Nigeria’s N12.6trn defence spend since 2009 has failed to stop Boko Haram, with killings surging and grassroots groups ...

Boko Haram’s Rise and Fall Boko Haram was founded in the early 2000s by the late Mohammed Yusuf. Like Islamist groups that have formed throughout Nigeria’s history, such as the Yan Tatsine, Boko Haram ...

The new leader of Boko Haram is the son of the group’s founder, according to a Boko Haram insider. Abu Musab al-Barnawi is about 25 years old and the second son of Mohammed Yusuf, who founded ...

The Islamic group's leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was in Kaduna at the time of the incident, but [the Mohammed Yusuf Islamic Movement] members reportedly met at their headquarters, the Ibn Taimiyya Mosque.

Hours after he was captured by the Nigerian Army, Mohammed Yusuf was handed over to the police, who shot him to death in front of the police station in the northern town of Maiduguri, said Yaruna ...