Col. Usman noted that the raid was carried out when the insurgents were performing Friday rituals at Taye village, Gombale within Sambisa forest.
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Shekau was “fatally wounded in the shoulder” during Friday’s raids, said army spokesman Sani Usman in a statement, without giving further details. The military has reported the death of Boko Haram’s Shekau in the past, only to have a man purporting to be him appear later, apparently unharmed, making video statements. In Abuja, the Secretary will meet with a group of adolescent girls working to change community perceptions that devalue the role of girls in society.
The leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau is also believed to have been fatally wounded during the attack.
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.
SOKOTO, Nigeria Nigeria’s battle against Boko Haram will only succeed if it tackles the reasons why people join Islamist militant groups and if the government and its military gain people’s trust, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
The protest comes a week after Islamist militants from the group Boko Haram released a new video showing as many as 50 of the kidnapped girls.
About 218 of the 276 girls kidnapped remain missing despite more than two years of efforts by the Nigerian government to find them, and worldwide outrage at their abduction. “Nigeria and its neighbours are degrading Boko Haram’s capabilities”.
The top US diplomat, who was in Kenya on Monday, was expected to discuss the Boko Haram insurgency, fighting corruption and boosting Nigeria’s economy that has been pummelled by the drop in global oil prices.Kerry who arrived at the Presidential Villa around 3:04 p.m. yesterday was received by the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Malam Abdullahi Kazaure.
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Buhari also said his administration was working towards diversifying the economy so as to stop the over dependence on oil.
