** Nigeria says Troops Killed 48 Insurgents in Northeast.**

An attack by the Islamist Boko Haram and it's splinter group, Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, on military positions in the Northeastern states of Borno and Yobe, have been foiled by the Nigerian troops, backed by heavy air support and killing more than 48 insurgents in the process, according to military authority on Friday, 30th October, 2026.

The Nigerian military, through Operation Hadin Kai, officially issued a statement on Friday, October 30, 2026 by its Acting Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Captain Muhammed Goni, to the effect that:

On the night of October 29, 2026, Boko Haram and its splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, attempted to over run a military position in Bitta, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state, but the gallant soldiers of the Operation Hadin Kai, backed by heavy air support, 'decisively disorganized and repelled the overnight assault', inflicting heavy casualty on the terrorist group, as they dispersed in disarray.

According to the military spokesperson, same night and into the early hours of Friday, 30th October 2026, another attempted assault on the North East Theater Training School, NETTS, in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state by a large concentration of ISWAP terrorists, was effectively repelled by the Nigerian troops, after about 5 hours of battle, coordinated by the Theater Command, with the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance, ISTAR, of the air and ground fighters of the Nigerian Army. This counter offence led to the neutralization of 48 terrorist fighters.

And on the 31st October, 2026, in Kukawa, also in Borno state, the Army spokesperson said troops repelled another attack on the town, neutralizing senior ISWAP commanders, including Abu Hajara, Abbas Gajiri, Habu, Gogore and others, bringing the casualty figure to 55 on the part of the insurgents, and 1 killed and 2 lightly wounded, on the part of the Nigerian Army. The wounded are currently receiving treatment in a military facility.

In the 2-day military operation against the insurgents, substantial caché of arms, including 42 AK-47 riffles, 5 PKT Machine guns, 4 General Purpose Machine Guns, GPMGs, 1×60 mm mortar, 105 AK-47 magazines, 2 video cameras and thousands of rounds of ammunition, have been recovered by the gallant troops.

The military have warned, despite this morale-boosting operation, that the threat is not over yet, but is expected to pike in the coming months. According to Yerwa Express analyses, October 31st 2026, the rainy season had slowed both sides due to the flooding of the Sambisa, Gwoza and Lake Chad roads, and the terrorists have used the rainy season window to reorganize, recruit and bring in supplies, and as the roads are getting dry, their movement will return. Also, cross-border replenishment is expected, as Premium Time January report had it that ISWAP received 35 commercial drones through the Lake Chad axis, as well as Arab mercenaries, as confirmed by the killing of 2 foreign Arab fighters in Kukawa, October 31st 2026 alongside their commanders, and had advocated tighter border enforcement. It is also expected that new tactics will be deployed by the terrorists, and the military assessment warned of drone swarm attack on Borno and Yobe bases.

But the officers and men of Operation Hadin kai have vowed to keep and maintain a relentless pressure on the terrorists, to deny them safe havens for regrouping, asking civilians for information, and urging counter drone system.