A Boko Haram Commander, Abubakar Shekau and four others have been killed in Yobe State by troops of Sector 2, Operation Hadin Kai. Shekau and the others were killed during a fierce gun battle. The ...

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has said that the new video purportedly released by Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau is fake. Shekau appeared in the clip released today claiming responsibility for ...

Is Boko Haram's Leader Dead? Insane? Neither? Why is understanding Boko Haram so hard? Because the Nigerian terrorist group is led by a vicious, cunning enigma named Abubakar Shekau, a man who's been ...

The Nigerian army says it is looking into reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died after blowing himself up to avoid being captured by a rival group. The Nigerian army says it is ...

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said in a new audio message quoted on social media on Sunday that he is still alive and leading the sect. However, the authenticity of the audio message has not ...

The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the recent massacre in Baga, Borno State. Shekau made the claim in a 35-minute video posted online adding that the sect would ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ayekooto Akindele, has said that even if the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and former Kaduna ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The leader of the Nigerian Islamic extremist group tugged on his winter hat and said with a sneer: "I will sell women," he sneered. The man is ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - The militant group Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist ...

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Abubakar Shekau said Thursday he is still the leader of Boko Haram, rejecting a successor announced hours earlier by the Islamic State group and exposing the biggest rift yet among ...