Boko Haram Is Divided

A July 21 report by Vanguard Newspaper suggests that confusion has crept into the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which has unleashed a reign of terror in the northern part of the country for several months, splitting the sect.

“The sect has split into two factions,” the reports says. “… And one faction, the Yusufiyya Islamic Movement, YIM, has vowed to expose the other faceless group, which it described as evil group.”

The Yusufiyya group is made up of followers of slain leader of the Islamic sect, Mallam Mohammed Yusuf.

Political Support Emboldened Boko Haram

United Nations Building Abuja after the Friday Blast

Boko haram is not simply a security challenge. It is also a political challenge. It has a political dimension. Recall the rhetoric from Borno Elders describing Boko Haram members as ‘brothers’, blaming the military for escalating the situation and asking the President to withdraw them. It is this political support that has emboldened them and enabled them to overwhelm the security agencies, who by the way lack the capacity to respond to the challenge. The solution must go beyond security response to include political negotiation. It requires a wide stakeholder involvement. It required community engagement. …By Okechukwu Nwanguma

Images From The Bomb Blast At UN Abuja Office

UN car after the blast

Nigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry Statement on Libya – Full Statement

It is my honour and privilege this morning to inform you that the fed govt has formally recognized the transitional national council (TNC) of libya as the legitimate representative of the libyan people you all would have been watching closely the unfolding situation in libya.

World Leaders’ View on Libya – Storified

International Leaders have been expressing support for the rebels

In this Storify, I have compiled the thoughts of most world leaders on the ongoing Libyan revolution. All that have spoken out did in support of the rebels.

Follow the link to read.

World Leaders’ View on Libya – storify.com.

IBB or OBJ Who Is A Bigger FOOL? Vote Here

Obasanjo is an incestuous murderer with an infertile mind – IBB

Ibrahim Babangida says Obasanjo is an Incestuous murderer.

We have been inundated with calls from the media and our esteemed friends over comments reportedly made by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Aremu of Ota, to the effect that General Ibrahim Babangida “is a fool at 70”. According to the report, Chief Obasanjo was said to have rolled out series of issues which he considered, in his infertile mind, to be the sins of General Babangida.

OBJ, IBB Face-Off: Mark Appeals For Truce

Press Statement

Senate president

 

President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has appealed to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Military President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida to sheath their swords in the interest of the nation.

El-Rufai Refutes Osuji’s Claims on Adenuga Bribe – Full Statement

By Muyiwa Adekeye, Media Adviser to El-rufai

I rejected Adenuga’s bribe – El-Rufai

Our country has come to a sorry pass, where shame and contrition have disappeared. In what other clime can a man under oath before a Senate Committee, admit receiving a bribe, yet expect no immediate retribution? This sums up Mallam Nasir El Rufai’s response to the testimony of Charles Osuji, a former staff of the BPE, at the Senate hearings on privatisation. As Osuji testified, he collected a bribe from Mike Adenuga, and El-Rufai never sought or collected bribe from anyone either in his twenty years of professional practice or in a decade of public service. Osuji went on a frolic of his own, and collected the money, and then told El-Rufai about it. He rejected the bribe and ensured Osuji was punished for collecting it. That was the proper thing to do, and it was done.

El-Rufai’s Testimonies At Senate Public Hearing On Privatisation – Part III (Money Matters)