Nigeria at war with Boko Haram- Jonathan

Nigeria’s presidency on Friday said the country was at war with Boko Haram, apparently backing off previous claims that the Islamist rebels were on the run and desperate.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has been fiercely criticised over its handling of the conflict, both for its inability to stop massive attacks on defenceless civilians and for what some have described as mixed and contradictory messages on the severity of the crisis.

Doyin Okupe, a spokesperson for the president, on Friday said, “We are dealing with a very, very serious enemy. We are engaged in a war that has been internationalised,”