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kingcity:
I watched the report about an hour ago...the reporter is a black guy

grafikii:
Really? was it on the bbc? the ad i saw earlier was that of a white guy

kingcity:
yes I watched it on bbc...I just didn't take note of the reporter name

grafikii:
Pity i missed it

kingcity:
they showed it again..the reporter is from bornu

There is usually an African Service reporter and a World Service reporter on such assignments. Below is the tweet of the African Service reporter (the guy from Borno).


Jimeh Saleh @Jimehsaleh

Sambisa forest, Boko Haram's den, has an eerie beauty. Watch my exlusive report on various BBC platforms today.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/Jimehsaleh/status/681730816565719040?p=v

naptu2:
Nigerian journalists have reported from war zones for many decades (it's nothing new). Many of them have even been killed in conflicts (including the current Boko Haram insurgency).

Many of the Civil War pictures that are being shared online today were taken by the great Peter Obe, who was always at the scene of the action.

Tayo Awotunsin of The Champion and Krees Imodibie of The Guardian were abducted and killed by Charles Taylor's NPFL (the murderers were led by Colonel Putu) while covering the Liberian Civil War in 1991.

The NTA's Moni Abubakar was also very active in Liberia and Sierra Leone in the late 1990s and early 2000s (she was embedded with Nigerian troops).


Channels Television's Enenche Akogwu was killed by Boko Haram militants while covering their attack on Kano in January 2012.

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Late Enenche Akogwu.

The NTA's Zakariya Isa was also murdered by Boko Haram terrorist in Maiduguri.

NTA and Silverbird journalists have been embedded with the troops many times (I have watched their reports), including just last week when the Minister of Information toured the battle field.

I remember that both NTA and Silverbird showed clips of the service chiefs at the battle front, for example, when IED experts had to travel a few metres ahead of the Chief Of Army Staff's convoy to de-mine the area.

Is there any journalist in this world that knows more about Boko Haram than [size=13pt]Ahmad Salkida[/size], who has interviewed the late Mohammed Yusuf, Abubakar Shekau and has even served as a mediator between the government and Boko Haram (at great risk to his life)?

1. First off, it's been a while I've seen you around........I love the quality of your posts
2. Always killing them with facts

naptu2:
There is usually an African Service reporter and a World Service reporter on such assignments. Below is the tweet of the African Service reporter (the guy from Borno).


Jimeh Saleh @Jimehsaleh



https://mobile.twitter.com/Jimehsaleh/status/681730816565719040?p=v

Thanks

naptu2:
There is usually an African Service reporter and a World Service reporter on such assignments. Below is the tweet of the African Service reporter (the guy from Borno).


Jimeh Saleh @Jimehsaleh



https://mobile.twitter.com/Jimehsaleh/status/681730816565719040?p=v

Thanks for this. You know, we do have a lot of problems but sometimes Nigerians just rush to condemn. I listen more than I watch and I know quite a few of these journalists who 'sought exile' in foreign countries as a result of the threats from these terrorists. The same BBC has interviewed some of these guys.

These foreign journalists have good packages including insurance to cater for such exposure. It doesn't even make sense to unnecessarily expose oneself to security threats.


Thank you for highlighting some of the guys who've paid the price in the name of reporting but our people forget them easily because aside failing to read our history, we also fail to write our stories.

A Channels TV news crew is reporting from Madagali right now. Check Channels News throughout today to see their report.