Triple suicide bombing in Maiduguri on March 17 killed 25, wounded 108, marking Nigeria's deadliest urban attack in seven years. Boko Haram suspected. Separately, Nigerian Army killed 60 ISWAP fighters in multi-site Borno counteroperation on March 18. Dual-track pressure from urban bombing and rural military attacks signals intensified Ramadan campaign.

ISWAP executed a coordinated 4-base simultaneous raid in Borno, Nigeria, the most significant single-night operation in the current Ramadan offensive. Combined with a Sambisa Forest SVBIED, at least 10+ soldiers killed, 37+ vehicles destroyed/seized, and mass weapons haul. The 'Camp Burning Campaign' is actively escalating under direct spokesperson direction.

ACLED assesses JNIM and ISSP are entrenching across the Benin–Niger–Nigeria borderlands, driving sharply higher incident counts and fatalities by exploiting weak coordination, terrain sanctuaries, illicit economies, and competitive signaling through public attack claims.

Militants killed at least 25 construction laborers in Sabon Gari, Borno, and separate reporting describes additional soldier deaths in attacks on an army base, highlighting continued high lethality in northeast Nigeria.

ISIS’s Al-Naba Issue 522 highlights coordinated and sectarian violence across West and Central Africa, portraying these attacks as evidence of the group’s resilience and expanding operational reach.