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Boko Haram militants launched yet another attack in Borno state, killing as many as 40 people in the village of Jakana in Konduga, then retreated into the Sambisa forest. Nigerian authorities paraded seven Boko Haram militants suspected of murdering a moderate Muslim cleric in Kaduna state on Feb. 1; among them was Yakub Abdullahi, a Boko Haram commander for Kaduna and Niger states who had relocated to Kano from Cameroon. President Jonathan fired the heads of four aviation agencies.