Abubakar Shekau

Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau leader dispels news about his death on video

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram, re-surfaced on Sunday in a video, apparently in perfect health, to deny he was 'fatally' wounded during a Nigerian army attack

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau wounded in air strike: Nigerian army

Boko Haram, which seeks to impose a strict Islamic law in Nigeria's mainly-Muslim north, has killed some 20,000 people and forced at least 2.6 million others to flee their homes since 2009.

We killed the people of Baga, as our Lord asked us to: Boko Haram leader's chilling claim

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed a massive attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened Niger, Chad and Cameroon in a video published online.

Cameroon leads air raids against Boko Haram for first time: Govt

The extremists of Boko Haram, which roughly means "Western education is forbidden", have become a deadly force to be reckoned with since 2009 in northern Nigeria and have made raids into neighbouring Cameroon.

Boko Haram targets police base in northeast Nigeria

Boko Haram has increased the frequency and deadliness of its attacks and is holding some towns and villages along the northeast border where it has declared an Islamic caliphate.

Nigeria: Two teenage female suicide bombers kill 30

Maiduguri is the provincial capital and largest city in Borno state, one of the three states in northeastern Nigeria.

Boko Haram intensify attacks in Cameroon and Nigeria

Nigerian Islamist extremists Boko Haram are intensifying attacks in neighbouring Cameroon, targeting new villages with increasingly sophisticated weapons, as the army fears more violence in the approaching dry season.

Nigeria: Boko Haram suspected after suicide bombings, mass prison break

Boko Haram chief, Abubakar Shekau, on Friday dismissed the government's assertion of talks and an end to hostilities as "a lie".

In new video, Boko Haram chief says abducted girls married off

Nigerian military claims 135 Boko Haram fighters surrendered

More than 130 Boko Haram Islamist fighters have surrendered to Nigerian forces, and a man posing as the group's leader in numerous videos had been killed in clashes, the military said on Wednesday.