Displaced leader of Boko Haram group, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed that leadership of the Islamic State, also known as IS or ISIS, played a fast one on him. Shekau, who has been underground for nearly a year now, released a recorded message barely 24 hours after news went viral that ISIS had replaced him. ISIS,…
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ISIS Appoints New Boko Haram Leader
A new leader has been appointed for the Boko Haram terrorists group, which has its stronghold in north east Nigeria. Boko Haram, which pledged its allegiance to the dreadful Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, now has Abu Musab al-Barnawi as its new leader. Al-Barnawi replaces Abubakar Shekau, whose whereabouts has remained unknown and a source…
DSS Captures Shekau’s Close Ally, Khalid Barnawi
The Department of State Service, DSS, Nigeria’s secret police, may have apprehended one of the right men of wanted Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, Khalid Barnawi. According to tweets from Ahmad Salkida, a journalist used by Boko Haram to convey information to the Nigerian government and the public, Barnawi was captured in Lokoja, the Kogi…
DHQ Says Shekau’s New Video Is Fake
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has described the purported new video released by leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau as fake. In a statement issued on Thursday, the DHQ urged Nigerians not to believe the video clips because it “could be another ploy or antics of the terrorists to keep our innocent citizen off their current…
Buhari Can Never Crush Us In 3 Months—Shekau
Leader of the Boko Haram group, Abubakar Shekau, in a new audio released recently, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a liar. He accused the President of lying to Nigerians on the progress made in the fight about terrorism in the country. On Saturday, authorities of the country’s military claimed they were winning the war…
New Video: No Ceasefire Deal With FG–'Dead' Shekau
Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, supposedly killed by both the Nigerian and Cameroonian security forces in ‘two’ different gun battles, has rubbished claims by the Nigerian Army that his group sealed a ceasefire deal with the Nigerian government. In a new video released on Friday, the Boko Haram leader, in his usual style, insists…
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Lagos, Abuja Blasts
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Lagos, Abuja Blasts In New Video The dreadful Boko Haram group has released a new video obtained by AFP and has claimed responsibility for the two attacks that occurred in Lagos and Abuja on June 25, 2014. In the Lagos attack on a tank farm in Apapa area of the…