Emir killed by Boko Haram today

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There were reports earlier today that two prominent Borno State Emirs, the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta (pictured left) and Emir of Uba Alhaji Ali Ibn Ismaila Mamza (pictured right) were kidnapped by Boko Haram men while on their way to Gombe to attend the burial of Emir of Gombe, Shehu Abubakar.

 According to Daily Trust, one of the Emirs, Alhaji Idrissa Timta has died. Security sources said he died of heart attack while fleeing into the bush after gunmen attacked his convoy and fired several shots which forced it to stop. 

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Pres. Jonathan Declares Amnesty For Boko Haram Members - Minister

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 Before you read this, a source at the Nigerian Presidency has denied this story. But all the same, local media reports have quoted the Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna, on Thursday as saying that President Goodluck Jonathan has announced amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect as parts of his administration’s youths-friendly programmes and policies.

OBJ, Boko Haram families met in Abeokuta -Sani

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A Northern-based activist and President of Civil Rghts Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Shehu Sani, declared on Wednesday that the meeting between ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo and family members of Boko Haram insurgent was to open a new channel of dialogue with the sect.

He added that the meeting, which held in Abeokuta, was aimed at finding a way of releasing the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The activist, who confirmed to be part of the meeting in a statement in Kaduna on Wednesday, noted that the meeting was meant to fashion out a fresh understanding to resolve the crisis of insurgency bedevilling the country.

Children write Jonathan, Boko Haram over Chibok schoolgirls

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By Tony Edike, Ben Agande CALEB AYANSINA, LAIDE AKINBOADE & MONSURU OLOWOOPEJO
Nigerian children, yesterday, celebrated this year’s Children’s Day in grief and tears as they embarked on prayers for divine intervention to bring back the over 200 schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State, who were abducted 44 days ago by Boko Haram terrorists.


The children, who held prayer sessions across the states in the country, also wrote two letters: one for Boko Haram and another for President Goodluck Jonathan on the abduction of the girls.

Hunger Invaded Boko Haram Camps

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As efforts to rescue some 234 girls, earlier whisked away from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok by members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, continue to gather momentum, hunger and starvation have allegedly invaded many of the insurgent camps, warranting them to resort to attacking local villages for foodstuffs, money, among others. It was also gathered that local and international sponsors of the group have soft-pedalled for fear of being caught red-handed.

UK rejects negotiation with Boko Haram

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The United Kingdom has kicked against any plan by Nigeria to negotiate with Boko Haram over the kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

The over 200 pupils were kidnapped in the night and their hostels burnt before being transported in trucks to the Sambisa forest stronghold of Boko Haram. Over 50 of the schoolgirls escaped from the sect and there have been reports that some of the pupils have been seen being moved out of Nigeria.

Other reports have said the girls were seen in the northern parts of the Central African Republic where an Islamic militia, Seleka, holds sway.

South Africa Heered At GEJ, #BringBackOurGirls

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(AFP) -President Goodluck Jonathan was greeted with shouts of “bring back our girls” when he arrived at the Union Buildings, where Zuma was inaugurated.
Nigeria‘s President Goodluck Jonathan is among more than 20 heads of state gathered for the event.

Nigeria: $6bn in 2014 Budget To “Fight Boko Haram

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The Federal Gov-ernment is to spend N968 billion or one qauarter of its 2014 budget, estimated at N4.964 trillion to fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the country, according to the provisions of the budget signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan,Wednesday but made public yesterday.

Altogether, about N10. 88 trillion has been estimated as revenue accruing to the three tiers of government within the same period.

United Nation Security Council committee blacklists Boko Haram

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 The United Nation Security Council committee yesterday May 22nd blacklisted Islamic sect Boko haram following the Nigerian government on Wednesday May 21st made a request asking for the sect to be blacklisted. A statement released by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power says the move was to help close all avenue of funding received by Boko Haram members

"Today, the Security Council took an important step in support of the government of Nigeria’s efforts to defeat Boko Haram and hold its murderous leadership accountable for atrocities. By adding Boko Haram to the U.N.’s 1267 (al Qaeda) sanctions list, the Security Council has helped to close off important avenues of funding, travel and weapons to Boko Haram, and shown global unity against their savage actions,”

17 feared killed as Boko Haram invades Alagarno Village, Borno, 20 mins away from Chibok

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In a report from a foreign media, Boko Haram members last night May 20th launched a new attack at Alagarno village in Borno State killing at least 17 people. Village sources say nearly all the buildings in the village were also razed.

Boko Haram is a battle designed for the field and minds. (Nigerians wake up to the battle)

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 "Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war."

Dont  buy the lie!

The US just indicted 5 Chinese generals. For what? For trying to fight a battle on cyberspace.

'The Art Of War' is a perspective, not the absolute truth.

The absolute truth is LIFE IS WAR.

The fact that unseen organisms do their damage without humans knowing is ONLY down to ignorance. The infection which is not seen by human eyes nor its ways know yet are what the labs live to find out.

US Claims Boko Haram is Not a Branch of al-Qaeda

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The United States Government has disclosed that the Islamic sect, Boko Haram was not affiliated to the global terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda.

This is coming following a declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan during the France security summit on the menace of the insurgent group on Saturday, that the Boko Haram sect, was the “al Qaeda of West Africa.”

However, the US said the Boko Haram sect has no link with al-Qaeda.
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See Photos of soldiers killed by Boko Haram that caused military mutiny in Maiduguri

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Very often we hear that soldiers in battle with the dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed, but we hardly get to see the fallen officers. Well, here are two of them. The officer on the left is Major Olalekan Akintola, aka Lokoso, he was one of the officers ambushed and killed by Boko Haram men last Wednesday night. The officer on the right is Lt Odushina Oluwafemi, he and his fellow soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by Boko Haram after their GOC, Major General Abubakar Mohammed, made them make an unusual trip, his friends say.

Their deaths sparked a mutiny against the GOC. Y'all remember the story last week. The GOC has since been redeployed because of the incident.

Boko Haram abducts Nigeria Police Officers

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This madness is sure getting out of control. Boko Haram terrorists, at the weekend, raged in Borno State where 16 persons were feared killed in a fresh attack.

In two separate attacks, five policemen were reportedly abducted with their Armoured Personnel Carrier while a Chinese was killed and 10 others kidnapped during an overnight attack in Kuseri Village between Gamboru Ngala council of Borno State and the Cameroun border.

“Five policemen attached to Banki, a border town with Bama and Cameroon Republic, were attacked by Boko Haram. The terrorists opened fire on the APC No: NPF4960c conveying the policemen led by an inspector and five others. The policemen quickly dropped from the APC and ran into the bush before the terrorists went away with the abandoned APC. As I am talking to you now (yesterday), the whereabouts of the policemen are yet to be known and we suspect the terrorists might have kidnapped or killed them.”

Exclusive: Boko Haram 'Prepared to Begin Release of Up to Half of Chibok Girls

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Exclusive: Boko Haram abandons demands for its top commanders to be released in negotiations 
with the Nigerian government that could see "gradual" release of schoolgirls as early as next week, 
sources tell Telegraph....

The Telegraph U.K.
May 18, 2014

Boko Haram has dropped demands for the release of top commanders in talks with the Nigerian government and is prepared to start releasing up to half its kidnapped schoolgirls in coming days, sources close to the group have said.

40 feared killed as Boko Haram invades another Borno village

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At least 40 villagers were killed and several others injured yesterday Saturday May 17th as Boko Haram gunmen attacked Dalwa-Masuba village in Damboa LGA of Borno State, Premium Times reports.

Security sources and a witness said the gunmen stormed the village in large numbers and burnt down virtually all buildings in the village as well as three pickup vans carrying woods to Damboa.

We need schoolboys to wed Chibok girls–Sect, Boko Haram writes school, plots fresh abductions

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We need schoolboys to wed Chibok girls–Sect

Thirty-four days after the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, abducted over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, it has threatened to kidnap more pupils.

The United States of America, France, Britain, Israel and Canada are among the foreign countries that have pledged to help Nigeria find the schoolgirls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14.

The pupils were kidnapped in the night and their hostels were burnt. However, while Boko Haram transported them in trucks to its Sambisa Forest stronghold, over 50 of the schoolgirls escaped from the sect.

Chinese National Killed, 10 Missing After Boko Haram Attack in Cameroon..

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A Chinese national is dead and 10 others are feared kidnapped after an attack in northern Cameroon 
carried out by Nigerian Boko Haram militants, according to local police...

May 17, 2014

"Boko Haram Islamists attacked a camp [of road workers]," a local police chief said on condition of anonymity.

Boko Haram: Military moves against sabotage, espionage

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Indications have emerged that the authorities of the Nigerian military are responding to the threat of sabotage and leakage of information to insurgents in the North East.

Saturday PUNCH’s investigation revealed that the military had assigned two major agencies, the Nigeria Intelligence Agency and the Directorate of Military Intelligence to monitor troop movements and telephone conversations especially in the mission area.

A security source said on Thursday that the military leadership had been discreetly investigating suspected incidents of information leakage and inappropriate conduct during the operation.
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Boko Haram slowly turning Syrian Freedom Army fighter ? The Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria With Sanctions in 2013 For Killing B'haram

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The Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria With Sanctions in 2013 For Fighting Boko Haram
“Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria with Sanctions in 2013 for Fighting Boko Haram,” by Fred Dardick, Canada Free Press, May 14, 2014:
Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only Obama administration official who went to bat for Boko Haram over the past few years.Soon after John Kerry took over as Secretary of State, the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence P. McCulley, accused the Nigerian government of butchery during a confrontation with Boko Haram terrorists in Baga, a Nigerian town on the shores of Lake Chad, and in May 2013 threatened to withdraw U.S. military aid from the West African nation.