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In the Nigerian city known as Maiduguru, the towns become smaller and the roads get narrower, there are many security check points every where, it’s the kind of place where people doing their best to protect themselves. All this is because of the Boko Haram insurgency headed by Abubakar Shekau. Check also: Another Jihadist Group Similar To Boko Haram Has Invaded ...

ABUJA, Nigeria – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead, a Nigerian army commander confirmed Friday. Shekau was reported injured and “fatally wounded” in an Aug. 23 airstrike which killed several other Boko Haram leaders. Check also: Boko Haram Will Be Destroyed Within 90 Days Friday’s announcement of confirmation of his death came not from the army’s public relations department, the usual method for releasing ...