Boko Haram Attacks Claim Several Lives

Barely an hour after a local government council chairman was shot dead on Sunday evening in his house in Maiduguri by suspected members of the Islamic fundamentalists, Boko Haram, the group was reported to have bombed another local pub, killing 5 people.

President Goodluck Jonathan and Police Inspector General Hafiz Ringim inspect the remains on the car used in bombing the police headquarters in Abuja on June 16, 2011. (file photo)

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