# OpenWatch Nigeria (remote · api.openwatch.ng)

Security incidents across Nigeria, such as kidnapping and banditry, with sources and confidence.

- Trust score: 31/100 (low)
- Change this week: −5
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-25

## Components

- remote · `api.openwatch.ng`: 31/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/api)
- remote · `api.openwatch.ng`: 33/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/mcp-connect.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/mcp-connect)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required (not validated)`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-25.

- **Endpoint Security**: 77/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - The endpoint enforces authorisation, but returns a challenge with no valid RFC 9728 metadata, so a client cannot discover where to get a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to verify streamable-http.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read it.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read its tools.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read its tools.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Capabilities blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read them.

**Unverified: 6 categories.** Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the OpenWatch Nigeria MCP server?

OpenWatch Nigeria is a hosted endpoint at https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ng-openwatch-openwatch 'https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ng-openwatch-openwatch": {
      "url": "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ng-openwatch-openwatch": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ng-openwatch-openwatch]
url = "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ng-openwatch-openwatch": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ng-openwatch-openwatch --url 'https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ng-openwatch-openwatch:
    url: "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ng-openwatch-openwatch": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ng-openwatch-openwatch -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ng-openwatch-openwatch": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-25 (score 31, −5)

- [security regression] HTTPS: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-18 (score 36, −37)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → behind authorisation
- [security regression] Stability: 0.17 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Authorization: partial → fail
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-10-17 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-13 (score 71, 0)

- [security] Tool “get_case” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `search_incidents` (~318 tokens)

Search incidents

Search security incidents in Nigeria, newest first. Filter by state, LGA, type code, status, confidence and date range. Bandit attacks are coded by what happened (KDN, MUR, CTR, TER), with the group in perpetrator_group. Results keep to the caller's archive window; archive.clamped says when an older date_from was cut.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string)
- `date_to` (string)
- `lga` (string): Local government area within the state, e.g. Gusau; needs state. Not available on the free view, which shows state only
- `min_confidence` (number)
- `order` (string)
- `page` (integer)
- `per_page` (integer)
- `sort` (string)
- `state` (string): Nigerian state, e.g. Zamfara, Akwa Ibom, FCT or Abuja
- `status` (string)
- `type` (string): Incident type code: TER Terrorism, KDN Kidnapping, BOM Bombing/Explosion, ARB Armed Robbery, CMV Communal Violence, PRT Protest, SCM Scam/Fraud, MSP Missing Person, PIR Piracy/Maritime, ASN Assassina…

### `get_incident` (~34 tokens)

Get an incident

One incident in full: location, casualties, confidence and the news sources that reported it.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required)

### `get_trends` (~201 tokens)

Incident trends

Incident counts over time with a per-type breakdown, daily, weekly or monthly, optionally for one state or incident type. Included with API plans; held to the plan's archive window.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string)
- `date_to` (string)
- `period` (string)
- `state` (string): Nigerian state, e.g. Zamfara or FCT
- `type` (string): Incident type code: TER Terrorism, KDN Kidnapping, BOM Bombing/Explosion, ARB Armed Robbery, CMV Communal Violence, PRT Protest, SCM Scam/Fraud, MSP Missing Person, PIR Piracy/Maritime, ASN Assassina…

### `get_daily_brief` (~38 tokens)

Daily intelligence brief

The daily Nigeria security brief: headline, threat level, the day's key incidents and hotspots.

Input parameters:

- `date` (string): Defaults to today

### `get_state_risk` (~51 tokens)

State risk profile

A state's security risk tier, national rank, incident and fatality totals, most reported threats and most affected LGAs.

Input parameters:

- `state` (string, required): Nigerian state, e.g. Plateau or FCT

### `list_cases` (~49 tokens)

List case timelines

Published case timelines: ongoing or resolved stories such as mass abductions, followed from first report to outcome.

Input parameters:

- `state` (string): Nigerian state, e.g. Zamfara or FCT

### `get_case` (~73 tokens)

Get a case timeline

One case. Without a paid key: its status, how it ended, dates and a short summary. With one: the full file, with totals (abducted, rescued, killed), places, who was responsible, and the dated developments with sources.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): The case slug from list_cases

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-25: 31
- 2026-10-24: 36
- 2026-10-23: 36
- 2026-10-22: 36
- 2026-10-21: 36
- 2026-10-20: 36
- 2026-10-19: 36
- 2026-10-18: 36
- 2026-10-17: 73
- 2026-10-16: 72
- 2026-10-15: 72
- 2026-10-14: 72
- 2026-10-13: 71
- 2026-10-12: 71

## Common questions

### What is the OpenWatch Nigeria MCP server?

OpenWatch Nigeria is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ng.openwatch/openwatch. Security incidents across Nigeria, such as kidnapping and banditry, with sources and confidence. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp).

### Is the OpenWatch Nigeria MCP server safe to use?

OpenWatch Nigeria scores 31 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the OpenWatch Nigeria MCP server expose?

OpenWatch Nigeria exposes 7 tools: search_incidents, get_incident, get_trends, get_daily_brief, get_state_risk, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 764 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the OpenWatch Nigeria MCP server require authentication?

Yes. OpenWatch Nigeria asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the OpenWatch Nigeria MCP server still maintained?

OpenWatch Nigeria is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.openwatch.ng/mcp
- Website: https://www.openwatch.ng/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ng-openwatch-openwatch/api