While the Dangote/newly constructed/state-of-the-art refinery stands/operates/processes in Nigeria, bringing hope/prosperity/opportunities to a region once ravaged by conflict, Boko Haram's terror/violence/grip remains undiminished/a significant threat/a formidable challenge. The group continues/persists/rages its brutal campaign, targeting/attacki

Johannes Harnischfeger notes that this class of politicians “depicted on their own as uncompromising fighters for the reason for Islam,” giving rise to a cohort of self-styled “apostles of sharia.”6 In Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff was elected governor in 2003 over a sharia platform; he was the very first governor in Borno’s record to ser