Islamic State removes factional Boko Haram leader Abu Albarnawi
The Islamic State (IS) has sacked Abu Mus’ab Albarnawi as the leader of Islamic State West Africa Province, a faction of the Boko Haram insurgent group.
The Islamic State (IS) has sacked Abu Mus’ab Albarnawi as the leader of Islamic State West Africa Province, a faction of the Boko Haram insurgent group.
Five Nigerian police officers who were accused of killing Boko Haram’s founder Mohammed Yusuf while in their custody have been reinstated, a police oversight body said on Monday.
A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group’s founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the indiscriminate violence of its longtime figurehead that has alienated locals.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters stormed a village in northeast Nigeria and killed three people on suspicion of collaborating with the military, security sources told AFP on Monday.
At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram jihadists raided a military post near the country home of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, in Borno state, military and civilian sources said Saturday.
Paulker reminded the protesters that Nigeria remains a secular and as such, nobody could impose his/her religion on others. He assured that the federal lawmakers would urgently address the issue.