Years of massacres, abductions and deranged online videos have made Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau Africa's most extreme Islamist militant. What's driving his ruthless mission? WSJ's Mark ...

In a video purporting to show Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, the Nigeria-based terrorist group claims responsibility for the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls — many of whom are still ...

How did it happen? Why was the Boko Haram leader killed extra-judicially in circumstances that remain shrouded in mystery to date? A second set of unanswered questions was always tied to the first ...

The Nigerian Army is investigating reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died or is seriously wounded, reports the BBC. Shekau, who has waged an insurgency in the northeast of Nigeria ...

The Nigerian Army is investigating reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died or is seriously wounded, reports the BBC. Shekau, who has waged an insurgency in the northeast of Nigeria ...

The Nigerian army says it has arrested the leader of an al-Qaeda ... A-Barnawi has “ties to Boko Haram” and “close links to al-Qaeda,” according to the US State Department.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force announced on Tuesday that its operatives arrested three suspects with 30 cartons of codeine syrup and other hard drugs allegedly intended for Boko Haram ...

Security personnel attached to the convoy of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, intercepted a Boko Haram operation along the Damaturu–Biu road in Yobe State, rescuing several ...