Boko Haram by Ryan Kershner https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx General en-us 2020-12-18 00:56:46 UTC 2020-12-18 01:02:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 2009 July - Hundreds die in northeastern Nigeria after the Boko Haram Islamist movement launches an enduring campaign of violence. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029913308 2020-12-18 00:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029913308 2010 May - President Umaru Yar'Adua dies after a long illness. Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, already acting in Yar'Adua's stead, succeeds him. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029913613 2020-12-18 00:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029913613 2011 March - Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan wins presidential elections. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914070 2020-12-18 00:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914070 2012 January - More than 100 killed in single day of co-ordinated bombings and shootings in Kano, shortly after Boko Haram tells Christians to quit the north. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914307 2020-12-18 00:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914307 2013 May - Government declares state of emergency in three northern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa and sends in troops to combat Boko Haram. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914482 2020-12-18 00:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914482 2014 April - Boko Haram kidnaps more than 200 girls from a boarding school in northern town of Chibok, in an incident that draws major national and international outrage. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914711 2020-12-18 00:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914711 2014 November - Boko Haram launches a series of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, capturing several towns near Lake Chad and running raids into neighbouring Chad and Cameroon in early 2015. It switches allegiance from al-Qaeda to the Islamic State group. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914958 2020-12-18 00:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029914958 2015 February-March - Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger form military coalition and push Boko Haram out of all towns back into Sambisa Forest. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029915342 2020-12-18 00:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029915342 President Buhari elected rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029915876 2020-12-18 00:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029915876 2015 March - Muhammadu Buhari wins the presidential election, becoming the first opposition candidate to do so in Nigeria's history. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029916319 2020-12-18 00:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029916319 2016 June - Naira currency floated in attempt to stave off financial crisis caused by low oil prices. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029916746 2020-12-18 01:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029916746 2016 November - Niger Delta Avengers rebels bomb three oil pipelines in attempt to renew southern insurgency. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029917082 2020-12-18 01:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029917082 2017 December - Clashes between herders in Benue and Taraba states prompt thousands to flee. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029917367 2020-12-18 01:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029917367 2018 - Escalating attacks by Boko Haram from August onwards, targeting army bases. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029917865 2020-12-18 01:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029917865 2019 February - Presidential elections held after last-minute delay of a week. rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029918195 2020-12-18 01:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029918195 2019 president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari claimed that Boko Haram was "technically defeated" rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029920090 2020-12-18 01:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029920090 2020 Boko Haram kidnaps over 300 school boys rkershner3 https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029920823 2020-12-18 01:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rkershner3/3668qlo7f17ic6cx/wish/1029920823