Boko Haram: 500 People Have Died In Terror aAttacks Since Buhari Became President

President Muhammadu Buhari became Nigeria’s leader on May 29, 2015, and since then, Boko Haram seems to have intensified its activities.



The sect is believed to have claimed about 500 lives in different attacks in North-Eastern communities.


 Find a timeline of the attacks below:

• July 5 – 2015 – 44 persons killed in twin explosions in Jos, Plateau State
• July 5, 2015 – Six persons killed in an explosion at a Redeemed Christian Church of God parish in Potiskum, Yobe State.
• July 3 – 29 killed in Mussa Village in Askira-Uba LGA, Borno
• July 2 - 11 killed at Malari Village along Bama/ Konduga Highway, Borno
• July 1 - 98 killed in Kukawa village, Borno
• June 30 - 48 killed in Mussaram I and Mussaram II in Monguno LGA, Borno
• June 27 – Five killed at Molai General Hospital, Borno State
• June 23 – 20 killed in Debiro, Hawul LGA, Borno
• June 23 – 15 killed in suicide attack in Gujba LGA, Borno
• June 22 – Eight killed in twin bombings at the Baga fish market, Maiduguri
• June 17 – 63 people die in Monguno after accidental explosion
• June 15 – 11 persons killed in twin suicide bombings in Potiskum
• June 11 – 37 killed as Boko Haram attacks Borno communities
• June 7 – Three dead in suicide bombing on Baga/Monguno highway
• June 5 – 40 dead in suicide attack on Jimeta Modern Market, Yola
• June 4 – Two die in suicide bombing near military checkpoint in Maiduguri
• June 3 – Four killed in Baga attack
• June 2 – 50 killed in Maiduguri abattoir bombing
• May 31 – Four killed at Gamboru market, Maiduguri
• May 30 – 26 killed in Borno mosque explosion
• May 30 – 13 killed in attempted attack on Maiduguri