Nigeria reportedly captures Boko Haram leader ShekauDecember 19, 2016 - 15:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leader of the deadly Boko Haram terrorist group Abubakar Shekau may have been captured by "king of hunters" around Gafa Mountain in Nigeria's Borno state, Naij reports. An highly placed source quoted in a news report revealed that troops of the Nigerian army fighting in the area had surrounded the Gafa Mountain area last week over intelligence report that top Boko Haram leaders were hiding there. On several other previous occasion, the Nigerian military had pronounced Shekau either arrested or killed only for the Boko Haram leader to bounce back alive with YouTube video releases. The Nigerian army, earlier this year had announced the death of three key commanders of the extremist Boko Haram sect. The army said the terrorists were killed in a major air strike on their location in the dreaded Sambisa Forest. Also, on May 12, 2014, the DSS, through its former spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, insisted that the man in the videos released by the sect was not the real Shekau. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |