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Nigeria: APC to Nigerians - Watch Out for Jonathan's Fake Shekau
Daily Trust, 22 March 2015
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has alerted Nigerians to an alleged desperate plot of the Jonathan government and his ruling party, the Peoples… Read more »
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Nigeria: We'll Catch Shekau Before Elections - Jonathan
Premium Times, 23 February 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he believes the leader of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, responsible for thousands of deaths, will be apprehended by… Read more »
Nigeria's President Promises Arrest of Boko Haram Leader
President Goodluck Jonathan says he believes that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of militant group Boko Haram, will be apprehended by government forces before the country's general elections on March 28.
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Nigeria: APC Alleges Plot By FG to Create Fake Shekau
Vanguard, 24 February 2015
The APC Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO, has alleged that the Presidency is planning to present before Nigerians a fake Boko Haram leader in its effort to show Nigerians… Read more »
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Nigeria: I Underestimated Boko Haram - Jonathan
Vanguard, 22 February 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan said he underestimated Boko Haram Islamists who have overrun swathes of the country's northeast and defended an election postponement in an interview… Read more »
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Nigeria: Capture Shekau Alive, Troops Charged
Daily Trust, 23 February 2015
Troops fighting to wipe out Boko Haram from towns occupied by the terror group have been urged to capture the insurgent's leader, Abubakar Shekau believed to be desperately looking… Read more »
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Nigeria: Capture Shekau Alive, Troops Urged
Vanguard, 22 February 2015
Following the spate of recent successes recorded by troops against boko haram insurgents in the north eastern parts of the country, Nigerian troops have been put on red alert for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Sambisa Forest - Blow-By-Blow Account of the Assault Against Boko Haram
Vanguard, 22 February 2015
The emergence of Boko Haram in 2009, with base in Maiduguri, Borno State capital and the late Mohammed Yusuf as the leader, has become an issue of serious concern not only to the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Army Working to Capture Boko Haram Leader Shekau Alive
Premium Times, 22 February 2015
Following successes recorded in the war against Boko Haram in Nigeria's North-East zone, the Armed Forces have intensified efforts to capture alive, the leader of the insurgent… Read more »
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Nigeria: Defeating Boko Haram in Six Weeks
Vanguard, 20 February 2015
FOLLOWING the postponement of the 2015 elections, now scheduled to commence on March 28, rather than February 14, 2015, questions have arisen as to the possibility of the Nigerian… Read more »
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Nigeria: Shekau's New Video - BBOG Calls On Military to Neutralise Threat
Leadership, 19 February 2015
The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group has called on the Nigerian military to take seriously the threat made by the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau and work towards neutralising… Read more »
InFocus
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The forest is believed to be the area where more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 were held. Read more »
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The order to catch Abubakar Shekau is to ensure that the army will no longer be tricked. Read more »
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The attack on a market in Potiskum is the latest in a string of suicide strikes in which children have been used by Boko Haram militants. Read more »
