Nigeria claims air strikes “kill 300 Boko Haram fighters”

Nigeria has claimed that the leader of Boko Haram, ‘Abubakar Shekau’ has been “fatally wounded” despite there being no independent confirmation. His death has previously been announced on several occasions. Nigeria’s military said 300 insurgents in total were killed including several senior fighters in a raid on north-eastern Borno state. Nigeria claims Boko Haram leader ‘fatally…