Recommended via Twitter by @bokowatch as essential reading:
It's been a trying year for Nigerian security, esp the Boko Haram crisis; below are some of the key articles and analyses from 2018 for reflecting on what transpired this past year (but by no means comprehensively including all important research on the subject):
https://www.politicsandreligionjourn...e/view/320/332

https://www.academia.edu/37964841/_S...lamic_Maghreb_

https://ctc.usma.edu/app/uploads/2018/05/Boko-Haram-Beyond-the-Headlines_Chapter-2.pdf

https://peccaviconsulting.wordpress....n-offensive-2/

https://chitrasudhanagarajan.files.w...e-yan-gora.pdf

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/...nst-boko-haram

https://ctc.usma.edu/app/uploads/201..._Chapter-1.pdf

http://www.cddwestafrica.org/?p=80430

http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art...ns-reflag-isis

https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-bok...-live-as-slave

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/bi...sponse-to-.pdf

https://issafrica.org/research/books...hin-boko-haram

http://www.aymennjawad.org/21618/aqi...issidents-full