Tag: Abubakar Shekau

The Boko Haram leader also threatened Islamic clerics preaching against violence.

The Boko Haram attacked the Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri on Thursday.

“We believe that the Holy Book and the flag were abandoned by Abubakar Shekau while he escaped."

The Information Minister also spoke of the government's readiness to work with the Bring Back Our Girls group.

"If you want your girls, bring back our brothers," Shekau said in Hausa.

"The video has shown ... that the purported factional terrorists group leader is mentally sick and unstable."

Last month, the Boko Haram released a video indicating a willingness for a prisoner swap with the federal government.

The hunters say they know where Abubakar Shekau is hiding.

"We will go to where we never were before now and destroy what we never destroyed before now."

The military has repeatedly claimed credit for killing Mr. Shekau. But the sect denounced the claims each time.

The government says it is still in talks with the sect.

Dozens of girls purported to be the abducted Chibok schoolgirls appeared in Boko Haram's latest video.

Video ends with a flying jet and then some female bodies lying on the ground.

The group also threatens attack on army chief, Buratai, and spokesperson, Mr. Usman.

An ISIS magazine referenced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new leader of the group.

The new leader is featured in the latest issue of an ISIS magazine.

Mr. Dasuki says the Jonathan administration facilitated the acquisition of massive weapons in the last one year

The group asks Muslims to reject President Buhari's government.

The online clampdown came as the sect suffered heavy casualties at the hands of Nigerian troops.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported Saturday how a large number of terrorists drowned in the Lake Chad as they fled the ...

At least one soldier died in the early morning attack.

A Muslim group says the threat against Emir Sanusi is a challenge to Nigerian security operatives.

The terror group says the Emir has proven he is not a true Muslim by urging Nigerians to defend themselves ...

Konduga is about 35 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, and has been repeatedly attacked by the extremist Boko ...

Today, Nigeria is confronted with the reality that within its borders, Boko Haram has carved out its warped version of ...