#TIME100 Lists Boko Haram's Shekau, Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili & Chimamanda Adichie

#TIME100 is TIME magazine's just released it's 2015 list of the Most Influential People around the world. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau made it among the Nigerians included, along with the president-elect Muhammadu Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili, and Chimamanda Adichie. For those wondering why these people were listed, read their citations below..

Chibok Girls Anniversary: Female Boko Haram Abductee Trained to Fight Speaks Out

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the April 14, 2014 mass abduction by Boko Haram of almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirls in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok. Amnesty International has now released a report called, 'Our job is to shoot, slaughter and kill': Boko Haram's reign of terror in north east Nigeria, which is based on nearly 200 witness accounts, including 28 with abducted women and girls who escaped captivity.

The report is accompanied by a video of Boko Haram's female fighters mostly made of abducted girls and women. In the video, 19-year-old Aisha speaks of how during the months she was held captive, she was raped repeatedly, sometimes by groups of several fighters. She witnessed her sister being killed as well as up to 50 people who refused to convert or get trained. Aisha accepted to be trained to fight and was sent on an operation to attack her village. She escaped after 4 months. See the video below...

Boko Haram Leader Shekau May Be An Escapee From A Psychiatric Hospital

Earlier today, Abubakar Shekau, leader of Islamic militant group Boko Haram, appeared in a video where he claimed Boko Haram was responsible for the attacks on Baga in Borno State which some have said led to the death of up to 2000 people. Shekau said in his recorded speech;

"We indeed killed them, as our Lord instructed us in His Book. We will not stop. This is not much. You will see. I'm ready."

But many have asked, who is Shekau? Who is this man who has kept the Nigerian Army looking like fools as they report his death, only for him to "seemingly" resurrect and mock them in new videos? A new report suggests that Shekau, while very well educated in Islamic and legal studies, may also be mentally ill. Some sources say he escaped from a psychatric hospital where he was put following a psychotic break when his wife died in childbirth.

Nigerian Military On The War Path With CNN - Calls Report On Soldiers Satanic

The Nigerian military has condemned what they called an 'Ultra-biased' and 'Satanic' CNN report, saying the interviews it featured could not be possible, and are orchestrated by Nigeria's enemies. CNN aired the interview and published an article by Nic Robertson alongside, which references the low morale of Nigerian soldiers and why the war against Boko Haram is largely unsuccessful.

The soldiers say they have to buy their own uniforms, have only 60 bullets to fight Boko Haram and when they get injured in the line of duty, the army does not pay their medical bills. The widows also face a grim and neglected future, the article adds. Read below...

President Goodluck Jonathan Visits Maiduguri For Armed Forces Remembrance Day [Photos]

The Nigerian State House has just released a report concerning President Goodluck Jonathan's visit to Maiduguri ealier today. The president undertook the trip after attending a ceremony in Abuja that had the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, and other officials present.

This year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day was especially poignant, and was marked by a high number of social media posts - due to the ongoing sacrifices of the military as they fight Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria. Read the press release and photos below...

#IAmNigeria #NaijaNiMi - Madonna, Boris Kodjoe, Angelina Jolie Condemn Boko Haram Attacks

Madonna has lent her social media klout to speak out againt the Boko Haram attacks in Baga, Bui and some other villages and towns in Northern Nigeria. From 2009 till date, over 10,000 people have reportedly died and several hundreds of thousands displaced from their homes.

International celebrities including Boris Kodjoe, Angelina Jolie, Nicki Minaj, Solange Knowles, Meek Mill, and have begun to comment on the killings after the outpouring of international support to France after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. They and many more point out that the same sympathy and solidarity is not being shown for the Boko Haram killings in Nigeria.

CNN Reports That Boko Haram Is Advancing Across Western Nigeria?

Most people outside Nigeria often have to depend on international media for news of what's happening in the country. And a new report on CNN today was shown with a graphics on the TV that claims that Boko Haram is advancing across Western Nigeria. How true is this?

I'm asking because I've not heard that Boko Haram is in the western part of the country which is really the south-west, or do they mean the North West? But even then, I've not heard local reports of Boko Haram being in North-west states like Sokoto, Kebbi, or Niger. Who can confirm?

Nigerian Military Addresses Boko Haram Attack In Baga Reported To Have Killed 2000

Boko Haram has been a thorn in the Nigerian polity since 2009, attacking police stations, schools, markets, with suicide bombings, kidnappings and mass shootings becoming very common in northern Nigeria. The highest toll since then was reported by international media to be from the attack on Baga more than a week ago.

After more than 9 days, and with bodies still reportedly out in the open, the Nigerian military has finally released a statement saying that from their own calculations, only about 150 people were killed in the attack. They had earlier tweeted that they lost about 5 soldiers with 40 wounded as they tried to rebuff the takeover of Baga town.

Boko Haram Murders Over 100 Young Men In Northern Nigeria Who Refused To Join

This must be one of the most terrible things I've seen in my life, and I almost regret clicking over to watch the video. The video just posted on LiveLeak by the 15past8 media group owned by MrAyeDee shows some armed militants executing over a hundred young men over the metal girders on a bridge.

The bodies are then thrown over into the river below which soon runs with blood just like the bridge itself. Seeing the underside of humanity like this makes one ask, is there really God? Jesus please come quick!

Boko Haram Takes Over Chibok - Official Confirms

According to reports, the Boko Haram Islamic terrorists in Nigeria have taken over the town of Chibok where they had in April abducted hundreds of girls from their school. This latest seizure of the town has forced thousands of residents to flee, a local official said Friday.

#WhatDoesBHWant - Latest Video From Shekau Rules Out Negotiations [Full Transcript]

As pictures surface of the terror and devastation Boko Haram is causing in Northern Nigeria, the group released a video yesterday boasting of their conquests and future plans. After reading the transcript and following @ContactSalkida's latest tweets, I can't help asking, what does Boko Haram want? Why are they turning Nigeria into a war zone and are they destroying the lives of innocent people for nothing?

Abubakar Shekau Releases New Video, Denies Boko Haram Cease Fire

Abubakar Shekau was earlier said to have been killed by the Nigerian military, but he has now released his second video since his purported death.

In this new video, the de-facto leader and spokesperson of Boko Haram denied the widely trumpeted ceasefire agreement with the Federal Government. He also gave more details on the girls kidnapped from Chibok, in April 2014.

Boko Haram Ravages Nigeria - Bomb Explosion In Gombe Claims 30, Mubi Taken Over

Nigeria is again on fire after it seems the cease-fire declared by the federal government has failed to keep the Boko Haram terrorists at bay.

Doyin Okupe was acting all defensive in an interview I saw him in, where he tried to explain that Boko Haram works in factions and it appears they only spoke with one of the faction.

Heartbreaking Story Of How Three Nigerian Girls Escaped Boko Haram [Video]

Sometimes when I see Boko Haram in the headlines, I just want to forget that I'm Nigerian but I can't help but think of the abducted Chibok girls, those who are still in captivity. Some of them may be dead now, some suffering fates worse than death. Even those who escaped still have to deal with the memories of it all their lives.

BREAKING - Nigerian Govt & Boko Haram Agree To Cease Fire, To Secure Release of Chibok Girls

The Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh [pictured above], has reportedly directed all service chiefs to comply with a ceasefire agreement between Nigeria and Boko Haram in all areas of operations.

Various media outlets are reporting that the directive follows a ceasefire agreement reached by the Nigerian government and Boko Haram earlier today.

Nigerian Military Says New Shekau Video From Boko Haram is Fake

Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader, had in a new video [here] released today by AFP dismissed reports that the military killed him in a recent gun battle, but the miliatary is quickly debunking the video.

The Nigeria military insists that the Shekau in the video, who they say is really Mohammed Bashir, was killed last month. They say the video is fake, has no date and is yet to be verified. They said this in a statement posted on the Defense HQ website.

Boko Haram Leader Shekau Releases New Video Refuting Reports Of His Death

Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau, has dismissed reports that the military killed him while appearing in a new video obtained by AFP.

The new 36-minute video showed Shekau, in combat fatigues and black rubber boots, standing on the back of a pick-up truck and firing an anti-aircraft gun into the air.

Standing in front of three camouflaged vans and flanked by four heavily armed, masked fighters, he then speaks for 16 minutes in Arabic and Hausa.

Nigerian Military Arrests Boko Haram's Foreign Computer Expert Who Sent Videos Online

The Nigerian military has reportedly arrested a foreign computer expert who is said to be behind the several video messages Boko Haram had sent online and to foreign media outlets in the past. He was said to have been arrested with some sophisticated equipment and copies of some of the videos the terrorists had made of their escapades including that of the abducted Chibok girls.

Military sources disclosed that the computer analyst who is currently being interrogated was responsible for configuring computer images website and internet accesses that enables the group fight media and psychological operations.

President Jonathan On Boko Haram: Things Will Change by Next Month

President Jonathan on Thursday declared that by next month, Boko Haram insurgence will reduce drastically. He said this at the 66rh National Executive Committee, NEC of the PDP. Jonathan stressed the fact that insecurity is the ultimate challenge of the country but plans to stop Boko Haram is well in place as he wants to instill his own leadership.

Commiserating with victims of killings in Kaduna and Kano states, the President disclosed that he would be attending the United Nations General Assembly summit on Global Terrorism which all the super powers would attend. He said:

“Nigeria is having an unfair share. Terror is a global problem, and Nigeria situation is going beyond terror. When terrorists think about holding ground, attempting to install leadership, it is no longer terrorism, it is almost like going into the line of succession. Between now and October, things will change.

Australian Negotiator Names Ali Modu Sheriff And Ihejirika As Boko Haram Sponsors

63-year-old Australian expert, Dr. Stephen Davis, a negotiator in the Chibok kidnappings, has named Former Borno Governor Ali Modu Sheriff and immediate chief of army staff Lt-Gen Ihejirika (sacked January 2014) as Boko Haram sponsors on ARISE NEWS [Watch].

Davis, who had worked as an adviser for Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Yar’Adua in the past, spent 4 intense months in the North-East trying to negotiate the release of the more than 200 school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14, but without success.

Dr Davis has just returned to Australia with rare footage of the intense fighting in the region, and lots of insider opinion. In a recent interview with Radio Australia, he explained that the main aim for the Nigerian authorities was now to block Boko Haram funding and find its sponsors, alleging that some banks and politicians are among them.

Davis said that many of the insurgency sponsors were in the opposition and this will make it difficult, should the President try to prosecute them.