Boko Haram, others received $3m from bin Laden – Report

The violent sect, Boko Haram and other groups in northern Nigeria received $3m from Osama bin Laden in 2002, according to a report by some United States intelligence analysts.

Bin Laden was said to have dispatched an aide to Nigeria to hand out the seed money in naira to a wide array of Salafist political organisations that shared al Qaeda’s goal of imposing Islamic rule.

According to  a report in a United States-based newspaper, The Daily Beast, the Al-Qaeda founder helped provide Boko Haram’s seed money.

Boko Haram was founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2002. Yusuf was killed in police custody in 2009.

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PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian & mum Kris Jenner spotted on white dresses & beige heels

Reality star Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner are both sporting white dresses and beige heels while out shopping at Waterworks in West Hollywood, California on May 10, 2014. Earlier in the day Kim attended her bridal shower in Beverly Hills

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US Marines locate abducted girls in Sambisa forest - Vanguard

Looks like the reports that the girls have been sold were wrong and probably a ploy to take the attention away from Borno.
According to VANGUARD, Sources in Abuja said that members of the United States Marines who are already in Maiduguri  located the girls inside the forest, using some Satellite equipment which combed the forest, located an assembly of the young girls and sent the images back to the Marines on ground in Maiduguri.

NEW SONG: Wizkid – Roll It (Remix) ft. Akon & Banky W

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Roll it as the long awaited Akon assisted remix of “Roll It” by Wizkid featuring Banky W has finally dropped.

The song takes the same pattern as the original which was housed on the E.M.E collaboration album “Empire Mates State Of Mind” but with an awesome befitting vocal contribution from international music star Akon. The full song arrives months after the snippet was released in November of 2013.

Still, as the age old adage goes, better late than never.

NEW SONG: Victoria Kimani – Emotions #BringBackOurGirls

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Chocolate City Kenyan bombshell Victoria Kimani may not be Nigerian but that did not stop the Kenyan diva from lending her voice to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign with this moving piece christened “Emotions”. Ms. Kimani samples lyrics from Mariah Carey’s “Emotions” on the number and she sang her ass off!

PHOTOS: Rihanna At The Miami Heat NBA Playoff Game

Singer Rihanna enjoys a beer as she sits court side at the Miami Heat vs. Brooklyn Nets NBA Playoff basketball game in Miami, Florida

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Beverly Osu writes emotional Poem on Abducted Girls

We Nigerians re under the weather

Bring back our girls

Bring back our mothers

Bring back our future

Bring back our joy

Action speaks louder the words

Let's put a stop to abduction

 Let's put a stop to corruption

 It's raining sorrow

Bring back our tomorrow

 Who are they?

Why are they doing this?

 What do they what?

 Questions asked

Answers concealed

 Real men don't buy girls

Real men don't rape girls

 Real men are fathers & leaders

 Stop the violence

Listen to the beautiful sound of the violin

#bringbackourgirls #beverlysays #234 #nigerians God never gave us(humans) authority over a fellow human's life ������☹��������

VIDEO: Obama speaks about Boko Haram on CBS

The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has spoken out on the abduction of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno.

Obama, while announcing his offer of help to the Nigerian government, said as a father of two girls he can’t imagine what the parents of the girls were going through.

NEW VIDEO: P Square – Taste The Money (Testimony)

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It’s finally here !!! Watch the Video to P-Square‘s hit single “Taste The Money (Testimony)” which was released some few months ago. Watch and Share your thoughts below. 

PHOTOS: Bring Back Our Girls Multi-Cultural Campaign Holds in Germany

A multi-cultural solidarity campaign was held at the University of Bayreuth, Germany on the 7th of May 2014. The solidarity campaign was conducted to press home demands for the release of the over 200 Nigerian girls adopted by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

 The campaign which included a prominent Professor of Anglophone literature, Professor Susan Arndt, Fellows and students across disciplines had the Bring-Back-Our-Girls message translated into different languages to further drive home the point. 

#BringBackOurGirls: PHOTOS from the Ongoing Protest in South Africa

South Africans stage massive protest, march towards Nigerian Embassy

Using the #BringBackOurGirls which has gained grounds internationally, South Africa citizens this morning gathered at Sandton, Johannesburg to protest against the prolonged incarceration of the missing girls. The group later marched on the Nigerian Consulate to register their petition.

Who would have imagined that South Africans would protest in solidarity against perceived injustice in Nigeria years after the West African country stood behind the country in the successful fight against Apartheid.

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VIDEO: Schoolgirls kidnap 'beginning of the end of terror in Nigeria - Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan today said the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram will mark a key turning point in the battle against the Islamists.

“I believe that the kidnap of these girls will be the beginning of the end of terror in Nigeria,” Jonathan told delegates at the World Economic Forum, thanking Britain, China, France and the United States for their offers of help to rescue the hostages.

China, Nigeria sign $13.1billion, about N2 trillion railway deal

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited has signed a contract for a $13.1billion, about N2 trillion, railway project with the Ministry of Transportation for a coastal railway line that will transverse ten states of Nigeria.

The length of the railway line will be 1,385 km in one-way mileage and a design speed of 120 km/h including twenty-two railway stations which is expected to be built along the line.

Nigerian Police Offer N50 Million Naira Reward For Information on Missing Chibok Schoolgirls

The Nigerian Police just shared this announcement on their official website :

The Nigeria Police hereby announce a cash reward of Fifty Million Naira  (N50, 000, 000.00) to anyone who volunteers credible information that will lead to the location and rescue of the female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The Force urges all patriotic citizens with such useful information to contact the following numbers:   

 09-2914649
 08081777309
 08055547536
 08032125050
 08034617591
 08035969731  

While calling on the general public to be part of the solution to the present security challenge, the Police High Command also reassures all citizens that any information given would be treated anonymously and with utmost confidentiality.  
CSP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.

MOBILE VIDEO DOWNLOAD: Patience Jonathan Breaks Down & Cries Over Chibok Girls

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The First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan during a meeting with the principal of the Chibok Girls school, broke down and cried.

Update On Nyanya School Bus Attack this Morning; Police Arrests Suspects

Barely 24 hours after gunmen invaded a private school in Nyanya, Abuja today, the Vine International Academy School, and made away with their school bus, police operatives attached to Nasarawa State Police Command have intercepted them and recovered the school bus.

The School bus, Toyota Hiace with registration number XG 246 GWA, was recovered along Lafia Road in Nasarwa State.

A statement by the FPRO, Frank Mba on Tuesday said:

“The Operatives also arrested two of the suspects in connection with the robbery
incident, namely: Victor Essien; male, aged 40yrs and Ubong Bassey; male, aged 49yrs.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, psc, while commending his men for a job well done, has reassured Nigerians of the enhanced state of security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs, adding that the Nigeria Police are committed to the task of providing the citizens and participants at the World Economic Forum (WEF) world-class security services now and beyond.
He enjoined citizens to remain vigilant and continue to support Security Forces in the task of securing the nation.”

PHOTOS: Aliko Dangote And His Daughter Pictured Together with Omotala at Time’s 100

Aliko Dangote and his daughter Halima were both spotted at Time Magazine magazine’s, 100 most influential people in the world Gala where, he was honoured.

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PHOTOS: Otunba Subomi Balogun (FCMB Founder) Celebrates his 80th Birthday

The founder of FCMB (Bank),Ijebu born,Otunba Subomi Balogun,a product of the prestigious Igbobi College Yaba, Lagos threw a big party yesterday to celebrate his 80th birthday.

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PHOTOS: Top 10 Hottest Couples at the 2014 Met Gala

 

Every year, the Met Gala is THE event to show off celebs' amazing style and hot dates. This year didn't disappoint. Check out all of the fashion and fabulous power couples from the 2014 red carpet, right this way.

1. Jay-Z and Beyonce attend the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City.

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VIDEO: Kate Henshaw Dances, Discusses Love & Work with Toolz On "The Juice"

Award winning actress and Nigeria Got Talent Judge, Kate Henshaw was on The Juice couch chatting with Toolz. In a chatty interview with lots of laughter and giggles, Kate talks about her love life, her daughter, work and more. She also displayed some mean skelewu dance steps! She'll certainly be a fun lady to meet :)

VIDEO: Boko Haram Leader Says He Took The Girls & He Is Willing To Sell Them

The leader of Boko Haram sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau, released a video today in which he claimed responsibility for abducting the Nigerian school girls, and said he will soak the whole Nigerian soil with Christian blood, and opposing muslims, whom he described as infidels.

The video lasts 56 minutes and 58 seconds, and shows Iman Shekau speaking from a script, surrounded by heavily armed fighters, backed by an armored personnel carrier, and two other armed vehicles. In the video, Iman Shekau said:

"I am the one that took your girls. Are you the one that created the girls? I will sell them in the market. I have my own market of selling human beings. It is Allah, the owner that instructed me to sell. I will sell the girls." And he added, "It is Allah that instructed us, until we soak the ground of Nigeria with Christian blood and so called Muslims contradicting Islam.

US Plans Three Strategies To Attack Boko Haram

The United States plans to use three channels to attack the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko haram.

A UK newspaper, Telegraph said this following the video showing Shekau, the sect leader threatening to sell the abducted schoolgirls.

The newspaper which said the West may use drones to tackle the dreaded sect, quoted a US official with direct access to intelligence reports saying that Nigeria and US are sharing intelligence.

Meanwhile, the Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram seems to have acquired more sophisticated armoury for their deadly operations.

5 Solutions To Boko Haram Insurgency – Tinubu

All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu yesterday identified five solutions to the Boko Haram insurgency.
He said the dreaded sect is the greatest security challenge to Nigerian since the civil war 40 years ago.

Tinubu said so far, government policy on tackling the problem has been unimaginative and mainly a one dimensional military approach.

BREAKING: Gunmen hijack school bus in Nyanya

Reports reaching us from Nyanya, Abuja has it that a school bus belonging to a private school has been reportedly hijacked by unknown gunmen, Tuesday morning.

According to the sketchy report, the bus, which belongs to a private school, Divine Kiddies Academy was said to have dropped off students of the school having routinely picked them from their various homes when some armed men invaded the school premises and made away with it.

It was gathered that the students had already disembarked from the bus before the incident.
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PHOTOS: Lynxxx, Praiz, Toke Makinwa, Sasha P & Others Party In White for Hennessy Beach Party

The Easter holidays could not have gotten any better!

Praiz, Lynxxx, Sasha P, DJ Caise among many other celebrities came out looking dapper for the debut edition of the Hennessy Privilege All White Beach Party.

The event which held on Easter Sunday, April 20th at the famous Ilashe Beach had some of the hottest names in the Nigerian entertainment industry come out fully clad in white to celebrate the Easter holidays with Nigeria’s number one premium cognac, Hennessy.

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SHIRLEY FRIMPONG MANSO’S ‘DEVIL IN THE DETAIL’ SET TO SCREEN IN CINEMAS IN NIGERIA!

Sparrow Productions Limited presents ‘Devil In the Detail’ a hot & spicy Ghanaian drama that centers around a suspicious affair which threatens to ruin an almost perfect marriage. It’s about sex, lies and betrayal, and risking everything in one of the craziest love triangles ever!

ARTICLE: The President I Want By Chimamanda Adichie

Chimamanda Adichie is the award winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus, The Thing Around Your Neck and Americanah writes about the type of presidents she wants for Nigeria

Some of my relatives lived for decades in the North, in Kano and Bornu. They spoke fluent Hausa. (One relative taught me, at the age of eight, to count in Hausa.) They made planned visits to Anambra only a few times a year, at Christmas and to attend weddings and funerals. But sometimes, in the wake of violence, they made unplanned visits. I remember the word ‘Maitatsine’ – to my young ears, it had a striking lyricism – and I remember the influx of relatives who had packed a few bags and fled the killings. What struck me about those hasty returns to the East was that my relatives always went back to the North. Until two years ago when my uncle packed up his life of thirty years in Maiduguri and moved to Awka. He was not going back. This time, he felt, was different.

VIDEO: Nigeria’s First Lady Breaks Down And Cries Over Chibok Girls

The First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan during a meeting with the principal of the Chibok Girls school, broke down and cried.

What I understood by the 2:38mins video clip was that, the Borno principal attended the meeting with the first lady in Abuja ALONE. He was meant to come along with at least two teachers who were there on the day they were abducted by terrorists…the teachers who were supposedly invigilating the exams the girls were said to be writing.

"Beverly Osu & I Live Together "- Bimp Reveals

Bimp has been so close to Beverly Osu in recent times and they now live together .He says he relocated to Nigeria to expand his "Interior design business"and get into movies ..Here is what he told Punch

"I am still discovering Nigeria. It is not easy for a foreigner to just come into the business. But I am lucky because I had the exposure of Big Brother Africa. I was committed to someone.I found out that she was cheating on me. I did not cheat on her or engage in any other relationship. The reason was not because of her, I also did it to respect myself. I always said that if I found out she was cheating; there was no way I would be with her because I would be unable to trust her.It would have been two years in March. I was in Nigeria when I found out. I had plans to bring her to Nigeria."

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