Nigeria’s Military Vows to Destroy Boko Haram as Attacks Continue

Shortly after the incident, the Minister of Communication government’ spokesperson praised the vigilante groups for their commitments to fight against Boko Haram.

“There’s a new collective zeal and determination on the part of the citizenry to ensure that Boko Haram is defeated, is degraded, that it will no longer have the capacity to cause mayhem and wanton destruction of lives and property by the end of the year”, Usman said.

It was the first bomb in almost a month in Maiduguri, the birthplace of Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists whose 6-year-old insurgency has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.3 million people from their homes.

Dikwa was recaptured from Boko Haram in July and NEMA’s Kanar said the town had seen an influx of people from surrounding villages seeking military protection but the authorities had struggled to cope.

Boko Haram’s official name is Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad”. As such, ISIS engages in combat with forces loyal to Assad, the al-Nusra front, Kurdish forces and the global coalition against ISIS. Also 12 others had been injured in the bombings. However, he did state that guerrilla attacks in urban areas might still continue.

Deaths from terrorism increased 80 percent a year ago to an all-time-record of 32,658 people killed, compared to 18,111 in 2013.

The majority of terrorism deaths do not occur in the West, including the US, Canada, Australia and European countries, the report noted, and deaths from homicide far exceed those from terrorism.

The number of countries suffering at least one terrorist fatality spread significantly a year ago, from 59 in 2013 to 67 in 2014.

The 2014 report is the GTI’s third edition.