₦airaland Forum

man.....dem dey finish us oooo.....

the game is live here.... http://www.justin.tv/fls_usatv#/w/3540269136

I found this very interesting. Very often, we forget the real casualties of this BH mess.


In northern Nigeria, the medicine may be worse than the disease. State curfews that keep people inside as protection from Boko Haram are having a devastating impact on the poor. In some states, curfews have been in place nearly a year, and a 24-hour curfew that lasted two weeks was recently lifted in Kano.

Boko Haram, a terrorist group influenced by but not affiliated with al-Qaida, has been blamed for hundreds of deaths this year following attacks on schools, markets, churches and other buildings. The number of attacks has risen over the past six months, as has the death toll.

The group claimed responsibility for suicide blasts at two police stations and a separate attack at the vice president’s home on July 30.

Displacement and death are the obvious results of such violence, but livelihoods are the other casualties of a fight that often puts civilians in the crossfire between local security forces and suspected militants.

Curfews have lasted more than a year in Yobe, Borno and Kano states. They are a response to a combination of Boko Haram violence and decades-old intercommunal violence made drastically worse now that terrorist attacks pit religious communities against one another in retaliatory violence.

The restrictions are affecting food production; many people don’t feel safe enough to farm. With most of the violence in the drier part of the country, disrupted food security programs and reduced crop yields could create a severe state of hunger within the year, according to Hussaini Abdu, Nigeria country director for ActionAid.

People are afraid to leave their homes since markets have been raided, people killed by the hundreds, and villages attacked at night. People are dying at home, unable to get to hospitals, and children have stopped attending school, Abdu told Devex.

“It’s sad that people are dying, it’s unfortunate that people are dying because of gunshots and terrorist attacks,” Abdu said. “But it’s ignoring the fact that some people are being killed silently, not by the guns, but by the economic situation being created by the crisis.”

Many in the region eat what they make that day, and have no savings. If they can’t go out, they can’t get food.

Those who do venture out may put their lives at risk. One woman told Abdu she was too afraid to farm after her neighbors were shot and killed, caught between insurgents and security forces.

The police and military response has been brutal and at times indiscriminate. In July, the Nigerian military raided and evacuated 10 villages and sent people to internally displaced people’s camps while they hunted for suspects of earlier attacks, according to Abdu.

Northern Nigeria is chronically underdeveloped and contributes to Nigeria’s paradoxical position as one of the richest and poorest countries in Africa. By absolute numbers, the 100 million Nigerians living in poverty belie Nigeria’s resource-rich position as a top recipient of foreign direct investment. Some believe the rise of Boko Haram and their demands for an Islamic state were born in part of this underdevelopment and marginalization.

Aid organizations need to pay attention to these humanitarian and development issues and reduce the emphasis on the binary religious divisions played up in the media, said Abdu. The real issues in Northern Nigeria are poverty and exclusion.

http://www.devex.com/en/news/blogs/a-region-under-fire-not-just-from-boko-haram?blog_id=the-development-newswire&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoisqzBZKXonjHpfsX67eooX6Kg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YAATMJ0dvycMRAVFZl5nQhdDOWN

“We equally dealt a big blow on JTF operatives in Maiduguri, who out of frustration, went back and killed innocent and defenseless citizens."

Whaaaaat......!!!!!!..Like they're really worried about the 'innocent' citizens.... Flipping Hypocrites...

There's absolutely nothing worng with her as a person. she's just got her economics all screwed up. Her policies would only yield in a 'normal' country....

Yeah....I'm also hearing the bomber was a 15 year old kid....thats's just sad....

of course....most Nigerians are rebels only when they're praying!!!!!

manugbo: WHERE IS GOWON?

WITH ALL THE STRATEGY HE USED TO CAPTURE BIAFARA

WHERE IS HIM? WHERE IS HE HIDDING? IN ABUJA OR WHERE?

FULANI WILL SOON FINISH HIS PEOPLE

You make a good point. I would have expected Gowon to be particularly vocal about this injustice. RIP to the man however!!!

Kobojunkie: It is time you folks grow a brain. If you do not have proof of this,it is best you learn do away with the puerile attempts at attacks, and focus your energy instead on finding those to really blame for the situation.

@Poster, last thing Nigeria needs, in my opinion, is more prayer. We have a populace that will rather close their eyes while the 0.01% continue to rob them blind. Nigerians need to open their eyes, not close it in prayer, and fight for a better future for themselves, and their children.

Uhm....thats exactly what I'm doing!!!!

Stupid Boko Haram Sponsor....

djojo: Ede X ede
Segun elere boolu
Odabo odabo
Kayoye

Ahh...you beat me to it.....

she lied about her age methinks....

ismhab: DANA OR DANO OR WHAT EVER IT NAME IS CALLED IS THE WORST AIRPLANE SO FAR IN NIGERIA, SOME TIMES THEY USE TO FLY WITH THEIR DOOR OPEN DUE TO LACK OF AC OR EVEN FLY WITH ONLY ONE FUNCTIONAL ENGINE.

Guy...which kind

Omo.....these stories dey too funny......I'm not downplaying the consequences but damn.....just too funny.....

i've lost hope in Nigeria....and more importantly, i've lost hope in NIGERIANS.....

i hope you all know this was written as a satire....it's not real....

i'll get mercenaries from Israel to kill those bastards. You cant send an army full of hausa people to go after BH when they are predominantly hausa...