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.

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Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, has revealed that factors such as the death of the Boko Haram terrorists leader, Abubakar Shekau, who ...

Abubakar Shekau took over the leadership of Boko Haram in 2009 Abubakar Shekau, the infamous leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, is dead, a video published by its militants has ...

Abubakar Shekau, the infamous leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, is dead, a video published by its militants has confirmed.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, centre, is pictured in this still image taken from an undated video obtained in 2018. Shekau reportedly died around May 18, according to an audio recording from ...

Abubakar Shekau — once rejected by ISIS for being too radical — died last month as the Islamic State West African Province was under ISIS leadership commands to capture him.

The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, rival Islamist militants said in an audio recording. In audio obtained by news agencies, the Islamic ...

Abubakar Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters following a battle, a person purporting to be ISWAP leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi said ...

The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, rival Islamist militants said in an audio recording. ..

Boko Haram leader 'killed himself instantly by detonating an explosive', rivals claim Shekau's death could lead to Boko Haram fighters moving over to the ISWAP group.

KANO (NIGERIA) - Abubakar Shekau, the Nigerian leader of the Boko Haram jihadist group, was once rejected by the Islamic State group (IS) for being too radical.