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Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau has been injured and one of his deputies killed in an air strike in northeast Nigeria, civilian and security sources told AFP on Wednesday. Two Nigerian Air Force jets bombarded fighters who had gathered for prayers in Balla village, some 40 kilometres (25...

Abubakar Shekau, factional leader of the Boko Haram terror group, in a new video threatened six countries. In the 27 minutes-long video obtained by Premium Times, Shekau said he will not rest until Sharia is established in the 6 countries. The countries are: 1. Benin 2. Cameroon 3. Chad 4...

The Abubakar Shekau faction of Boko Haram terrorist has a released a new video with a series of footage showing Islamic priests, government officials and world leaders. Three Spies executed Photo Credit: Sahara Reporters According to SAHARA REPORTERS, the video which rendered in Hausa and...

According to a report from AFP, Abubakar Shekau has admitted killing a spokesman of the Boko Haram sect for planning to oust him from his position as the sect's leader. He said this in an audio recording obtained by AFP. In the 50-minute tape of a meeting with the inner circle of his militant...

Here's a brief history of the Boko Haram sect as recounted by the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative, PCNI: Nigeria's 180 million people are near evenly divided between Christians who dominate the south and Muslims who dominate the North. Nigeria returned to civilian rule in...

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram group, has taken responsibility for the bomb blasts that occurred at the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, on Monday. On Monday, suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked a mosque and another location within the university. The blasts killed...

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, has explained why Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has not been captured despite the recent onslaught on the Sambisa forest. In an interview with Daily Trust, Buratai said Shekau and other top Boko Haram commanders fled the forest as they could...

The Nigerian military has vowed not to reveal the whereabouts of the remaining Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram members. Acting Director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters, Abuja Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar gave the military’s position on Thursday. Brig.-Gen. Abubarkar, who spoke...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the flag retrieved from a Boko Haram camp captured by the Nigerian army and the personal Quran of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. READ: Buhari Receives Boko Haram Flag Captured by Nigeria Army See photo of Buhari receiving the Quran :

After being forced to relocate from Sambisa forest, factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, now has a new hideout. THE WILL quoted AFP that Shekau and his men reportedly fled to areas on the edge of the forest, islets on Lake Chad as well as villages on the Cameroon border. “They...

The Defence Headquarters has stated that the days of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, are numbered. Speaking in a recent interview, the Director, Defence Information, Brig.Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said arrested Boko Haram members were already supplying the military with vital information...

The Nigerian army has released statement over claims in a video showing Abubakar Shekau dismissing claims that Boko Haram has been crushed is a “mere terrorist propaganda aimed at creating fear in the minds of people”. A video surfaced on Thursday showing Shekau boasting that Boko Haram...

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in this new video debunked President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government claims that the group has been crushed and flushed out of its Sambisa forest stronghold. See video:

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video to debunk Nigeria’s government claims that the group has been crushed and flushed out of its Sambisa forest stronghold. “We are safe. We have not been flushed out of anywhere. And tactics and strategies cannot reveal our location...

The Nigerian army during their recent raid in Sambisa forest recovered the Qu'ran and Boko Haram flag purportedly left behind by Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the terrorist group. See video:

The Nigerian army during their recent raid in Sambisa forest recovered the Qu'ran and Boko Haram flag purportedly left behind by Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the terrorist group. According to Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, "the Holy Book and the flag...

The Muslim500, an annual report of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims, has published its latest edition. According to the list, President Muhammadu Buhari is the 17th most powerful Muslim in 2016. Other Nigerians who made it into the first 50 include: the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad...

There were indications, last night, that the leadership of the Boko Haram sect might table two major conditions to be met by the Federal Government to seal the deal as negotiations for the expected next phase of the release of 83 Chibok girls begins this week. A source close to the negotiations...

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Gen. T. Buratai has described Abubakar Shekau, the estranged leader of a faction of terror group Boko Haram as a mad man. Speaking on Monday in Yola, Gen. Tukur condemned Shekau's new video where he claimed to be alive and in Good health. “He – Shekau – is a...

The Nigerian Hunters Association has said it is only waiting for permission from the government before entering into Sambisa forest and capturing Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau alive. Leader of the association’s security team, Tarfa Garba said this on Monday in Yola. Tarfa said the hunters...