Nigeria asks UN Al Qaeda committee to blacklist Boko Haram

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Nigeria has formally asked the UN Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist the Islamist militant group Boko Haram after the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls, a UN diplomat said on Tuesday.

If there are no objections from the 15-member council committee, which operates by consensus, Boko Haram will be sanctioned at 3 pm EDT (1900 GMT) on Thursday, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Video Post: Al Qaeda-linked group executes rival Syrian insurgents

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33-Year Old Nigerian Man Charged To Court In US For Supporting Al Qaeda

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A Nigerian, Lawal Babafemi, 33, was on Friday arraigned in a U.S. Federal Court, on charges of providing material support to al Qaeda and criminal use of firearms.

Babafemi, who is also known as “Ayatollah Mustapha’’, was arraigned on a four-count charge of indictment, conspiracy, providing material support to AQAP, and use of firearms.

He allegedly provided the support to the group in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist organisation’s Yemen-based affiliate.

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Radical Islamist group Al Qaeda run the show in Syria; U.S. now Supporting Al Qaeda ??

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In reality no secular opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad is left in Syria; now the most radical Islamist groups run the show there. The largest of them are related to Al Qaeda. This is the conclusion of the experts of IHS Jane’s, one of the most reputable international research centers focusing on the military issues and the issues of security. The center has prepared an analytical report on the situation in Syria, which will be published in full by the end of this week. Some of its conclusions have already been made public by the British press.

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REVEALED: “How al-Qaeda, Boko Haram smuggle arms into Nigeria”

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Proliferation of  small arms and light weapons is increasingly and dangerously becoming a transnational organized crime in Nigeria with Boko Haram’s insurgency, re-emerging Niger Delta crisis and escalating kidnapping, communal crises and armed robbery in the South East providing impetus for arms trafficking.


Some border towns, particularly in the North Eastern flank, serve as a hub for trafficking of arms as well as stolen goods, drugs and hostages by criminals, terrorists and their collaborators. The recent kidnap of a French family at a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon is an example. Similarly, many arms and ammunition of various types, sizes and calibre have been intercepted and confiscated by security agencies.