Born: 01 January 1972;

Place of Birth: Maiduguri, Nigeria;

Nationality: Nigeria.

Activities:

Mohammed Nur is being designated for acting for or on behalf of Boko Haram, an entity designated pursuant to E.O. 13224.

Nigerian national Nur is a senior Boko Haram member who supports Boko Haram’s campaign of violence against the government of Nigeria and helped organize the August 26, 2011 suicide attack on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria using vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

Nur was formerly Boko Haram’s third in command under its then leader, Muhammad Yusuf.

As of July 2013, Nur was a Boko Haram commander who represented the group in negotiations with the Nigerian government.

As of late April 2012, Nur distributed money to at least two Boko Haram suicide bombers for unspecified attacks.

As of early 2012, Mohammed Nur was a member of the Boko Haram leadership council and supervised Boko Haram operations, including suicide bombings, direct attacks, assassinations, and construction of IEDs.

As of late January 2011, Nur was considered a most trusted lieutenant to U.S.-designated Boko Haram leader Abubakar Muhammad Shekau and was one of approximately 90 extremists who had reportedly trained with U.S.-designated SDGT al-Shabaab.

Nur coordinated Boko Haram operations with SDGT al-Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb.

Nur was among a group of Boko Haram members arrested in early November 2011 who escaped from prison shortly after being detained when fellow Boko Haram members attacked the prison.

In 2010, Nur was Boko Haram’s coordinator for the group’s training site in Cameroon.

In 2009, some Boko Haram members, including Nur, fled Nigeria into nearby countries to plan reprisal attacks against the Nigerian government.