BokoHaram in Nigeria continued to wage attacks againstNigerian security forces, the community-based Civilian Joint Task Forces (CJTF), and regular citizens, using improvised explosives devices (IEDs) and other crude weaponry. With Nigeria’s federal revenues down by about 30 percent, Chinese investors are turning away from the West African nation at a time when its leader, Muhammadu Buhari, needs a working economy to fight widespread corruptionand the deadly BokoHaram insurgency. As part of an anti-corruption crackdown, Nigeria is prosecuting former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki. He allegedly stole billions earmarked for the fightagainstBokoHaram. Donate to Support TruthNigeria and Save Lives. - Advertisement - spot_img.By Olatunde Marolan (Lagos) The European Union has invested €88 million ($112 million) in the fightagainstcorruption efforts in Nigeria, but corruption remains the... Although BokoHaramfights on a small annual budget of around $10 million, according to a 2015 estimate from Hassan Baage, deputy director of the U.N. Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee, it is reportedly better armed than the Nigerian military. BokoHaram is a Sunni jihadist militant organisation based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The group aims to overthrow the Nigerian government, abolish secular education and impose strict Sharia law, targeting civilians, schools and even military forces. Niger’s withdrawal in protest against Ecowas sanctions; Chad’s declining support; and strained Nigeria-Cameroon relations have limited the effectiveness of the task force. All this gives insurgent groups impetus to intensify their attacks. Implications of resurgent BokoHaram.