Yobe Boko Haram Attack: Death toll rises to 78

The death toll of the massacre carried out by suspected to be Boko Haram gunmen in Gujba community of Yobe state have risen to 78.  The Boko Haram gunmen, said to be wearing military camouflage with black bandanas round their heads, opened fire on the students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, at 3a.m on Sunday.

Boko Haram goes to Yoruba Babalawos for 'spiritual' fortification

As the military assault against the Boko Haram sect continues in some Northern 
states, members of the sect might have concluded plans to infiltrate the South-West to seek traditional medicine protection from gunshots.

Sunday Tribune gathered that the last few weeks have seen large-scale efforts being made by people believed to be members of the sect to contact

The ‘exhumation’ of Shekau: Farce or real deal?

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Abubakar Shekau

The media was awash yesterday with the news of the ‘resurfacing’ of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the islamist extremist group in Nigeria, Boko Haram, who the Nigerian Army recently suggested was dead. The long silence from Abubakar Shekau between the time he was pronounced dead by the army and his latest ‘communication’ lent credence to the suggestion, and people began to believe that he was truly dead.