Fresh fears as Boko Haram resurges

On at least four occasions in the past, the Nigerian military has repeatedly claimed it had killed the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau. But the military high command last week did a remarkable volte-face and ordered its men to capture the lethal killer within 40 days, dead or alive.

Igho Akeregha, Segun Olaniyi (Abuja) Eno-Abasi Sunday (Lagos), and Njadvara Musa (Maiduguri)