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Female suicide bomber attacksmarket in Azare, Bauchi, kills 12

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaTAWCglwA5J6OmzEStUaiZCOwf2pLK3xsqNweITbFaa8gjS5QhqUB_FkxhG4IsXDWWgCB1k58INJHNZCZs9DxJIFvvOrHUYwavE151HL9Y7Zv5Kfj7reV1Kij7_MQJ1ToxH8Cjm4VXNE/s280/_74594692_eaaa85d8-4366-4884-a830-a365da765c0b.jpg " width="250"> </a></center> A female suicide bomber blew herself up this evening November 16th in the middle of a mobile phone market in Azare, Bauchi state. A witness who was at the scene of the blast told AFP that he saw at least 8 people dead “A suicide bomber came into the market as it was closing and blew herself up in the middle of all the merchants and their customers. I saw at least eight dead and lots of others wounded,” a witness, Alyu Habib told AFP 12 people have so far been confirmed dead, while at least 60 others were injured. This is the second time Azare will be coming under bomb attacks. Decapitated head of the suicide bomber after the cut.. <center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMt6c6zeDGGhijEXwyN2wbaMMgSFnXGESC6r147_RQwuxr1qk1wwaa1TlAz4uHKcKPRbTd8YxIMTXn9M194ka9qqgdW9_AYoKsLLzziqw31-2ch2Z3yCuUkBeaJG74QuVvadmPSs7dXZU/s1600/IMG_20141116_183552.jpg " width="250"> </a></center>

Female suicide bomber attacksmarket in Azare, Bauchi, kills 12

A female suicide bomber blew herself up this evening November 16th in the middle of a mobile phone market in Azare, Bauchi state. A witness...

Boko Haram reportedly capture Chiboktown

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5paH2ZABQgD36qF0DevzJHtpP85yHcsXl_jUw0IUE-MV0gHHhiHJJN-R3vvPFFb1ll4zv10Dp6fpgEHW85flqzMiJd3A3-HpqS9l_CPzuS56mXvA6wr_knl-uuYkQ05Ly9aiW2I7TCNQM/s280/bhattack.jpg " width="250"> </a></center> <center><img border="0" height="80" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbERRxZXmvGnvd67V06fzq0W70NxBOBnSWlaUsnpWosJL_VUuYZtm_Q7naoP59E1ybYtKr09uX-gkJcnRTCB2K6AjavkAGSYcngOODPcTqM92r1RIj-yZyw7CTaUebzVrXYFUtnP-rdvL/s1600/unnamed.png " width="250"> </a></center> According to a breaking news report by AFP, Boko Haram men have captured Chibok community. A serving senator from Borno state and a resident Pastor confirmed the development to AFP. "Chibok was taken by Boko Haram. They are in control," said Enoch Mark, a Christian pastor whose daughter and niece are among the 219 teenagers still being held. Borno Senator, Ali Ndume told AFP that the militants attacked at about 4pm on Thursday, destroying communications masts and forcing residents to flee.

Boko Haram reportedly capture Chiboktown

According to a breaking news report by AFP, Boko Haram men have captured Chibok community. A serving senator from Borno state and a reside...

Graphic photo: 10 killed at Niger College ofEducation blast today

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mzXkE-DMdnnoUokyKN4mZShIefcBsgnXHO3iPNvBx9Be1LYaC9rQe9d0anrt8ObUG6mhiBMf1-JtCSY5EGlbF3zLKzLLCElbUgZvWPV2axa0Xr84LcrUXQuFYXsAJXiFMYCMZJdj_kws/s280/Niger+COE+female+students+bemoan+sexual+harassment+from+lecturers.jpg " width="250"> </a></center> At least 10 people were killed today after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the Federal College of Education Kontagora in Niger state today November 12th. One of the students of the school, Mary Okafor who spoke with AFP, said they were all at the library reading for their semester examinations when they heard the bomb go off "We saw bodies on the ground between the library and the female hostel. Among the bodies were two dismembered women who we believe were the bombers. At least 10 students were killed and several others injured. They have all been moved to the general hospital. We have all been asked to vacate the school. The authorities in the town have asked all schools to close." she said See a pic from the scene today. Not sure if it's the body of the suicide bomber or one of the victims but it's quite graphic so be warned... <center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gGul_v7HGFlVMcjUd8KPe4yt5sr4NX_cF5CkQPAEkPOtRc-PPHaZZWL3j0KUExNf8WjlJiIcyOr12J7henDkMhWzy76L7hJ72hH0JBGwiNylla3bo4i1btT-hfukJDgeXFw9ZD9ldWp1/s280/unnamed.jpg " width="250"> </a></center>

Graphic photo: 10 killed at Niger College ofEducation blast today

At least 10 people were killed today after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the Federal College of Education Kontagora in Niger s...

Shekau denies ceasefire, says Chibokgirls have converted to Islam, marriedoff

Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by AFP, describing the Nigerian government claims as a lie and apparently ruling out future talks. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, also claimed the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote northeast town of Chibok, in Borno state, in April had converted to Islam and been married off. <center><img border="0" height="200" src=" http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Chibok-details.jpg " width="250"> </a></center> In addition, Shekau said the Islamists were holding a German national, who was kidnapped in Adamawa state, also northeast Nigeria, in July. The video comes after a surprise Nigerian military and presidency announcement on October 17 that a deal had been reached with the militants to end hostilities. A senior presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan also said agreement had been reached to free the schoolgirls, whose abduction sparked global anger and demands for their release. There was immediate scepticism about both claims because of previous assertions of ceasefires and the identity of the purported Boko Haram envoy at the supposed talks, Danladi Ahmadu. Violence — and fresh kidnappings — have continued unabated since the announcement, including a triple bombing of a bus station in the northern city of Gombe on Friday that killed at least eight. Nigeria’s government maintains that talks were ongoing in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena. But Shekau, speaking in Hausa, dressed in military fatigues and boots with a black turban, and flanked by 15 armed fighters, said: “We have not made ceasefire with anyone… “We did not negotiate with anyone… It’s a lie. It’s a lie. We will not negotiate. What is our business with negotiation? Allah said we should not.” He also said he did not know Danladi. – Kidnapped girls – There was no indication of when or where the video was shot but it was obtained through the same channels as previous communications from the group. In it, Shekau mentions the Chibok girls for the first time since a video obtained on May 5, when more than 100 were shown in a rural location dressed in the hijab and reciting verses from the Koran. Then, the militant leader said many of the girls had converted to Islam but in the latest, he indicated that all of those held had become Muslims. “Don’t you know the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They have now memorised two chapters of the Koran,” he said. Shekau previously threatened to sell the girls as slave brides and also suggested that he would be prepared to release them in exchange for Boko Haram prisoners. In the latest message, he said while laughing: “We have married them off. They are in their marital homes.” Human Rights Watch said in a report published this week that Boko Haram was holding upwards of 500 women and young girls and that forced marriage was commonplace in the militant camps. One former hostage said she saw some of the Chibok girls forced to cook and clean for other women and girls who had been chosen for “special treatment because of their beauty”. – German national – Shekau’s claim in the video that they were “holding your German hostage” is the first claim of responsibility for the abduction, which happened on July 16. The German foreign ministry in Berlin said it did not want to comment when contacted by AFP. Armed gunmen kidnapped the foreigner, who was said to be a teacher at a government technical training centre in Gombi, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Adamawa state capital Yola. Suspicion immediately fell on Boko Haram, which has repeatedly attacked schools teaching a so-called Western curriculum, as well as teachers and students. An offshoot of Boko Haram, Ansaru, has previously claimed the kidnapping of at least eight foreigners in northern Nigeria since 2012 but the group has been largely dormant for more than a year. The group reportedly broke with Boko Haram to specifically target foreigners instead of Nigerians and executed seven expatriates it seized from Bauchi state in 2013. In January 2012, Boko Haram kidnapped German engineer Edgar Raupach at a construction site on the outskirts of the northern city of Kano. He was killed in a military raid on a Boko Haram hideout on the outskirts of the city four months later. Kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs are common in the oil-producing south. On October 24, armed men shot dead one German national and kidnapped another in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria. Both were working for the construction firm Julius Berger. The hostage was later released, the company said on Thursday.

Shekau denies ceasefire, says Chibokgirls have converted to Islam, marriedoff

Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by AFP, describing the Nigerian government claims as...

Gunmen kill one German and abduct anotherin Sagamu

Unknown gunmen killed a German national and abducted another one on Friday morning October 24th in Sagamu, Ogun state. The two men, who wor...

Boko Haram kills four Nigerianrefugees in Cameroon

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfkGSCMdqw-Q8sr4DUyE65_InvUaAWTnfT79indYzXwqA1eKti8fetUQRYOXOwUqUH1RvOswTL-MZIdkcj5qvQvwUNjLU6Su-mr_1tRUxjZ9aSg-t6veGTybOs85_ElxEBFf_UlMG-_M/s280/boko-haram_6.jpg " width="250"> </a></center> Four Nigerians taking refuge in a village in the far north of Cameroon have been killed by members of Boko Haram in an attack that took place on Friday October 24th. According to a statement made available today to AFP, the Cameroonian Ministry of Defence said the sect members attacked "the village of Glawi, killing four Nigerian refugees and wounding one Camerounian, before being pushed back by defence forces which pursued them”. The ministry also said two groups of Boko Haram members had also tried to enter another border village with Nigeria but they were “immediately intercepted and neutralised by our defence forces who destroyed three 4×4 vehicles equipped with machine guns, killing 27 assailants,”. 39 members of the sect were confirmed dead after the various attacks

Boko Haram kills four Nigerianrefugees in Cameroon

Four Nigerians taking refuge in a village in the far north of Cameroon have been killed by members of Boko Haram in an attack that took pla...