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This afternoon, the 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee may add Boko Haram to its sanctions list, following a request by Nigeria for the group to be listed. In its 19 May letter to the Committee chair, Ambassador Gary Quinlan (Australia), Nigeria noted that its request is “necessitated by the recent upsurge” in Boko Haram’s activities. The chair immediately circulated the request to Committee members together with a draft entry list and draft narrative summary of reasons for the listing prepared by the Analytical Support and Monitoring Team, which supports the Committee. The proposal was then placed under an “expedited no objection procedure” until 3 pm today. If the Committee agrees to the listing, it is also likely to issue a press statement that was circulated to members on 20 May and also put the statement under a no objection procedure until 3 pm today. The Committee will hold previously scheduled meeting with the Monitoring Group this afternoon, and may discus...

Actor Charlie Sheen went ballistic on Rihanna today after the singer snubbed him and his girlfriend at a restaurant last night. Charlie Sheen said he took his porn star girlfriend out for her birthday at the same restaurant as Rihanna and that his girlfriend, who is a fan had asked to meet Rihanna. But after RiRi turned down his request for an impromptu meet and greet, Charlie cuts loose on Rihanna via social media; Below is what he wrote  So, I took my gal out to dinner last night with her best friends for her Bday. We heard Rihanna was present as well. I sent a request over to her table to introduce my fiancé Scotty to her, as she is a huge fan. (personally I couldn't pick her out of a line-up at gunpoint) Well, the word we received back was that there were too many paps outside and it just wasn't possible at this time. At this time? At this time? Lemme guess, we're to reschedule another random 11 million to 1 encounter with her some other night...?  ...

Another masterpiece from one of Naija's finest rappers- Phyno and he titles this one "Alobam". Great video, scenery very on-point and the "igbo-spiced" rap, very dope. Directed by Clarence Peters.

Gunmen kill 27, set houses on fire, with only 3 houses left standing in Gumboru Ngala, in Borno State.  No group has claimed responsibility, but the Islamic extremist group the Boko Haram is suspected. As villagers cried out for security, police, army and other military personnel are currently absent in the village.  A SaharaReporters correspondent is on the scene in this unfolding story. 

It turns out that while a very pregnant Meriam awaits her death sentence in prison, her precious little boy has been forced to  A man shows off the powers of his charms by putting fire to his neck at a camp of a vigilante group of traditional hunters in Maiduguri. About 100 traditional hunters from villages in Nigeria's Borno state have gathered in a camp in Maiduguri and volunteered to hunt for Boko Haram. Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters A vigilante group of traditional hunters pose for a picture at their camp in Maiduguri. They believe their knowledge of the thick forests in Borno state, which shelters Boko Haram militants,  would help in the hunt for the captors of more than 200 school girls . Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters The vigilante group of traditional hunters pose for a picture at their camp in Maiduguri with their guns and bows and arrows.  Boko Haram were suspected of killing at least 48 people in bomb attacks on Wednesday , a day after  118 were kille...

A few weeks ago, the film adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie's book Half of a Yellow Sun was to hit our cinema screens...but it was stopped. I heard the reason it was removed was because of the theme of the movie, the Hausa killing Ibo/biafra war story and because of the current situation in Nigeria, some scenes were asked to be cut from the movie by the Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board. I don't know if the scenes have been cut or what exactly is going on right now, but NFVCB has still refused to let the movie show in the cinemas.  Actor and former Actors' Guild of Nigeria president Segun Arinze is now calling for the resignation of the Director-General of the Censors Board. His statement below... Please tell Madam Patricia Bala of Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board to release the movie Half of a Yellow Sun. She has no reason to hold on to the movie. She has no right to censor the movie only to classify it. She saw it in Canada and even partnered with the producers ...

The young son of the pregnant 27 year old woman, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag (pictured above), who was sentenced to death in Sudan last week for Apostasy (her crime was marrying a Christian man - read  here ) is forced to live in jail with his mom. Meriam who is reportedly shackled & bleeding in her prison cell, is expected to give birth to her second child on or before June 1st, Hollywood Life reports. We thought that Meriam’s story could not get any worse, but it has. It turns out that while a very pregnant Meriam awaits her death sentence in prison, her precious little boy has been forced to live inside her prison cell with her. Meriam will also have to care for her unborn baby in that cell once it is born. The UN is intervening and trying to save an 8 month pregnant woman from the death penalty in Sudan who married a Christian man…. Reports claim that the Sudanese government will not allow Martin’s father to care for him while Meriam is in prison solely because he is...

I cannot verify the authenticity of what you are about to read and see but according to a popular Muslim cleric, Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmu Gumi, who shared the photos on his Facebook page, he claims the men lined up  are young Almajiris who were executed without trial as Boko Haram members  in Borno state. He claims vigilante groups would move into the villages, pick up young men, take them to the field and kill them. He said this is how some  innocent people are killed in the name of fighting Boko Haram. He shared four photos...find them after the cut...but viewer discretion advised. It's quite graphic...

These are some faces of the students of University of Jos who lost their lives in that unfortunate and wicked bomb blast two days ago.Their school mates circulated the photos .Among them are Mike Ogbole ,Milli, Vivian, Lydia, Francisca .. Said most of them(final year medical students) finished practical lectures held at the Jos university teaching hospital (Juth) which is close to terminus market and were returning when they got caught up in the blast Meanwhile..The Nation reports that Families able to provide proof were allowed to take away bodies of their loved ones from the mortuaries in Jos. Most of those burnt beyond recognition will be given mass burial. Emmanuel Okafor and his two sisters were overwhelmed by grief at the Plateau Specialists Hospital on seeing the remains of their mother.  “It is over; we are finished. See my mother. God? Why? Why? why God?”. Okafor said, weeping. Chiendu Mazi, 40, who found his wife’s body at the morgue fainted. He was revived by ...

The singer showed off his new ride on his instagram page this morning.

After posting an update about a Boko Haram Victim Tells Her Story Before US Congress , my attention was drawn to what you are about to read below by one of my blog readers. In fact i personally watched this girl speaking on CNN this morning, and not that i was told about it. What you will read below will surprise you. Other Hoaxes Zionist Terror — 14 May 2014 Fake Nigerian Kidnapping Victim Debbie Peters is a Rockefeller and Zionist Agent Revelation thanks to our posters Regarding false flag plots orchestrated by the Zionists, such as the fake kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls and the phony disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines 777, one of the most wretched, wicked perpetrators of all is none other than that arch-devious one, David Rockefeller. It is Rockefeller, a rabid, extremist Zionist Jew, who is responsible for the mass murder of innocents. His European collaborators, rather, masters, the Rothschilds,  are also mass murderers. The Rockefe...