{"id":27810,"date":"2026-03-05T12:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27810"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:38:42","slug":"islamist-militants-kill-14-nigerian-soldiers-in-borno-state","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/islamist-militants-kill-14-nigerian-soldiers-in-borno-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamist militants kill 14 Nigerian soldiers in Borno state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Islamist militants killed at least 14 Nigerian soldiers and injured several others during \u200btwo separate attacks on army bases in north eastern Borno state \u200con Tuesday night, security sources said, as insurgents intensify attacks on the military.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters attacked the Nigerian Army&#8217;s base in Ngoshe \u200btown, Gwoza district, killing at least nine troops and \u200ba local imam, three army sources said late on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The \u2060attackers, who forced the troops to retreat from their base, \u200bseized guns and ammunition before abducting an unknown number of women, \u200bsaid the sources, who declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the same time, militants also attacked another military base \u200bin Pulka, further north in Gwoza district, killing five soldiers, including \u200ba commanding officer, two other sources with knowledge of the attack said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The injured troops \u200cwere \u2060taken to Maiduguri city, the Borno state capital, for medical treatment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Insurgents have been launching coordinated attacks aimed at stretching the military and limiting its ability to quickly bring reinforcements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Nigerian Army did not respond \u200bto a request \u200bfor comment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nigeria&#8217;s military \u2060has been into insurgent strongholds in the northeast this year as part of a renewed \u200boffensive against militant groups.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But despite repeated operations, ISWAP and \u200bBoko \u2060Haram continue to mount large-scale attacks, exploiting difficult terrain, porous borders and a weak state presence across parts of Nigeria&#8217;s arid northeast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Borno remains the \u2060epicentre of \u200bthe 17 year Islamist insurgency, which has \u200bkilled thousands and displaced two million people, according to humanitarian aid groups.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16039,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-27810","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Islamist militants killed at least 14 Nigerian soldiers","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27811,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27810\/revisions\/27811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}