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A boat carrying 52 passengers capsizes along the Yobe River in Yobe State, killing 25 people and leaving 14 missing.[2]
At least 50 people are killed in an attack by gunmen on the village of Kasuwan-Daji in Borgu, Niger State.[3][4]
4 January – At least nine soldiers are killed and several others injured when their convoy hits a landmine and is ambushed near Bindundul, Borno State; the attack is attributed to Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants.[5]
9 January – A bus crashes in Bauchi State, killing nine people and injuring 10 others.[6]
12 January – Schools in northern Nigeria begin reopening after a months-long closure following the Papiri kidnapping in November 2025.[7]
18 January – Around 177 people are abducted by gunmen following attacks on three churches in Kurmin Wali in Kajuru, Kaduna State.[9]
19 January –
Soldiers responding to an attack on a village in Zamfara State are ambushed by militants, resulting in the deaths of five soldiers and one police officer.[10]
Boko Haram insurgents attack a military formation in Borno State’s Timbuktu Triangle, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding around 50.[11]
21 January – Soldiers rescue 62 hostages and kill two militants during separate military operations in Zamfara and Kebbi States.[12]
26 January – The army rescues 11 kidnapping victims who had been held for 92 days after being abducted from Gada Mallam Maman, Kaduna State in October 2025.[13]
27 January – Boko Haram militants kill seven Nigerian soldiers and capture 13 others in a gun battle during a patrol in Damasak, Borno State.[14]
29 January –
ISWAP carries out a drone attack the Nigerian army’s Sabon Gari base in Borno State, killing at least 11 security personnel.[15]
At least 25 construction workers are killed in a Boko Haram attack on Sabon Gari, Borno State.[16]
31 January –
The Nigerian Army carries out a raid in Kodunga, Borno State, that kills 11 Boko Haram militants, including senior commander Abu Khalid.[17]
2 February – Federal prosecutors file 57 terrorism-related charges at the Federal High Court in Abuja against nine men accused of carrying out the June 2025 Yelwata massacre of 150 people.[19]
3 February – At least 13 people are killed in an attack by gunmen on the village of Doma in Faskari, Katsina State.[20]
4 February – At least 162 people are killed in an attack by gunmen on the villages of Nuku and Woro in Kwara State.[21]
6 February – A High Court in Enugu State orders the United Kingdom to pay £420 million compensation to the families of 21 coal miners killed by colonial police during a strike at the Iva Valley coal mine in 1949; the UK government says it had not been formally notified of the judgment, and was not represented in the proceedings.[22]
7 February – Gunmen attack a Catholic priest’s residence in Kauru, Kaduna State, killing three people and abducting a priest among several others.[23]
8 February – A truck carrying passengers crashes in Kwanar Barde in Gezawa, Kano State, killing 30 people.[24]
14 February – At least 46 people are killed in attacks by gunmen on the villages of Tunga-Makeri, Konkoso and Pissa in Borgu, Niger State.[25]
16 February – The United States sends 100 soldiers to provide training, technical and intelligence support to Nigerian forces combating Islamic militants and other armed groups.[26]
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