LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Boko Haram extremists are strengthening ties with the Islamic State group, as shown by reports that Nigerian militants are fighting in Libya, recent arrests in Lebanon and India and the blocking of thousands of suspected extremists from leaving Nigeria.

Boko Haram pledged allegiance to IS in March and in June was declared its West African province. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the insurgency since President Muhammad Buhari was elected in March and pledged to halt the 6-year-old Islamic uprising blamed for the deaths of some 20,000.

An estimated 80 to 200 Boko Haram fighters are in the Libyan city of Sirte, according to Nigeria analyst Jacob Zenn, in The Sentinel magazine of the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation.

Algerian security forces believe Boko Haram fighters have joined other militants in northern Niger, he wrote.

"The openness of migration routes from Nigeria through eastern Niger to Libya makes travel ... fairly straightforward, and the Islamic State can easily afford to pay smugglers to carry militants (and weapons) along that route," wrote Zenn.

Further evidence of Boko Haram's links with IS is the arrest on Aug. 15 by Lebanese authorities of hard-line IS cleric Ahmad al-Assir at Beirut airport. They said he planned to fly to Nigeria on a forged Palestinian passport with a Nigerian visa.

The Nigeria Immigration Service reported barring 23,472 people from leaving the country between January 2014 and March 2015. "There have been reports in recent times of some Nigerians departing to join terrorist groups especially in the Middle East and North Africa," said PR Nigeria, which publishes government news. Two Nigerians studying in India were arrested Aug. 7 as they tried to cross illegally into Pakistan, planning to join IS in Iraq, it said.

http://news.yahoo.com/boko-haram-strengthens-ties-islamic-state-group

DIA AND NIA Should do more in keeping tabs on Nigerians going to high risk locations

BH foot soilders preparing for GRAND JIHAD

D relationship blw boko haram and politics is similar 2 d relationship blw computer viruses nd computers.........politics can exist without boko haram....bt boko haram can't exist without politics....

...boko haram...quite similar 2 computer viruses

I believe dis shld make front page

We need strong boarder tightening process or we may all be doomed
..

We will soon finish them.

They now go by the acronym ISWAP which is Islamic State of West Africa.
When the US capitalist model collapses by September, 2015 expect the central govt of Nigeria under the dullard to collapse and from there watch and see how ISWAP will overrun the north from where they will commence their renewed Jihad in the Southwest.


Slavery is imminent.

SFSNIPER:
We will soon finish them.

By mouth abi

On the international stage, the world knows Buhari isn't getting it right... At least, statistics says it all. Lai Muhammad should stop peddling falshood.

BishopMagic:
They now go by the acronym ISWAP which is Islamic State of West Africa.
When the US capitalist model collapses by September, 2015 expect the central govt of Nigeria under the dullard to collapse and from there watch and see how ISWAP will overrun the north from where they will commence their renewed Jihad in the Southwest.


Slavery is imminent.

The South West, has a sizeable muslim population.we all know bokoharam will be hapy to penetrate the SE, so as to, impose their islamic idealogy on the ibos.if bokoharam ever come to the south,SE will surely be their base.slavery is definately imminent in the SE.

The nigeria passport reputation as a terrorist passport is increasing.
Is yahoonews preaching hate? Zombies!

IPOB Youth

omoelesa:
The South West, has a sizeable muslim population.we all know bokoharam will be hapy to penetrate the SE, so as to, impose their islamic idealogy on the ibos.if bokoharam ever come to the south,SE will surely be their base.slavery is definately imminent in the SE.

Just like illorin abi?abi the whole of kwara? Emir of Lagos,Ife and ibadan loading.....

IPOB Youth

c33b33:


Just like illorin abi?abi the whole of kwara? Emir of Lagos,Ife and ibadan loading.....

IPOB Youth

Yes,we proud of our heritage.what about emir of onitsha,emir of aba, emir of enugu.and a whole lot of yebbos girls sold into slavery.

omoelesa:
Yes,we proud of our heritage.what about emir of onitsha,emir of aba, emir of enugu.and a whole lot of yebbos girls sold into slavery.

Yorubas dnt go anywhere
They just type nonsense on their keyboards
There is nothing lik igbo muslim
We are one people unlike the confused SW
Which is a hotbed for terrorists like d north..

evanscheck:
We need strong boarder tightening process or we may all be doomed
..

More importantly world class intelligence gathering equipment and artillery . Most importantly tho, divine help from God who can make this stop, effortlessly.

We should invest more in intelligence gathering, remember BH na person like you and me, they are not spirits! Awikonko here again

c33b33:
The nigeria passport reputation as a terrorist passport is increasing.
Is yahoonews preaching hate? Zombies!

IPOB Youth

Your mental toughness is undisputable. Thumb up.

many things are happening. You will never see this kinda news in our local medias . still waiting for buhari to stop Isis

many things are happening. You will never see this kinda news in our local medias . still waiting for buhari to stop Isis

omoelesa:
Yes,we proud of our heritage.what about emir of onitsha,emir of aba, emir of enugu.and a whole lot of yebbos girls sold into slavery.

Why are you admitting that we are cowards? We have to start fighting for what belong to us...Your types make it seem as though we live on the mercy of the Hausa-Fulani. .

.yoruba should start fighting for odua republic. ...we have to be as brave as igbos. ...we seemed to be the weakest in Nigeria

omoelesa:
Yes,we proud of our heritage.what about emir of onitsha,emir of aba, emir of enugu.and a whole lot of yebbos girls sold into slavery.

Fool.

SFSNIPER:
We will soon finish them.

Sure, BH annihilation is near.

Please Yahoo is preaching hate, they are seditious, they want to break naijiriya.
Go and jam Yahoo, no bam them, I mean ban.

I bet this was what Tinubu was begging journalists to shield from the public, guised as he was encouraging them to help fight corruption.

Issorait!

BishopMagic:


By mouth abi

Mumu come join army if u get mind nah iddiot.

why is this not on frontpage?

TruthisGOD:
Your mental toughness is undisputable. Thumb up.

Indisputable/undisputed.
Thumbs up to you too!

IPOB Youth

omoelesa:
Yes,we proud of our heritage.what about emir of onitsha,emir of aba, emir of enugu.and a whole lot of yebbos girls sold into slavery.

yorubatic:

Why are you admitting that we are cowards? We have to start fighting for what belong to us...Your types make it seem as though we live on the mercy of the Hausa-Fulani. .
.yoruba should start fighting for odua republic. ...we have to be as brave as igbos. ...we seemed to be the weakest in Nigeria

omoelesa:
Yes,we proud of our heritage.what about emir of onitsha,emir of aba, emir of enugu.and a whole lot of yebbos girls sold into slavery.

IPOB Youth