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While the Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram makes headlines in Nigeria, a Shia group is also causing anxiety in some quarters, the BBC's Mark Lobel reports from the city of Kaduna.

Saharan sand swirls around us as horses gallop through the film set we are visiting.

Brightly painted walls and wooden and straw weaponry line old forts, recreated to mirror the scene of the brazen Islamic revolution that arrived here in the 19th Century.

I am seeing for myself how media-savvy the mainly-Shia Islamic Movement in Nigeria has become.

Inside the compound, a dubbing operation is under way.

Flattering documentaries of religious leaders are being translated into the local Hausa language, with hundreds of DVDs sold to eager locals every month.

The movement has had a thriving daily newspaper for more than two decades and says it will soon broadcast its internet-based Hausa radio station on the country's main air waves, and start up a new TV channel.

In recent years, the once tiny movement's membership has sky-rocketed in size and scope while all attention has shifted to Boko Haram, the Sunni Islamist group fighting for an Islamic state in Nigeria.

Iranian inspiration

Some are worried that this movement may be growing unchecked by the current ruling powers it condemns as discredited.

Its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, became a proponent of Shia Islam around the time of the Iranian revolution in 1979.

Events in Iran encouraged him to believe that an Islamic revival was also possible in Nigeria.

Ever since, he has grown increasingly confident he can build a permanent Islamic state within the country.

Although he denies his movement gets any funding from Iran, he is also vehemently anti-American.

When I met the white-bearded, traditionally dressed religious leader, who looked older than his 57 years, he resembled a peaceful, friendly, elder statesman and smiled as he told me that he now has hundreds of thousands of followers.

We sat together on his bright, fluffy pink, red and white rug and an orange-flowered garland framed a hanging portrait of the revolutionary Islamic leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, who watched over us.

Simply disguised as shiia

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More to come

netuser: The problem is, who allowed the weapons into the country?

Alhajis in customs and also immigration service

What a political quagmire for Nigeria

President lacks wisdom and courage

opposition motivated by hatred yet lacking viable alternatives.

We need a revolution.

the blind leading the multitude, and vehemently opposed by the deaf

Dull as in what? Come to plateau and see jangs 6years of transformation and rapid development. Go and ask what he did as military governor in benue too. Dont seat in bedrooms and post biased opinions.

Op what kind of misleading post is this?
Do security officers or emergency workers violate curfew restrictions?
Is that really frog jump or squatting? Why jump into conclusion ?
With the poor picture resolution of the camera , if it was frog jump, the cops body will show blur trails.

As long as the SOE remains, the fed govt should not benefit financially from it, defence budget should not be a blank cheque in any guise. The house of reps did well, I believe the Senate will follow suite.

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thanks

Madness! Pure madness

He meant [size=18pt]"juicy appointment"[/size]
not regular jobs, those girls are worth billions in real estate. Read between the lines.

If FRCN Isnt a venture then wat is it?an NGO?

Stop ranting and consult your textbooks!

classic music: u just said it all 'it was an advert'advertz ar paid for.i gues d school paid dats y d advert was aird.u can advertise ur garri soakin skul in newyork if u meet their ad rates even on wall street.its business

^^^ Hmmmm, Kids on NL
Hope you didn't write jamb with this type of 2go-text?


So in your reasoning FRCN was established for business?

“No commercial activities again in Maiduguri, no academic activities in the area, people have fled Maiduguri; there is nothing going on in the town. No school, no banking, no communication network. The town is grounded",”
[size=18pt]We shall make the country north ungovernable for president if power does no go to the north.[/size]

Hmmm, mark is steering a troubled water. The almajiri population is a weapon of mass intimidation in the hands of the born to rule's. To banned it, means mass education in the north! And that's a no-go-area.

The ambassador knows more than he is revealing, is it potential attack from bokoharam? or angry Nigeria residents in Ghana?. If he knows the embassy isn't protecting Nigerians interest enough, they should seat up and remember the Senegal incident in Dakar.
What's his business with securing the building? Is it by going to the press? Or he is now doing the job on behalf of the security attaches/NIA?
Noise makers.

[quote author=tpia@]in nigeria, anything goes.

maybe the school is owned by a nigerian.[/quote]My thoughts exactly ^^
But why on radio Nigeria network, that is supposed to be a national orientation vehicle? Are the directors now blind to the fact that Nigeria losses billions annually to foreign tuition fees? If it were a private media, it's okay. But this is ministry of information

very good investment strategy and biz plan/proposal. but is this all to it? OP more info on the directors and trading trategy? any links?

[size=15pt]when a dog viciously wants to bite its own tail, a wise man should keep good distance[/size].

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JQh8TLmQVE4

like this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JQh8TLmQVE4

Imagine the insult... several civil servants are even amoung his friends. Dammit it. Fake or not, there's lots of intell on this FB profile. I dey vexxxxx o

Diasporan: @OP haven't you heard of cost and factors of production?It varies from country to country so please go consult your Economics textbook by PN Okeke

YOU TRY, BUT YOU ARE FAR FROM THE TRUTH

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Sounds Japanese

A Woman of great achievement, more grease to her elbow. Hope her story will inspire much more women in the armed forces.

Until the political and religious elite of the north are purged of their present mindset about power, politics and wealth accumulation, the poverty culture and insecurity of core-north will continue to retard the progress of Nigeria

I completly agree with the poster on the above , Nigeria must advance

Copied from the contribution of a NLer.... https://www.nairaland.com/1294614/army-destroys-boko-haram-anti-aircraft#15788791

This is the problem with Nigeria. Any attempt at making progress in whatever form is always seen as anti-North because the north is always a clog in the wheel of progress.

- Stop killing fellow Nigerians in the name of religion and politics, Northerners say it is anti-north

- Take Polio vaccines to reduce the statistics of children with Polio, Northerners said it is anti-north

- If we attempt to thrash mediocrity by scrapping federal character and zoning and enthroning merit, northerners would not be able to compete for positions on merit and they will say it is anti-north

- Let there be resource control, Northerners say it is anti-north

- Let there be constitutional conference, Northerners say it is ant-north

- Let us restructure the country, Northerners say it is anti-north

[size=18pt]What in the name of progress would not be anti-north?[/size]
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9jadelta: bloody konvict

They only need encouragment, not discrimination.