BLACKOUT MAP

Internet outage history

Nigeria

Operational 79/81 hosts up since Oct 16, 2026 10:00 UTC

Every disruption Blackout Map has recorded in Nigeria since monitoring began on October 16, 2026, with reported government shutdowns and submarine cable incidents.

Live status of Nigeria RSS feed

Anambra — Operational · 2/2 hosts upPlateau State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upNiger State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upNasarawa State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upKwara State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upKatsina State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upKaduna State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upImo State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upSokoto — Operational · 2/2 hosts upBauchi — Operational · 2/2 hosts upBorno State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upCross River State — Operational · 2/2 hosts upDelta — Operational · 2/2 hosts upEdo State — Operational · 3/3 hosts upOgun State — Operational · 3/3 hosts upOyo State — Operational · 3/3 hosts upKano State — Operational · 3/3 hosts upRivers State — Operational · 3/3 hosts upFCT — Operational · 3/3 hosts upLagos — Operational · 21/21 hosts up
Regions right now Operational Degraded Partial outage Blackout Each dot is a state or province we measure separately, coloured by its status now; bigger dots have more hosts. The country is shaded in its overall status.
0incidents recorded
0total disruption
—longest incident
10regional outages
61outages measured since 2022
1reported shutdowns since 2019

Overview

Last 90 days

Worst status per day, last 90 days
Aug 1, 2026 Operational Degraded Partial outage Blackout Not monitored yet Today

Daily reachability

last 30 days
Oct 16Oct 230%50%100%
Hosts uplowest hour

Our probes · hosts reachable

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 28Oct 290%50%100%

IODA · routes and active probing, % of normal

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 28Oct 290%50%100%
BGP routesActive probingIODA (Georgia Tech)

Latency from our server (Germany)

last 72 hours
Oct 27Oct 28Oct 290 ms100 ms200 ms
Latency25–75%

The same measurements as the live panel, per 30 minutes. Times in UTC.

Incidents

All incidents

our probes and IODA

No disruptions recorded in Nigeria since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.

Regional outages · our probes

Outages in one state or province while the rest of Nigeria stayed online, measured by our own probes. Hosts are placed by IP geolocation (DB-IP), which is sometimes off.

RegionStarted (UTC)DurationWorst level
Ogun StateOct 28, 2026 09:502 hours Blackout
SokotoOct 25, 2026 23:107 hours Blackout
Ogun StateOct 24, 2026 13:103 hours Partial outage
Ogun StateOct 24, 2026 08:054 hours Partial outage
SokotoOct 23, 2026 23:058 hours Blackout
SokotoOct 22, 2026 21:558 hours Blackout
SokotoOct 22, 2026 05:3045 min Blackout
SokotoOct 19, 2026 23:203 hours Blackout
Enugu StateOct 17, 2026 13:3525 min Blackout
Enugu StateOct 17, 2026 05:009 hours Blackout

Attacks and context

Context only — they don't change the status above.

DDoS attacks aimed at Nigeria · 7 days

Oct 23Oct 24Oct 25Oct 26Oct 27Oct 280%50%100%
Network DDoSWeb attacksCloudflare Radar

Per hour; each line is relative to its own busiest hour of the week (100%). Context only — attacks never change a country's status.

Types
Mirai (UDP) Flood 76% · UDP Flood 17% · SYN Flood 1% · DNS Amplification 1%
Duration
62% longer than 1 h · 29% under 20 min
Size
99% under 500 Mbit/s · 0% over 10 Gbit/s
Web attacks from
MTN NIGERIA Communication limited 43% · Airtel Networks Limited 18% · Globacom Limited 12%

Routing incidents · 7 days · Cloudflare Radar

0 possible hijacks of networks in Nigeria, 5+ route leaks involving it.

Long-term history

Before our monitoring: IODA archive

61 incidents · 5 blackouts · 7 partial outages

Outages in Nigeria detected by IODA (Georgia Tech) between January 2022 and the start of our own monitoring: drops in the country's internet routes (BGP) or in its reachability from IODA's active probing, compared with the day before. Each is checked against IODA's signal; small dips are left out.

Started (UTC)DurationWorst levelEvidence
Aug 2, 2026 13:5525 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jun 20, 2026 12:202 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 3% of normal
May 3, 2026 20:5050 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 37% of normal
Apr 22, 2026 14:1520 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Mar 27, 2026 11:1040 min Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 79% of normal
Oct 31, 2025 06:001 hour Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 61% of normal
Sep 24, 2025 13:558 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Aug 29, 2025 13:1025 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Aug 10, 2025 07:3030 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 83% of normal
Jul 24, 2025 08:5020 min BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 15% of normal
Jul 16, 2025 07:5045 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Jun 1, 2025 17:201 hour Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 75% of normal
Show all 61
Started (UTC)DurationWorst levelEvidence
Mar 27, 2025 15:405 days BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 33% of normal
Mar 25, 2025 20:105 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 80% of normal
Mar 25, 2025 17:3040 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 91% of normal
Mar 25, 2025 14:5040 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 92% of normal
Feb 12, 2025 10:454 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
Jan 21, 2025 22:1511 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Dec 27, 2024 17:1020 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Nov 22, 2024 16:103 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Oct 3, 2024 16:402 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing + routes, lowest 75% of normal
Jul 5, 2024 09:453 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Mar 14, 2024 10:305 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 71% of normal
Feb 7, 2024 22:1540 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 89% of normal
Nov 19, 2023 12:402 hours BlackoutIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 18% of normal
Sep 1, 2023 09:1050 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Aug 27, 2023 00:4016 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Aug 26, 2023 00:357 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jul 19, 2023 05:401 hour Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): active probing, lowest 76% of normal
Jun 22, 2023 13:509 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 95% of normal
May 14, 2023 20:1011 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
May 10, 2023 12:055 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
May 4, 2023 20:3511 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
May 3, 2023 23:058 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Apr 30, 2023 00:356 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Apr 19, 2023 21:206 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Apr 19, 2023 05:0555 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Feb 24, 2023 19:057 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
Feb 10, 2023 04:503 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jan 26, 2023 10:5535 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Jan 14, 2023 18:004 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
Dec 3, 2022 18:4036 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Nov 3, 2022 10:503 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Sep 6, 2022 22:504 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 90% of normal
Aug 26, 2022 23:109 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Aug 21, 2022 22:4520 min DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Aug 17, 2022 16:4016 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
Aug 15, 2022 22:2511 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Aug 12, 2022 14:253 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Aug 5, 2022 17:4518 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 92% of normal
Jul 30, 2022 21:2026 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jul 28, 2022 05:259 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal
Jul 22, 2022 15:4022 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 93% of normal
Jul 15, 2022 13:4541 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Jul 13, 2022 22:1038 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Jul 1, 2022 21:5034 hours Partial outageIODA (Georgia Tech): routes + active probing, lowest 64% of normal
May 25, 2022 17:1017 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
May 4, 2022 04:202 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Apr 10, 2022 22:3510 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Apr 10, 2022 00:4011 hours DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 94% of normal
Feb 24, 2022 22:253 days DegradedIODA (Georgia Tech): routes, lowest 95% of normal

Government shutdowns and blocks

since 2019

The Internet Society Pulse tracker records 1 government-ordered shutdown or block in Nigeria since 2019.

  • Apps and websites blocked (X (Twitter)), since Jun 4, 2021 — 223 days

Shutdown data provided by Internet Society. Pulse

Submarine cable incidents

No submarine cable incidents recorded for Nigeria.

Cable incidents: GeoCables (CC BY 4.0). Context only — they never change a country's status.