all names

Gunmen organisation

Named in 4 reports across 3 stories - 3 Aug – 24 Aug
3 Aug 202624 Aug 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Gunmen. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Gunmen.

Nigeria and north-central Nigeria share 1 reportPlateau State and Two Security Operatives share 1 reportDekara village and Nigeria share 1 reportNigeria and north-central Niger State share 1 reportRiyom Local Government Area and Two Security Operatives share 1 reportBin-Per community and Plateau State share 1 reportDekara village and north-central Niger State share 1 reportnorth-central Nigeria and Plateau State share 1 reportBin-Per community and north-central Nigeria share 1 reportPlateau State and Riyom Local Government Area share 1 reportNigeria and Plateau State share 1 reportBin-Per community and Nigeria share 1 reportNigeria and northwest Nigeria share 1 reportGunmenNigeriaNigeria - 3 shared reports (place)Plateau Sta…Plateau State - 2 shared reports (place)Bin-Per com…Bin-Per community - 1 shared report (place)Dekara vill…Dekara village - 1 shared report (place)north-central Nig…north-central Nigeria - 1 shared report (place)north-central Nig…north-central Niger State - 1 shared report (place)northwest N…northwest Nigeria - 1 shared report (place)Riyom Local…Riyom Local Government Area - 1 shared report (place)Two Securit…Two Security Operatives - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

Military Pressure Forces 17 JAS Family Members to Surrender in Borno

31 outlets1 report names Gunmen5 Aug – 8 Sept

Protest as victims of fresh Plateau attack are laid to rest

8 outlets2 reports name Gunmen18 Aug – 31 Aug

Gunmen kidnap at least 52 in overnight raid in northwest Nigeria, local sources say

1 outlets1 report names Gunmen3 Aug

Who keeps naming them

Euronews1Anadolu Agency (AA)1AllAfrica1The Guardian World1

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