Nigeria’s former minister of information said the removal of the three governors in the northeastern part of the country that houses Boko Haram’s primary stronghold would allow the nation’s military to annihilate the jihadist organization once and for all.
A man claiming to be the leader of Boko Haram reappeared in a video taunting the Nigerian government again for repeating the allegation that it has decimated the jihadist group this week.
A recently published video purportedly shows shadowy Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau once again contradicting reports that the Nigerian military injured him in northeastern Nigeria, the group’s stronghold.
The BBC’s Jimeh Saleh returned to Maiduguri, Nigeria, where he was born, and traveled into Boko Haram territory with the Nigerian Army.
Boko Haram has released a new video under the Islamic State in West Africa moniker, in which they display the alleged remains of a Nigerian military jet and claim the Sambisa Forest raid last month did little to weaken their operation.
A gunman and suicide bomber believed to be affiliated with the jihadist terror group Boko Haram attacked northern Nigeria’s College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) in Potiskum on Friday, injuring several students struggling to escape the blast and bringing into question Nigerian military claims that Boko Haram’s grip on the nation’s north is loosening.
