{"id":168142,"date":"2025-07-03T09:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:05:44","slug":"troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border","title":{"rendered":"Troops repel ISWAP attack on Borno border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of the Nigerian military under Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Nigerien Defence Force, have repelled an early morning attack by Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists on Mallamfatori, a strategic border town in Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>The coordinated assault, which occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, was swiftly countered by Nigerian ground forces with aerial support from the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai and surveillance provided by the Nigerien Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post by security analyst, Zagazola Makama on X, the joint military response inflicted heavy casualties on the terrorists, forcing them to retreat into nearby bushes.<\/p>\n<p>Military sources confirmed that the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, ISR, capabilities deployed by Nigerien forces played a key role in guiding the precision strikes and the troops\u2019 successful pushback.<\/p>\n<p>Mallamfatori, situated close to the Lake Chad Basin, is a critical location in the fight against insurgency in Nigeria\u2019s North-East and the wider Lake Chad region.<\/p>\n<p>Mop-up operations are still ongoing, and further details are expected as the security forces continue securing the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Troops of the Nigerian military under Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Nigerien Defence Force, have repelled an early morning attack by Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists on Mallamfatori, a strategic border town in Borno State. The coordinated assault, which occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, was swiftly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[47,718,254,1665],"class_list":["post-168142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-borno","tag-iswap","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troops repel ISWAP attack on Borno border - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of the Nigerian military under Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Nigerien Defence Force, have repell ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops repel ISWAP attack on Borno border\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of the Nigerian military under Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with the Nigerien Defence Force, have repell ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T08:05:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T09:05:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751521032.804004.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops repel ISWAP attack on Borno border\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-03T08:05:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-03T09:05:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751521032.804004.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Borno\",\"ISWAP\",\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-on-borno-border\",\"name\":\"Troops repel ISWAP attack on Borno border - 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