Tag: Abubakar Shekau

Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (JAS), popularly known as Boko Haram, has debunked reports that it struck a ceasefire ...

The core impediment against the successful suppression of terrorism and banditry has been insufficiencies in the capacity and capability of ...

Abu Fatima coordinated attacks in northern Borno for ISWAP, particularly around the Baga axis. He was reportedly captured alive but ...

Niger has suspended its participation in the Multinational Joint Task Force, and Chad has threatened to withdraw.

The Borno official said, “19 people seriously injured were conveyed to Maiduguri in four ambulances."

In its quest to expand beyond north-east Nigeria, clashes between the JAS and ISWAP factions are not in the global ...

Rear Admiral Musa told Nigeria's First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, that Rebecca was kidnapped at age 13 in 2014 and is ...

Nearly a decade of experience managing Boko Haram defectors is invaluable for West Africa and the Sahel.

Earlier this month, terrorists used explosives to breach the correctional facility in Kuje, freeing over 800 of the 994 inmates ...

On Saturday, the army announced on its verified Facebook page that the wreckage of the jet had been recovered.

Even though jihadism and banditry may seem to overlap in some cases as jihadism offers bandits the chance to justify ...

Modu Kime, aka Abou Maryam was killed in airstrikes coordinated along the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State.

Lessons learnt from Niger's DDRRR programme must inform stabilisation efforts nationally and in the Lake Chad basin region.

Experts caution that there may be more than meets the eye to the recent mass surrender of Boko Haram insurgents ...

Boko Haram terrorists and their family surrender to Nigerian troopsCREDIT: Nigerian Army President Buhari, in both words and actions, has ...

Afghanistan has humbled America, with the images we are seeing. It has proven to the world again that it is ...

Four insurgents, drawn from the defunct Boko Haram and ISWAP sects, in the clip, were seen pledging their loyalty to ...

The attack is believed to be the first Boko Haram attack since the death of their leader, Abubakar Shekau.

The feat came barely a week after at least seven soldiers were killed by an improvised device planted by Boko ...

Islamic State West Africa Province appears to have been gaining ground in recent months.

The legislative aide said on Facebook that Abubakar Shekau lived and died like a hero

Mr Shekau and some of his fighters reportedly died in the Sambisa forest on Wednesday.

The life of Mr Shekau, one of the longest-reigning jihadi leaders, was cut short in a violent coup led by ...

By detonating his explosive vest, Mr Shekau killed at least one other person: Bako Gorgore.

“We have been praying over the years and even observed special prayers during the just-concluded Ramadan for divine intervention and ...