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EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 9:55am On Feb 12, 2015
No. You don't have to. Just enter the bank in Ogun state and ask them if the can process the payment for you. We have heard cases of people paying from Oyo, Osun and even ABJ.
pantherapardus:
Can I also pay my fees at a bank here in Ogun state or I have to visit bank branches at Unilag?
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 9:37pm On Feb 11, 2015
Pretty simple. Go and get an affidavit from the court.
loistee:
hello pls I miss place my wedding certificate and they insisted on seeing it in pg school what can I do
PoliticsK by oluwagream(op):
K
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 9:26am On Feb 11, 2015
Immediately after the admission letter.
QuixPhix:
Good morning. On my way schoolwards.

1. Bio-data
2. Course form
3. Admin letter
4. Certificate
5. NYSC cert
6. Online receipt
7. Prospectus R

Biko, where does the acceptance letter fit in that arrangement o.
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 1:39pm On Feb 10, 2015
You're welcome bro

chengfu:
Thanks bruh. I appreciate !
PoliticsRe: Obama's Media Team Responsible For APC's "CHANGE" Campaign - Washington FB by oluwagream:
hmmmmm. At least, its not illegal to hire a PR team. Would we have prefered they hired THUGS?
Meanwhile,
https://www.nairaland.com/2131783/10-reasons-why-boko-haram
PoliticsRe: Breaking News: New Inec Chairman Nominated! by oluwagream: 12:20am On Feb 10, 2015
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Nairaland GeneralRe: Breaking News Inec Chairman Jega Has Been Sacked And Replaced. by oluwagream: 12:16am On Feb 10, 2015
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EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream:
Well, as far as I know, students that are interested in securing a bedspace will have to apply on http://unilaghalls.com . The allocation is based on a balloting system.

However, presently, only 200, 300, 400 and 500level students have access to apply for a bed space. Just make sure you keep checking the site to know when allocation for PG students will commence.



chengfu:
Please house, shey pple that are interested in getting school hostel are supposed to register to get a chance of being selected or how do they go about it? Asking for sum1 tho.. Thanks
PoliticsRe: Doyin Okupe's Reaction To The Embarrassing Video On Twitter by oluwagream: 4:29pm On Feb 08, 2015
Mr Okupe shot himself in the leg by putting himself in the midst of these public outcry again GEJ and his administration. This is something Reuben Abati has not done. So there's no controversy as to who is intelligent and who's not
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 4:25pm On Feb 08, 2015
Uwc
ijib:
Thank you very much
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 8:40am On Feb 08, 2015
I think 20th
ijib:
Please when is the deadline for payment of fees and registration?
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:07pm On Feb 07, 2015
What do you really mean by "the fate of Nigeria"?
jazz04:
I hope they extend deadline for payments..... We don't know the fate of Nigeria after election....
PoliticsRe: 10 Reasons Why Boko Haram Is More Powerful Than ISIS, Al-qaeda, ETC Combined by oluwagream(op): 5:04pm On Feb 07, 2015
Thank you sir.

jars9:
Goat OP that don't know poo,what do you think terrorist want?

The primary purpose of terrorism, which is to induce fear and overreaction amongst the people, take isis for example,this is what some APC members have used on Nigerians against Goodluck Jonathans administration, they said it they promised to make his administration ungovernable just so they achieve their selfish aim of ruling Nigeria.

A Vote for APC is a vote for terrorism read more on

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria/2015/02/05/bd439ca6-ad7d-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html
PoliticsRe: 10 Reasons Why Boko Haram Is More Powerful Than ISIS, Al-qaeda, ETC Combined by oluwagream(op): 1:26am On Feb 07, 2015
Well, read through the article, and you will realise why we should be more weary of Boko Haram than any other terrorist group. Its evident.
wilsondave:
I totally disagree with your headline. pray that those international terrorist should not attack west Africa not only Nigeria o. am sure if they should......... you won't be here typing
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 1:00am On Feb 06, 2015
Yes o. Its based on an Open Ballot System.

According to the prospectus, the probability of you being given a bed space is the Total number of students admitted for your programme DIVIDED BY The total number of students admitted. EG, if the school admitted 1000 student and 100 students where admitted for your own programme, you have a 0.1 chance or 10% chance of getting a space.

gory24:
..was at PG school 2day nd was told by the staffs dat hostel allocation will be based on an " Open Ballot system"
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream:
I'm telling you. Dem just dey exploit our desperate demand.
mtor:
Hehehe the prices are more than sch fees
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:57pm On Feb 05, 2015
Lol. The Price dey scary shey? I even saw 1 self contain at the rate of 320k and u'll still pay 80k agreement. [quote author=mtor post=30454437][/quote]
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:45pm On Feb 05, 2015
Na 1 year o. Can u imagine.
mtor:
single room 180k shared toilet and bathroom oluwagream for how many years cheesy is the rent
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:34pm On Feb 05, 2015
Lol. Plus me o. I'll have to wait o. Patience is a virtue grin
StringAngel:
Good job @oluwagream... As for me and my house, Henry Carr I shall wait for
Politics10 Reasons Why Boko Haram Is More Powerful Than ISIS, Al-qaeda, ETC Combined by oluwagream(op):
In early January 2015, as all eyes were on France, Islamist gunmen attacked the town of Baga in Nigeria. It’s unknown how many died, but the highest estimates mention 2,000 civilians, making it possibly one of the deadliest terror attacks in history. The culprits: Boko Haram. Since coming to prominence in 2009, the radical jihadist group has been waging a catastrophic war against the Nigerian state. In 2013 alone, 10,000 people died, more than have died in the entire Ukrainian civil war. But these statistics are only the tip of the iceberg. Dig a little deeper and you’ll uncover a nightmare of violence and bloodshed threatening to tear open the heart of central Africa.

10 They Already Have A Caliphate

When ISIS overthrew the Iraqi city of Mosul and declared an Islamic caliphate, it seemed like a nightmare. The idea that a gang of armed fanatics could carve out their own state was uniquely horrific. Less than a year later, it’s no longer so unique. Boko Haram currently controls over 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 mi ) of northeast Nigeria, setting up their own caliphate that rules 1.6 million people. For comparison, that’s an area of land roughly the size of Costa Rica now governed by mass murderers. It’s every bit as gruesome as life under ISIS. With Boko Haram in charge, Christian men are subject to decapitation, and their wives are forced to convert and get sold into sex slavery. Petty criminals routinely have their hands cut off, while young girls are forced to work as laborers or as bait to lure in enemy soldiers. Such atrocities are unlikely to stop anytime soon. Back in 2012, the group declared it wouldn’t rest until the whole of Nigeria was under sharia law. Back then, their goal seemed chilling, yet unlikely. Today, it feels terrifyingly real.

9 They’re Expanding Rapidly

Unlike ISIS, Boko Haram currently control territory in only one country. But this could change at any moment. Already, the group runs frequent cross- border raids into Cameroon, slaughtering civilians and bombing buses. In January 2015, they stepped up the attacks, brazenly assaulting a local army base in a (failed) attempt to get a foothold in the country. Even when they’re not actively trying to seize territory, fear of the group is wreaking havoc. Many schools in Niger’s border towns have shut down out of fear of a massacre, and new security restrictions have devastated the local economy. Meanwhile, Chad is being overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring across the border in desperate need of food and shelter. Although the group has yet to extend its reach out of Nigeria, analysts worry about their plans for expansion. According to experts, a powerful Boko Haram could destabilize the entire region, with consequences for us all. Only a year ago, the group vowed they would attack the United States, calling it a “ prostitute nation of infidels and liars.”

8 They Target Schools

The name Boko Haram loosely translates as “ Western education is a sin.” It’s an idea the group takes very seriously. Since Boko Haram first emerged, the militants have made it their mission to attack as many schools as possible. In the first five months of 2014 alone, they targeted 50 schools in Nigeria, killing more than 100 children and 70 teachers. The attacks were almost demonic in their cunning. In one instance, the group detonated a bomb hidden in a dormitory, killing 40 students. In another, they sewed explosives into a rucksack, dressed a teenager in school uniform, and sent their bomber wandering into a school assembly. The subsequent explosion killed a minimum of 48 teenagers. Those who survive such attacks are often forced to flee, joining the tide pouring into Chad. When violence has failed, Boko Haram has frequently resorted to kidnapping. Most infamously, this involved the mass abduction of 200 schoolgirls in May last year. Although the world responded with outrage and a global Twitter campaign, most of those girls are still missing, presumed to have been sold into slavery.

7 Horrifying Massacres

When Boko Haram drove into the town of Baga on January 7, 2015, they used rocket-propelled grenades to slaughter civilians. Bodies were left piled in the bush. Those who hid in their homes were burned alive. Terrible as this is, it’s only the latest in a long line of massacres horrifying in their depravity. Over the past few years, the group has targeted Nigeria’s citizens with a combination of psychopathy and impunity terrifying to behold. In January 2015, they razed 16 villages to the ground, leaving a pile of bodies so deep survivors couldn’t count them all. Nearly a year beforehand, they targeted the country’s capital with a bomb that killed 71 after it detonated during the morning rush hour. By way of comparison, that’s nearly 20 more people than died during London’s 7/7 bombings. The list goes on. Football matches, markets, and mosques were all bombed in 2014, each attack killing a minimum of 40 people. In the case of the mosque attack, gunmen then opened fire on worshipers fleeing the scene, adding dozens more to the death toll.

6 They Use Children

On January 10, 2015, a 10-year-old girl wandered into a crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State. As shoppers went about their daily business, the girl activated a suicide belt, killing 20 and injuring many more. The girl herself was torn in half by the blast, part of her body thrown across the nearby buildings by the force of the explosion. Officials later said she may not have known what she was carrying, bringing the total number of innocents killed in the attack to 21. If you’re hoping this was just a particularly depraved one-off, we’ve got some bad news for you. Less than a day after the attack in Maiduguri, two more girls blew themselves up at a market, killing three and injuring 46. They were estimated by survivors to have been no more than 10 years old.

5 Funding By this point, you may be wondering where Boko Haram gets the money to pull off such vicious operations. The answer lies in a dark network of extortion and slavery almost breathtaking in its scope. According to the Washington Post, the group first started to pull money in following 9/11, when Al- Qaeda went looking for proteges. Since then, Bin Laden’s old terror network has continued to pour cash into Boko Haram, while new groups such as Somalia’s deadly Al-Shabaab have begun to chip in. The result is an influx of cash and training flowing from some of the worst people on Earth, pushing Boko Haram to ever more violent extremes. But this only accounts for a fraction of the group’s money. Much more worrying is their side line in kidnapping. Currently, the group is making millions from abducting foreigners and Nigerian officials and holding them for ransom. Those who can’t fetch a price find themselves instead sold in one of Nigeria’s booming slave markets. Thanks to lax efforts on the part of governments to shut this trade in humans down, Boko Haram are in no danger of running out of money anytime soon.

4 The Nigerian Government Is Useless

Faced with a growing insurgency movement that could destabilize the entire region, Nigeria’s government has collapsed into acrimony and politicking. After 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram last May, President Goodluck Jonathan spent 18 days claiming the news was a rumor designed to stop him getting re-elected. His paranoia delayed a meaningful search for the kidnapped children, possibly costing them their freedom. This isn’t the only time propaganda has gotten in the way of fighting Boko Haram. In October, President Jonathan declared that a ceasefire had been agreed upon—only for the militants to savagely attack a village only hours later. At best, Jonathan was revealed to be an incompetent who’d accidentally been negotiating with the wrong terrorists. At worst, some have suggested he simply made the deal up to boost his poll ratings. Bad as this is, it only touches the tip of the government’s problems in Nigeria. Since the 1960s, successive heads of state have used oil money to enrich themselves while making ordinary Nigerians increasingly poorer. According to The Guardian, this has driven thousands into the arms of Boko Haram while severely weakening the state’s power to deal with insurrections.

3 They’ve Infiltrated The State

Trust isn’t the only issue affecting the Nigerian government right now. There are credible reports that Boko Haram has gotten so powerful that its members are actively infiltrating arms of the state. In April 2014, it was reported that the militants were receiving arms and supplies by helicopter, despite a curfew that should have made such a thing impossible. At the time, local branches of government feigned ignorance of any suspicious activity, leading many to believe corrupt officials were deliberately allowing the helicopters through. Nor was this confined to the tinfoil hat brigade. In 2012, the president himself declared Boko Haram were taking control of the government. In his own words: “Some of them are in the executive arm of government, some of them are in the parliamentary/legislative arm of government, while some of them are even in the judiciary, some are also in the armed forces, the police and other security agencies.” In the years since, officials have accused President Jonathan as well of being in Boko Haram’s pocket.

2 The Military Is Almost As Bad

In August 2014, chilling footage emerged on YouTube from the Nigerian town of Maiduguri. Beginning with 16 young men and boys being held at gunpoint, the video showed armed men pull five out the crowd, slit their throats, and dump their bodies in a mass grave. The perpetrators weren’t Boko Haram or another Islamist group. They were Nigerian military. As Boko Haram grow ever more brazen, the Nigerian state has responded by going to disturbing extremes. Following a mass prisoner breakout in March 2014, Amnesty declared that the military had hunted down and extrajudicially murdered 600 former convicts in a single night. Escapees were rounded up, forced to dig their own graves, and then shot or knifed as part of a cleanup operation. Less than two months later, a military detachment opened fire on a group of protestors, killing 19 adults and two children. These are far from one-offs. A 10-year Amnesty investigation found that Nigeria’s state frequently electrocuted, tortured, and raped men, women, and children as part of its fight against militants. Separate reports have concluded that the military is thoroughly corrupt and violently distrusted by up to 90 percent of all Nigerians. In a battle for hearts and minds, it seems Nigeria’s state is happy to be on the losing side.

1 World Leaders And Media Are Ignoring Them

When ISIS captured the town of Mosul, they became global news. Emergency meetings were convened between heads of state. American planes were sent in to halt their advance and bomb them. When Boko Haram took the town of Baga, cementing their caliphate, the media was nearly silent and our leaders did nothing. Part of this is to do with the timing. As Baga fell, gunmen were on the streets of Paris conducting massacres, taking up a lot of the media’s attention. Even so, the response to the Nigerian attacks was so muted that the Catholic Archbishop of Jos felt compelled to condemn the lack of reaction in the press. He also claimed that the Boko Haram problem was more than simply a local one. In his words: “I can smell a lot more trouble. It’s not going to be confined to this region. It’s going to expand. It will get to Europe and elsewhere.” Others have expressed similar sentiments. Israeli paper Haaretz claimed this global apathy was exactly what had allowed Boko Haram to gain such ground in the first place.

Source:
www.listverse.com/2015/01/31/10-dark-facts-about-boko-haram/
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 2:46pm On Feb 05, 2015
Accommodation Accommodation Accommodation.

So after my 8-Hour long research in the town of Akoka, Community and Abule Oja as regards accommodation, I have gathered some infos:

There are 4 types of houses available for students.
1. Single Room
-Shared Bathroom/ Toilet,
-BoreHole Water Supply
-15minutes walking distance to the school. gate or #50 Keke napep fare.
Rent: starting from #100,000
Plus #80000 agreement/agency fee

2. Self-Contain
- Personal Toilet bathroom Kitchen
-15minutes walking distance to the school. gate or #50 Keke napep fare.
-BoreHole Water Supply
Rent: starting from #175,000
Plus #80000 agreement/agency fee
3. Two Bedroom flat( Can be shared between two students)
- Two toilets/Bathroom
-15minutes walking distance to the school. gate or #50 Keke napep fare.

Rent: starting from #300,000
Plus #80000 agreement/agency fee
4. Three Bedroom Flat(can be shared between 3 students)
Three Toilet and Bathroom
-15minutes walking distance to the school. gate or #50 Keke napep fare.
-BoreHole Water Supply
Rent: starting from #480,000
Plus #80000 agreement/agency fee


NOTE:
The prices may vary, as a result of;
1. Distance to the university
2. Quality of the facilites.
3. Or sometimes, greedy agents.

If u ask me, I think its pretty expensive, especially with the agent/agreement fee of 80k. I might just risk waiting for "Henri Carr Hostel Allocations", but in case it doesn't work out, you might opt for the alternatives above. Please in case you see any of these houses at cheaper rates, please I'm interested ooo grin grin
Nairaland General10 Reasons Why Boko Haram Is More Powerful Than ISIS, Al-qaeda, ETC Combined by oluwagream(op): 12:17pm On Feb 05, 2015
In early January 2015, as all eyes were on France, Islamist gunmen attacked the town of Baga in Nigeria. It’s unknown how many died, but the highest estimates mention 2,000 civilians, making it possibly one of the deadliest terror attacks in history. The culprits: Boko Haram. Since coming to prominence in 2009, the radical jihadist group has been waging a catastrophic war against the Nigerian state. In 2013 alone, 10,000 people died, more than have died in the entire Ukrainian civil war. But these statistics are only the tip of the iceberg. Dig a little deeper and you’ll uncover a nightmare of violence and bloodshed threatening to tear open the heart of central Africa.

10 They Already Have A Caliphate

When ISIS overthrew the Iraqi city of Mosul and declared an Islamic caliphate, it seemed like a nightmare. The idea that a gang of armed fanatics could carve out their own state was uniquely horrific. Less than a year later, it’s no longer so unique. Boko Haram currently controls over 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 mi ) of northeast Nigeria, setting up their own caliphate that rules 1.6 million people. For comparison, that’s an area of land roughly the size of Costa Rica now governed by mass murderers. It’s every bit as gruesome as life under ISIS. With Boko Haram in charge, Christian men are subject to decapitation, and their wives are forced to convert and get sold into sex slavery. Petty criminals routinely have their hands cut off, while young girls are forced to work as laborers or as bait to lure in enemy soldiers. Such atrocities are unlikely to stop anytime soon. Back in 2012, the group declared it wouldn’t rest until the whole of Nigeria was under sharia law. Back then, their goal seemed chilling, yet unlikely. Today, it feels terrifyingly real.

9 They’re Expanding Rapidly

Unlike ISIS, Boko Haram currently control territory in only one country. But this could change at any moment. Already, the group runs frequent cross- border raids into Cameroon, slaughtering civilians and bombing buses. In January 2015, they stepped up the attacks, brazenly assaulting a local army base in a (failed) attempt to get a foothold in the country. Even when they’re not actively trying to seize territory, fear of the group is wreaking havoc. Many schools in Niger’s border towns have shut down out of fear of a massacre, and new security restrictions have devastated the local economy. Meanwhile, Chad is being overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring across the border in desperate need of food and shelter. Although the group has yet to extend its reach out of Nigeria, analysts worry about their plans for expansion. According to experts, a powerful Boko Haram could destabilize the entire region, with consequences for us all. Only a year ago, the group vowed they would attack the United States, calling it a “ prostitute nation of infidels and liars.”

8 They Target Schools

The name Boko Haram loosely translates as “ Western education is a sin.” It’s an idea the group takes very seriously. Since Boko Haram first emerged, the militants have made it their mission to attack as many schools as possible. In the first five months of 2014 alone, they targeted 50 schools in Nigeria, killing more than 100 children and 70 teachers. The attacks were almost demonic in their cunning. In one instance, the group detonated a bomb hidden in a dormitory, killing 40 students. In another, they sewed explosives into a rucksack, dressed a teenager in school uniform, and sent their bomber wandering into a school assembly. The subsequent explosion killed a minimum of 48 teenagers. Those who survive such attacks are often forced to flee, joining the tide pouring into Chad. When violence has failed, Boko Haram has frequently resorted to kidnapping. Most infamously, this involved the mass abduction of 200 schoolgirls in May last year. Although the world responded with outrage and a global Twitter campaign, most of those girls are still missing, presumed to have been sold into slavery.

7 Horrifying Massacres

When Boko Haram drove into the town of Baga on January 7, 2015, they used rocket-propelled grenades to slaughter civilians. Bodies were left piled in the bush. Those who hid in their homes were burned alive. Terrible as this is, it’s only the latest in a long line of massacres horrifying in their depravity. Over the past few years, the group has targeted Nigeria’s citizens with a combination of psychopathy and impunity terrifying to behold. In January 2015, they razed 16 villages to the ground, leaving a pile of bodies so deep survivors couldn’t count them all. Nearly a year beforehand, they targeted the country’s capital with a bomb that killed 71 after it detonated during the morning rush hour. By way of comparison, that’s nearly 20 more people than died during London’s 7/7 bombings. The list goes on. Football matches, markets, and mosques were all bombed in 2014, each attack killing a minimum of 40 people. In the case of the mosque attack, gunmen then opened fire on worshipers fleeing the scene, adding dozens more to the death toll.

6 They Use Children

On January 10, 2015, a 10-year-old girl wandered into a crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State. As shoppers went about their daily business, the girl activated a suicide belt, killing 20 and injuring many more. The girl herself was torn in half by the blast, part of her body thrown across the nearby buildings by the force of the explosion. Officials later said she may not have known what she was carrying, bringing the total number of innocents killed in the attack to 21. If you’re hoping this was just a particularly depraved one-off, we’ve got some bad news for you. Less than a day after the attack in Maiduguri, two more girls blew themselves up at a market, killing three and injuring 46. They were estimated by survivors to have been no more than 10 years old.

5 Funding By this point, you may be wondering where Boko Haram gets the money to pull off such vicious operations. The answer lies in a dark network of extortion and slavery almost breathtaking in its scope. According to the Washington Post, the group first started to pull money in following 9/11, when Al- Qaeda went looking for proteges. Since then, Bin Laden’s old terror network has continued to pour cash into Boko Haram, while new groups such as Somalia’s deadly Al-Shabaab have begun to chip in. The result is an influx of cash and training flowing from some of the worst people on Earth, pushing Boko Haram to ever more violent extremes. But this only accounts for a fraction of the group’s money. Much more worrying is their side line in kidnapping. Currently, the group is making millions from abducting foreigners and Nigerian officials and holding them for ransom. Those who can’t fetch a price find themselves instead sold in one of Nigeria’s booming slave markets. Thanks to lax efforts on the part of governments to shut this trade in humans down, Boko Haram are in no danger of running out of money anytime soon.

4 The Nigerian Government Is Useless

Faced with a growing insurgency movement that could destabilize the entire region, Nigeria’s government has collapsed into acrimony and politicking. After 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram last May, President Goodluck Jonathan spent 18 days claiming the news was a rumor designed to stop him getting re-elected. His paranoia delayed a meaningful search for the kidnapped children, possibly costing them their freedom. This isn’t the only time propaganda has gotten in the way of fighting Boko Haram. In October, President Jonathan declared that a ceasefire had been agreed upon—only for the militants to savagely attack a village only hours later. At best, Jonathan was revealed to be an incompetent who’d accidentally been negotiating with the wrong terrorists. At worst, some have suggested he simply made the deal up to boost his poll ratings. Bad as this is, it only touches the tip of the government’s problems in Nigeria. Since the 1960s, successive heads of state have used oil money to enrich themselves while making ordinary Nigerians increasingly poorer. According to The Guardian, this has driven thousands into the arms of Boko Haram while severely weakening the state’s power to deal with insurrections.

3 They’ve Infiltrated The State

Trust isn’t the only issue affecting the Nigerian government right now. There are credible reports that Boko Haram has gotten so powerful that its members are actively infiltrating arms of the state. In April 2014, it was reported that the militants were receiving arms and supplies by helicopter, despite a curfew that should have made such a thing impossible. At the time, local branches of government feigned ignorance of any suspicious activity, leading many to believe corrupt officials were deliberately allowing the helicopters through. Nor was this confined to the tinfoil hat brigade. In 2012, the president himself declared Boko Haram were taking control of the government. In his own words: “Some of them are in the executive arm of government, some of them are in the parliamentary/legislative arm of government, while some of them are even in the judiciary, some are also in the armed forces, the police and other security agencies.” In the years since, officials have accused President Jonathan as well of being in Boko Haram’s pocket.

2 The Military Is Almost As Bad In August 2014, chilling footage emerged on YouTube from the Nigerian town of Maiduguri. Beginning with 16 young men and boys being held at gunpoint, the video showed armed men pull five out the crowd, slit their throats, and dump their bodies in a mass grave. The perpetrators weren’t Boko Haram or another Islamist group. They were Nigerian military. As Boko Haram grow ever more brazen, the Nigerian state has responded by going to disturbing extremes. Following a mass prisoner breakout in March 2014, Amnesty declared that the military had hunted down and extrajudicially murdered 600 former convicts in a single night. Escapees were rounded up, forced to dig their own graves, and then shot or knifed as part of a cleanup operation. Less than two months later, a military detachment opened fire on a group of protestors, killing 19 adults and two children. These are far from one-offs. A 10-year Amnesty investigation found that Nigeria’s state frequently electrocuted, tortured, and raped men, women, and children as part of its fight against militants. Separate reports have concluded that the military is thoroughly corrupt and violently distrusted by up to 90 percent of all Nigerians. In a battle for hearts and minds, it seems Nigeria’s state is happy to be on the losing side.

1 World Leaders And Media Are Ignoring Them

When ISIS captured the town of Mosul, they became global news. Emergency meetings were convened between heads of state. American planes were sent in to halt their advance and bomb them. When Boko Haram took the town of Baga, cementing their caliphate, the media was nearly silent and our leaders did nothing. Part of this is to do with the timing. As Baga fell, gunmen were on the streets of Paris conducting massacres, taking up a lot of the media’s attention. Even so, the response to the Nigerian attacks was so muted that the Catholic Archbishop of Jos felt compelled to condemn the lack of reaction in the press. He also claimed that the Boko Haram problem was more than simply a local one. In his words: “I can smell a lot more trouble. It’s not going to be confined to this region. It’s going to expand. It will get to Europe and elsewhere.” Others have expressed similar sentiments. Israeli paper Haaretz claimed this global apathy was exactly what had allowed Boko Haram to gain such ground in the first place.

Source:
www.listverse.com/2015/01/31/10-dark-facts-about-boko-haram/
PoliticsRe: France Is Currently Bombing Nigeria Heavily Today 4th Feb 2015 by oluwagream: 11:14am On Feb 05, 2015
No b only you o.
vega84:
Rubbish rubbish post allover nairaland. Am getting fed up.
PoliticsRe: FG Unveils Take-off Of High Speed Train From Abuja To Lagos by oluwagream: 8:45am On Feb 05, 2015
You have a valid point. But we must develop.
eleko1:
huh They should wait till nomalcy returned to thr trouble Northern State b4 they start this.We don't want BURNING TRAIN here/transport of terrosist to LAGOS embarassed angry sad
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 8:17am On Feb 05, 2015
Confam! Welcome to the club Oo!
harffie:
Done too bro! #accomodation next!
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 6:34pm On Feb 04, 2015
Ok. So the academic calender is not yet out.
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:20pm On Feb 03, 2015
I used My Degree certificate
gory24:
.. pls whats it ur transcript or Degree certificate you used?
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:19pm On Feb 03, 2015
Thanks bro. I dey tell u. Lol.
harffie:
At last bro Congrats!
EducationRe: Unilag pg 2014 Discussion by oluwagream: 5:10pm On Feb 03, 2015
Wetin I write wey dem ban me for 5 days? Smh. #Freed.
PoliticsRe: Eedris Abdulkareem Reveals Buhari Told Them If He Doesn't Win Blood Will Rain by oluwagream: 10:36pm On Feb 02, 2015
Are u sure?

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