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Nigeria: Boko Haram Video Suggests Greater Destruction of Nigerian Prison
VOA, 25 March 2014
Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for an attack on a prison in the northern city Maiduguri earlier this month. This comes amid reports that the death… Read more »
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Nigeria: Shekau Claims Responsibility for Attack On Giwa Barracks
Leadership, 25 March 2014
Presumed leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group Abubakar Shekau has, in a new video, claimed responsibility for the recent attacks on barracks and other attacks in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Shekau Claims Giwa Barracks Attack
Daily Trust, 24 March 2014
A man who claimed to be Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram, today appeared in new video in which he claimed responsibility for the Friday 14th March, 2014 attacks at the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Shekau Claims Responsibility for Attack On Giwa Barracks
Premium Times, 24 March 2014
The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for the recent attack on Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, describing it as a huge success. Read more »
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Nigeria: Video Shows Boko Haram Militants Setting Members Free
Daily Trust, 25 March 2014
A new video released by the Boko Haram group yesterday shows how hundreds of detainees were set free on March 14 from cells at the 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) in Maiduguri,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Increases Deadly Attacks On Civilians in Northern Nigeria
VOA, 24 March 2014
The militant group known as Boko Haram has waged a nearly five-year insurgency in northern Nigeria. The government launched a military offensive against the sect in May 2013, but… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Is the Military in False Propaganda War?
Premium Times, 19 March 2014
About two weeks ago, the women of this country, as represented by gender activists, professionals, and other concerned women groups filed out to protest the recent killing of… Read more »
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Nigeria: How I Escaped Death in Maiduguri - Ex-Borno Commissioner
Vanguard, 25 March 2014
Hajiya Yagana Muazu, a former commissioner of Poverty Alleviation under former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that she narrowly escaped death in the hands of a mob of youths… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Strange Helicopter Hovered Over Giwa Barracks Before Attack'
This Day, 23 March 2014
Security sources have alleged that helicopters hovered around the 21 Armoured Brigade, Giwa Barracks months before the recent daring pre-dawn attack by the militant Islamist sect,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Borno Barrack Attack Victims Get Life Line From Govt
Daily Trust, 19 March 2014
The Borno State government yesterday presented cash donations and relief materials to the five communities affected in last Friday's attacks by insurgents on the Giwa barracks in… Read more »