Overview
- Overnight assaults hit Kukawa, Dalwa and Goniri, with at least 12 soldiers and three civilians killed, including the commanding officer at the Kukawa base, according to military sources and officials.
- In Dalwa, attackers killed two soldiers and three residents before burning more than 250 homes, while troops in Kukawa fought for hours before retaking the camp after heavy losses.
- Insurgents overran the Goniri base in neighbouring Yobe state, killing four soldiers and torching vehicles and buildings, military sources said.
- Ngoshe in Gwoza LGA remains under militant control days after an earlier raid, with local and security sources reporting the abduction of more than 100 women and children and fresh displacement to Pulka.
- The Nigerian military called the latest attacks an attempt to overwhelm positions, acknowledged unspecified losses, and said air operations struck retreating fighters, which security sources said reportedly killed more than 50 insurgents.