Overview

• The air force reported precision strikes on four assembly areas in Kumshe, Borno State, claiming more than 35 fighters were killed and that ground troops later confirmed their position was stabilized.
• Local authorities said at least 76 hostages, including children, were freed in Katsina State during an air-assisted operation near Pauwa Hill targeting a bandit leader known as Babaro, with one child reported dead.
• Military statements describe a renewed push to blunt attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP in the northeast, where militants have recently overrun bases and seized weapons.
• The US State Department approved a $346 million package of bombs, rockets and other munitions for Nigeria pending Congressional approval, as Washington presses for transparent probes of civilian casualty incidents.
• Some casualty figures cited by the military have not been independently verified, and the UN estimates the conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced more than two million people.