Nigeria & Lake Chad
Assessment
Mass abductions across the north continue, including about 600 worshippers taken from a mosque in Niger State on Aug 22, alongside house-to-house killings in Plateau and a reported secret three-month truce between the government and Boko Haram's JAS faction. ISWAP attacked a military position at Pulka in Borno's Gwoza LGA on Sept 7 and was repelled, while ISWAP and JAS fought each other around Bama in early September. A US-Nigeria air campaign killed ISWAP's leader in June, and JNIM is stepping up incursions into northern Benin as the 2027 campaign opens. No new mass-casualty attack or abduction was verified in the two days to Sept 15.
Recent, assessed
- 2026-09-07ISWAP fighters attack a military position at Pulka, Gwoza LGA, Borno State; troops repel the assault with air support and one soldier is wounded (single-sourced). vanguardngr.com
Level history
Levels set by research reviews. A level set by hand is shown at the top of the page while it is in force and is not part of this history.
| Date | Level | Status | Trend | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 4 | Escalating | ▲ escalating | Weekly review |
| 2026-09-14 | 4 | Escalating | ▲ escalating | Weekly review |
| 2026-09-12 | 4 | Escalating | ▲ escalating | Weekly review |
| 2026-09-12 | 4 | Escalating | ▲ escalating | Baseline |
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