Tag: Abubakar Shekau
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Dozen of terrorists killed in Boko Haram, ISWAP clash
The clash between Abubakar Shekau’s faction of the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), has left many terrorists dead in the northern part of the country. According to counter-insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama revealed that the notorious leader of Boko Haram, Ali Nguide led…
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Rep fires aide for describing Shekau as ‘true hero’
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulkadir Rahis, representing Maiduguri federal Constituency has sacked his aide Bukar Tanda for describing Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau as a true hero. Tanda was reacting to the report of Shekau blowing himself up when he said the leader of Boko Haram “lived a life of hero and…
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U.S. sends message to ISWAP over $7m bounty for killing Shekau
The United States of America (USA) has said it will not pay the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) a promised $7 million bounty for killing Abubakar Shekau. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the United States Department Rewards for Justice Program made this known via Twitter on Friday. “News reports today indicate that Boko Haram terrorist…
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Boko Haram: Shekau’s faction woos bandits to join sect
The Abubakar Shekau faction of Boko Haram, Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, has invited bandits to join them. The faction wooed armed groups terrorising the North West and North Central in a new video. The regions have been under unabated attacks by bandits who kill, rape, injure the people, burn houses and rustle cattle, sheep,…
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I can make Shekau surrender – Ex-Boko Haram commander
A 32 year-old former Boko Haram Commander, Rawana Goni, has appealed to the Nigerian military authorities to allow him make a phone call to the elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau and at least 137 other terrorists to make them surrender. Goni, who is undergoing rehabilitation at a military detention camp in Maiduguri, said this in an…
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JUST IN: Buratai charges troops to get Shekau dead or alive
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, alive or dead. Buratai gave the charge at Camp Zairo, the former Command and Control Centre of the terrorists group in the Sambisa forest during an operational visit to troops.…