Boko Haram poses an ongoing threat in the northeast of Nigeria, as they aim to enforce a strict interpretation of Islamic law, known as Sharia.
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Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, the theatre commander in northeastern Nigeria, told a news conference last week that military authorities have confirmed that some soldiers were selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram.
“We are going to continue heavy attacks in Sambisa Forest and other areas Boko Haram are occupying until they are completely cleared from the zone”, he said. All are in northern Borno state. “But there is no local government totally under their control”. He said the clip was the product of a desperate and fading terrorist group, struggling to prove it is still active.
The U2 frontman admitted that he knew it was Boko Haram because he was surrounded by child brides.
Monday said it has no knowledge of the arrest of Ahmed Salkida a journalist declared wanted by the military over alleged connections to Boko Haram militants.
Salkida added that the army was declaring him wanted for simply carrying out his professional duties as a journalist, stressing that he does most of his work with “total allegiance and sacrifice to the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
“Boko Haram is largely responsible for the insecurity that has hamstrung vaccination efforts in Nigeria”, the intelligence agency Stratfor confirmed in a report cited by the AP. “Each case of paralysis caused by polio usually means there are at least another hundred cases of polio without symptoms nearby”, Vice News reported in August when the first two polio cases in Borno were reported. I will not give you details because the investigation is still on.
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He urged members of the public to volunteer information to security agents, to help in the fight against the insurgents. They must therefore come forward and tell us where the group is keeping the Chibok Girls and other abducted persons to enable us rescue them. It can be tomorrow or in the next 20 years.
