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Boko Haram: ISIS Deceived Me—Shekau Cries Out

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,…

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…

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…