Fighters arrived on motorcycles during NECO exams on June 29, shot dead a teacher, and took approximately 50 people; the Army rescued 10; this is the third mass school abduction in northeast Nigeria since May

Nigeria's 17-year jihadist conflict in the northeast, led by ISWAP and Boko Haram, has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and entered an escalating phase in mid-2026.

81 villagers killed in Gubio on 9 June; 20 soldiers in Monguno and 40+ civilians in Nganzai on 13 June, as critics call the Presidency's 'sign of desperation' framing a cover for a major security failure