Nigeria Counter Terrorism Operations in 2025 – Necessary, but ISIS Continues to expand

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On December 31, gunmen carried out two coordinated attacks in Nigeria, one targeting Christians gathered for a New Year’s Eve service and another striking a police station. These incidents followed closely on December 29, when Nigerian troops arrested suspected suicide bomber Abubakar Mustapha at the Banki Central Mosque after an intelligence-led operation by the 152 Task Force Battalion.

Mustapha was found in possession of primed IED components...