreme). 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 Jebba: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (83/100) and health and medical access (86/100).
A score of 73 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 9.1286° N, 4.8183° E in Kwara, Jebba features an altitude of 100 m. The settlement is located 292.7 km E from Abuja.
Kwara
9.1286° N, 4.8183° E
100 m
Africa/Lagos
22,411
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Jebba happened in January (9 of 13 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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