Troops under Nigeria’s Joint Task Force North-West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, conduct a major offensive in Zamfara State aimed at four suspected terrorist kingpins. Multiple outlets report coordinated air and ground operations targeting Dogo Gide, and three other individuals identified as Najaja, Nasanda and Buba Oris. The reports say the operation is intended to disrupt planned movements of armed fighters and to degrade the terrorists’ ability to operate. Vanguard adds that military sources state the offensive kills several suspected terrorists, while other reporting attributes details of the operation to a regional security analyst and counter-insurgency expert who confirms the operation through a public post. Across the accounts, the operation is framed as part of ongoing counter-terrorism efforts in the North-West, with emphasis on targeting leadership figures and disrupting activity ahead of a reported mass movement of fighters. The outlets do not provide further specifics such as the exact locations of engagements, the number of casualties among civilians, or the duration of the operation.