ISWAP terrorists attacked Garjang community in Damboa LGA, Borno State, killing the hunters’ leader.

Around 70 heavily armed members of the Boko Haram sect, carrying guns and hand grenades, launched a pre‑dawn assault on a police station in the Dutsen Tanshi area of Bauchi. The attack, which occurred in retaliation for the recent arrests of the sect’s leaders, was quickly repelled. Security forces responded by raiding the group’s hideouts in the Federal Low‑Cost Housing Estate and Fadama Mada areas. The confrontations resulted in significant casualties and arrests, marking the beginning of a five‑day uprising that would spread to three other northern states and lead to the summary execution of the sect’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf.

A violent uprising broke out in the Pantami ward of Gombe after a police detachment moved in to arrest suspected members of the banned Maitatsine ('Yan Tatsine) sect. The sect's suspected leader at that time was a man named Yusufu Adamu. The confrontation quickly escalated into a full-scale armed insurrection, leading to widespread destruction and significant loss of life

A coordinated suicide mission targeted the military infrastructure of Kaduna. A bomber in a Toyota Celica, laden with explosives, attempted to ram the gates of the 1st Mechanized Division Headquarters. Alert sentries engaged the vehicle before it could breach the inner perimeter, forcing a premature detonation at the gate.