About 200 armed Bandits attacked Damari town in Kazage ward, Eastern Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State. Unknown to them, members of the Ansaru group were present and armed. This led to an exchange of gunfire and a chase, leaving the Ansaru group on the winning side. The clash resulted in destruction of property and two deaths.

A diplomatic visit by the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Noam Katz, to the Gombe State Government House sparked a violent uprising in the Gombe metropolis after rumours spread that the visit was a conspiracy against Islamic interests. Youth-led protests erupted and rapidly escalated into sectarian violence, with mobs attacking Christian neighbourhoods and government symbols.

What began as a religious protest against Nigeria hosting the Miss World Beauty Pageant escalated into a catastrophic sectarian conflict. The flashpoint was an article published by ThisDay Newspaper on November 16, which suggested that the Prophet Muhammad would have approved of the pageant and might have chosen a wife from among the contestants. This was deemed blasphemous by many Muslims. Over three days, mobs burned the ThisDay office in Kaduna, leading to a tit-for-tat cycle of violence between Muslim and Christian neighborhoods.

A series of ongoing clashes between Islamic fundamentalists and police in Katsina had resulted in at least 10 deaths and the arrest of 263 individuals by 8 January 1992. These confrontations were a continuation of the religious violence that had first erupted in Katsina in April 1991, sparked by a dispute over a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus Christ in a newspaper. The security situation remained tense in early 1992, as Shi'ite leader Mallam Yakubu Yahaya and his followers were put on trial for their involvement in clashes with the police.