TERRORISM: Defence HQ puts death toll from Baga attack at 150

January 13, 2015 …Says plans afoot to retake base ABUJA — Defence Headquarters, yesterday, said that contrary to reports in foreign media that over 2,000 persons were killed by Boko Haram terrorists when they attacked the headquarters of the multi-national Joint Task Force in Baga, Borno State, not more than 150 persons were killed. Director

Fears over latest Boko Haram town, military base seizure

January 6, 2015 Boko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the region, undermining efforts to tackle the insurgency, experts said on Tuesday. The capture of Baga and the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) now means the Islamists control all three