Nigeria experiences BGP control plane disruption
Nigeria experienced a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane disruption in the early hours of July 18, 2026. The event began at 01:55 UTC and lasted for approximately 2.6 hours, concluding by 04:30 UTC. The disruption was centered on the BGP signal, which measures the…
Nigeria experienced a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane disruption in the early hours of July 18, 2026. The event began at 01:55 UTC and lasted for approximately 2.6 hours, concluding by 04:30 UTC. The disruption was centered on the BGP signal, which measures the visibility of network prefixes across the global routing table.
Technical Details
The BGP signal recorded a severity score of 164 during the event. The median number of visible prefixes dropped by 2% from its peak, with measurements showing a low of 9,591 prefixes compared to a typical average near 9,736. Other internet measurement signals, including active probing for IPv4 reachability and backscatter traffic analysis, showed minimal concurrent degradation, indicating the event was primarily confined to routing announcements.
The cause has not been publicly attributed. No official statements or news reports linking the disruption to a specific technical failure or external event were identified in the immediate aftermath.
BGP connectivity was reported restored by the end of the observation window.
