#BBOGCountDownTo6Weeks: Week 4 News Briefs
7 March, 2015
Multiple blasts in Maiduguri kill at least 55.
The Nigerian military says it has recovered 2 more Local Government Areas
http://m.ngrguardiannews.com/en/news/national-news/200980-maiduguri-multiple-blasts-kill-55-as-army-recovers-two-more-local-gov-ts
Nigerian human rights lawyer says Nigeria’s military chiefs are stealing security funds and not applying them appropriately
http://dailypost.ng/2015/03/07/boko-haram-service-chiefs-stealing-security-funds-keyamo/?wt=4
Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31784538
8 March, 2015
Discovery in Potiskum (Northeast Nigeria) that parents are selling young daughters to Boko Haram as potential suicide bombers
http://t.co/L2UFacJtaC
Nigerian military accuses allied soldiers of ‘careless’ statements
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/178171-boko-haram-nigerian-military-accuses-allied-soldiers-of-careless-statements.html
Nigerian army says Shekau is a “drowning man”. That his IS allegiance cannot stop his imminent defeat
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/army-shekau-is-a-drowning-man-isis-allegiance-cannot-stop-imminent-defeat/203659/
Offensive against Boko Haram involving allies Niger and Chad begins in Northeast Nigeria, officials say
http://t.co/aosjatDenP
9 March, 2015
Chibok community rejects the Federal Government’s gesture of school reconstruction in absence of the 219 missing schoolgirls
http://www.channelstv.com/2015/03/09/chibok-community-rejects-government-school-reconstruction/
Death toll of Maiduguri attacks rises 100, hospital sources say
http://thecitizenng.com/other-news/maiduguri-attacks-death-toll-rises-to-100/
Army commences trial of General and 22 others today
http://www.punchng.com/news/army-begins-trial-of-general-22-others-today/
Federal Government delegation meets to condole with families of late FGC Buni Yadi students murdered by Boko Haram one year ago
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/fgc-buni-yadi-fed-govts-delegation-meets-late-students-parents/
20 Boko Haram insurgents killed in Gombi, Adamawa (Northeast Nigeria) the police say
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=108533
South African mercenary fighting Boko Haram killed in friendly fire
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-03-11-fighting-boko-haram-south-african-mercenary-killed-in-friendly-fire/#.VQkgLYpwaSE
10 March, 2015
President Jonathan says Boko Haram terrorists train in IS camps in the Middle East
http://m.voanews.com/a/nigerias-president-says-boko-haram-trained-with-islamic-state/2676217.html
Boko Haram insurgents attack Chibok, cart away food items and properties
http://www.thescoopng.com/boko-haram-insurgents-attack-chibok-carts-away-food-items-properties/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=boko-haram-insurgents-attack-chibok-carts-away-food-items-properties
Female suicide bomber kills 25 in Maiduguri (Northeast Nigeria)
http://thecitizenng.com/headline-2/female-suicide-bomber-kills-25-in-maiduguri/
Boko Haram terrorists on horses and 2 vehicles attack Ngamdu, about 100km from Maiduguri, on Maiduguri-Damaturu road (Northeast Nigeria) killing a reported 8 commuters
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=108533
Nigerian military says it has recovered Bama (Northeast Nigeria)
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/military-recaptures-bama-as-more-insurgents-are-killed-in-adamawa/203836/
A political financier was awarded a $500 million contract to purchase refurbished military helicopters at seven times higher than the price of new ones, media sources say
http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/10/how-jonathan-awarded-500-million-defense-contract-arthur-eze-purchase-refurbished
About 80 children aged 5 to 18 rescued from a Boko Haram camp in Cameroon cannot remember their names or origins, aid officials say
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31815810
11 March, 2015
Nigerian troops dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from their enclave in Bauchi state (Northeast Nigeria), the army says
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/178321-nigerian-troops-dislodge-boko-haram-terrorists-from-bauchi-forest.html
France commits to increase its number if troops to help in the counterinsurgency against Boko Haram
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/france-to-increase-troops-to-support-boko-haram-fight/203910/
With Boko Haram pledged allegiance to IS, Shekau could be replaced as its leader
http://www.thecable.ng/boko-haram-isis-deal-shekau-replaced
12 March, 2015
Vice President Sambo expresses dismay “politicisation” of Boko Haram insurgency. Says terrorism is a global challenge
http://dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/49387-nothing-must-go-wrong-with-card-readers-sambo
Boko Haram still control Bama (Northeast Nigeria) as ongoing offensives to clear them continue
(Note: The Nigerian military had announced a successful recapture of Bama on this Tuesday 10 March)
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/u/477515–boko-haram-still-control-nigerias-bama
Boko Haram terrorists carries out ethnic reprisals against Arabs in Northeast Nigeria accusing them of aiding the Chadian army in the counterinsurgency offensive, military sources and residents say
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0M81MY20150312?irpc=932
A haunted child survivor of Boko Haram terrorism says he wishes he were killed
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/10/children-suffer-boko-haram/24665559/
Nigerian Police neglects widows of fallen officers in the counterinsurgency effort, a study says
http://allafrica.com/stories/201503130379.html
There is confirmation that Nigeria is indeed using mercenaries to prosecute the offensive on Boko Haram
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2991212/Nigeria-drafts-foreign-mercenaries-Boko-Haram.html
Adamawa state (Northeast Nigeria) is rid of Boko Haram insurgency, the Nigerian Defence spokesman says
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/178398-adamawa-now-free-of-boko-haram-terrorists-dhq.html
Nigerien military says 513 Boko Haram terrorists were killed, 347 captured in a confrontation in Bosso, (Southwest Niger) near the Niger, Nigeria border
http://www.nigeriatell.com/news/niger-military-says-513-boko-haram-fighters-killed-347-captured#.VQIogMUifa8
Islamic State leader accepts allegiance of Boko Haram
http://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFL5N0WE5KD20150312
13 March, 2015
Chadian troops fighting Boko Haram terrorists redeploy
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0M90GF20150313
IS accepts Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/13/ISIS-accepts-allegiance-of-Nigeria-jihadists-Boko-Haram.html
African states want a UN trust fund to finance a force to fight Boko Haram
http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2015/03/13/african-states-want-un-trust-fund-for-boko-haram-force
IS releases video of fighters celebrating the pledge of allegiance of Boko Haram to their leader
https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Multimedia/is-fighters-in-ninawa-congratulate-pledge-of-boko-haram-to-is.html
