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In a fresh attack along the highway where about 140 travelers were killed last month, Boko Haram is suspected to have again killed 10 people. Officials revealed that they found about 10 beheaded bodies at different points along the Damaturu-Maiduguri Highway.


An unnamed army officer told the media that, “We found 10 corpses by the road side near Benisheik just before Ngamdu Village; the victims were beheaded and their heads placed on their chests.”

The Governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam, in a chat with the media warned the public to be cautious when plying the Damaturu-Maiduguri Highway. The warning seems to confirm the suggestion that Boko Haram may have achieved its target by making Nigeria ungovernable. One analyst said the comment by the Governor is admission that the taskforce set out to fight the sect has failed to bring the needed security.

Investigation continues!

Tolexander: Since nobody is able to say a particular thing Jim Iyke was delivered from but we all heard and watched the video Jim Iyke was delivered.

I think it will be better to say he was relieved of his [color=crimson][size=18]liver[/color]. Jim Iyke De-livered[/size]

dejilg: He is being delivered from the spirit of fame and wealthiness

emperorchedda: Dis is exactly wat d nigga jim iyke wanted - publicity! And we all are giving it to him by gisting abt his planned "deliverance"

The incredible video of renowned Nollywood actor Jim Iyke being 'delivered' at Synagogue Church for All Nations shocked the world last weekend. The video which has since gone viral, saw the 'bad boy' actor seemingly out of control of himself as one of the 'Wise Men' of controversial prophet TB Joshua prayed for him.The video which has gone viral over the social media networks have also generated a lot of controversy with some notable personalities laughing at the whole incident with scorn.

Iyke, mostly known on and off the screens as a 'bad boy', has insisted afterwards that his 'deliverance' was not faked as some people are suggesting. He even goes ahead to count himself 'lucky' to be among the '1% born-again celebrity Christians' after the incident. Most of the controversy however has to do with the obvious question - "What exactly was Jim Iyke delivered from?"

Obviously the answer cannot be witchcraft because it will be the last thing Jim Iyke will want the world see him being delivered from. The answer to that question may however lie in the past life of the handsome Nigerian. People close to the glamorous actor insist that his character on screen is not that different from the real life that he leads. He has found himself in trouble several times and most of them has to do with assaulting women or duping people under false pretense.

It was widely reported in May 2010 that the budding actor had abandoned his role during a shoot in the city of Benin, Nigeria. He was subsequently arrested and forced to make amends. In 2011, the Police in Abuja, Nigeria had to arrest the actor and force him out of his car because it was tinted. Nigerian lawmakers outlawed the use of tinted-window cars in the country in January 2011. He was arrested in May.

His biggest scandal however was in 2011. Nigerian businesswoman, Habiba Abubakar reported to the Nigerian police that Jim Iyke has defrauded her to the tune of 15 Million Naira under the pretext of giving her 15 percent stake in his entertainment empire Untamed Records Ltd. He however failed to honor his side of the bargain and was eventually arrested and arraigned before a court in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja. He eventually owned up to the charges and apologized to Habiba.

His social life has also not been without controversy. He is reported to have dated several ladies in the Nollywood industry. Surprisingly, the star is still not married. His recent love interest however is Ghana's Nadia Buari. The two have been going out for about six months now.

With all the above challenges, it is just natural that the star did run to TB Joshua for help. :However, the bizarre way that he behaved during the whole exercise has got many people wondering if he was indeed possessed. From the video and the actions, it is obvious that the guy was possessed by a 'very bad' demon.

For those making fun of Iyke, especially Segun Arinze, it is indeed worth pointing out to them that it is very easy to laugh when you are not in the fire. The guy may be free from all his troubles and that is really what matters.

Good luck Jim!

A Muslim's Encounter With JESUS...Likens It To That Of Paul

Not many people gave him the chance to survive when he suffered a severe brain aneurysm in 1992 but Mr. Karim Shamsi-Basha defied the odds to tell his tale some 21 years later. Doctors rated his chances of survival very minimal because not many people survive the condition. Two decades later, Muslim-born Shamsi-Basha has not only fully recovered from the deadly condition but has also found the ONLY WAY to life - JESUS CHRIST. Shamsi-Basha has detailed his recovery and new-found faith in a new book aptly titled "PAUL AND ME."

The book talks about Shamsi-Basha's days growing up as a Muslim child in the Syrian capital Damascus. At the age of 18 years, he moved to the United States where he studied at the University of Tennessee. He started working as a photojournalist for a local newspaper and got married. Shamsi-Basha became a father shortly after his marriage but tragedy also struck shortly after. Shamsi-Basha narrates that he was covering a story about a fire at the Independent Presbyterian Church when he unexpectedly collapsed. Doctors later revived him but gave him the glum news that he has suffered the deadly brain condition.

He was given a little chance to make a full recovery.

His conversion from Islam to Christianity was however remarkable. Shamsi-Basha's neurosurgeon asked him to do a soul-search to determine how he survived the condition. He says it was during that soul search that he came to accept JESUS CHRIST. He was eventually baptized in 1996.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Huge columns of black smoke poured out of the besieged mall in Nairobi on Monday afternoon as Kenyan forces moved in for a major assault against heavily armed Islamist militants who stormed the mall Saturday, slaughtering dozens of civilians and taking hostages.

Kenyan forces have been struggling to capture or kill the militants, who are holed up with military-grade weaponry and seem determined to fight to the death. The security forces’ tactical operations inside the mall seemed to be intensifying on Monday, with long bursts of gunfire ringing out and several large explosions.

There were conflicting reports on civilian and military deaths and injuries, but it seemed clear that more than 60 people had been killed — including three Britons — and at least 150 injured, while at least a handful of hostages remained.

Western security advisers said that three Kenyan commandos had been killed on Sunday night while trying to dislodge the attackers, though Kenyan officials have reported only injuries to military forces.

The Shabab, a militant group in Somalia that has killed countless civilians with suicide bombs, has claimed responsibility for this attack and boasted of its prowess in a barrage of Twitter messages. The group has said that the attack is retribution for the Kenyan military presence in Somalia, where Kenyan troops have helped drive Shabab fighters out of much of the territory they once controlled.

But the assault was the deadliest terrorist attack in Kenya since the 1998 Qaeda truck bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi, which killed more than 200 people. One Western security adviser was among those who said other terrorist groups might be involved. “This whole thing seems more advanced than anything the Shabab has ever done,” he said.

A confidential United Nations security report described the assault on the mall as two-pronged, with groups of gunmen attacking on different floors simultaneously.

The security adviser said that the three Kenyan commandos were killed along with several hostages on Sunday night, as the military forces moved in against a group of militants hiding in a dark corner of the mall. The Kenyan soldiers were shot several times, at close range, and may have been executed while they were wounded and still alive, the adviser said.

“It was either a trap or an ambush,” said the adviser, who asked not to be identified during the operations.

The security advisers said that 5 to 10 hostages were killed in the episode, either caught in the cross-fire or executed by the militants, and that three militants were killed. Kenyan officials said two militants were killed and several others wounded, and they have not commented on the hostages.

Kenya has called on Israeli military advisers to help them. Members of American, British and French security services were also on the scene, a high-ranking Kenyan official said Monday, though it seemed that the Israelis were the only outsiders involved in helping plan the combat operations.

Several witnesses said that some of the ringleaders of the attack, in which masked militants moved methodically through the mall, fatally shooting men, women and children, may have escaped during the initial confusion. Some said that one assailant, who did not look African, quickly tore off his clothes and changed into a new outfit and then ran out, blending in with a crowd of panicked, fleeing civilians.

Several security officials in Nairobi said that there may have been two women among the militants who also escaped after the initial stage of the attack, raising fears that well-trained terrorists could be on the loose in Nairobi. Some witnesses said that some of the militants were not African and may have been from Western countries, but American officials said they could not confirm that.

Already, Kenya’s currency has begun to slide, raising fears that the attack will have devastating consequences on the economy, which is fueled by tourism and outside investment and is vulnerable to swings in perception.

The Kenyan authorities had vowed to end the assault Sunday night. On Monday, they acknowledged that the effort was taking longer than expected, but said that it would be over soon. “We are in charge of the situation, our people are safe, and hostages have been evacuated,” said Joseph Ole Lenku, Kenya’s interior cabinet secretary. Mr. Ole Lenku said that 10 Kenyan soldiers had been injured, and that he was “not aware” if any had been killed.

All day Monday, police helicopters swirled over the mall and a surveillance aircraft pulled low, growling circles. “We are also closing in on the attackers,” David Kimaiyo, the inspector general of the National Police Service, said on Twitter in the afternoon.

Col. Cyrus Oguna of the Kenya Defense Forces said the number of hostages “cannot be more than 10 now.”

“Most areas of the building are now in the control of K.D.F.,” he told the television station KTN.

The Shabab warned on Twitter that “Kenyan forces who’ve just attempted a roof landing must know that they are jeopardizing the lives of all the hostages at #Westgate.” Another Web posting, quoted by Reuters and ascribed to the militants, issued a threat to kill the remaining hostages if force was used. The newspaper The Standard reported that the militants were protected in a bulletproof room.

On Monday, reflecting the breadth of the crisis, judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague took the unusual step of suspending for one week the trial of Kenya’s deputy president, William Ruto, on charges of crimes against humanity so that he could return home to assist in the government’s response.

Mr. Ruto has pleaded not guilty to three charges related to the violence that rocked the country after the disputed 2007 election.

President Obama called the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Sunday to reaffirm the “strong and historic partnership between the United States and Kenya.” That relationship has been strained by the election in March of Mr. Kenyatta, who is being prosecuted at the International Criminal Court on charges of financing death squads during the 2007 political violence. Mr. Obama skipped visiting Kenya, his father’s birthplace, on his trip to Africa in late June.

Addressing the nation, Mr. Kenyatta sounded a note of solidarity in loss, revealing that his nephew and the man’s fiancée were among the dead. “These are young, lovely people I personally knew and loved,” Mr. Kenyatta said. “Many of us have lost loved ones. Let us mourn them all as one nation and keep them always in remembrance and prayer.”

He said security forces had rescued more than 1,000 people from the mall since the violence began on Saturday, calling the forces’ performance “remarkable and encouraging,” even as he asked for patience from the public as the standoff continued.

The mall is one of Nairobi’s fanciest, and the expensive shops and restaurants attracted wealthy Kenyans and expatriates alike. Among the dead were people from all over the world, including from Britain, France, Ghana, Canada, China and India. After the confirmation of the deaths of the three Britons, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that he was cutting short a visit to Scotland and returning to London to head a meeting of the so-called Cobra committee of senior ministers and security officials. Five Americans were among the wounded, but none were known to have been killed. News agencies reported that other foreigners were also among the dead.

The killings have plunged Kenya into national mourning.

Among the dead was Ruhila Adatia-Sood, a popular Kenyan radio host who was in the parking lot of the mall hosting a cooking competition, according to reports. She posted several photographs on her Instagram account before the attack.

Also killed was Kofi Awoonor, 78, a Ghanaian poet and a former professor at the University of Ghana.

Kenya’s political class, often starkly divided, has demonstrated unity since the attack. Raila Odinga, a former prime minister and a political opponent of Mr. Kenyatta, joined him in an appearance at the State House on Sunday.

“This is a trying moment for our country,” Mr. Odinga said. “It is something that has hit at the very heart of our country’s unity. Our people must come together at times like this to help each other.”

In his address on Sunday, Mr. Kenyatta, too, appealed for unity. “We have ashamed and defeated our attackers,” he said. “Let us continue to wage a relentless moral war as our forces conduct a physical battle. We shall triumph.”

Aifey: US n saudi arabia are behind all d terrorism u see since after 9'11. M23 a terrorist organistion has a cooperat office in washinton. Taliban just opened on oFfice in Quata.
For US n its allies, its a big bussiness.
War bussiness.
Obama is a devil
We jst discoverd oil in kenya.
Nw they will pay wit their blood.

Pastor Olu T: We can never be empty but must be occupied for God had created us so!

What are you filled with?

bolaino: I've seen the hand of God in my life, and it's very visible that I can not deny it.

chiketee: A group of high IQ scientists come together, spend a lot of money and time running into years carrying out experiments in a high tech lab, and at the end come up with results and new findings, then publish the results. You sit in your house drinking garri and watching superstory, then buy 100 nairaland mtn card, load and subscribe for 5mb, then you log into nairaland and disparage the scientists research. Yes I can smell the rubbish and it ain't coming from the scientists