We westerners have seen the news stories about continued attacks carried out by Boko Haram. A huge picture of death and destruction is painted by our news agencies. Just how bad is it? Is it confined to the more outlying areas? Do you feel safe? Is your govt doing all it can to stop the cowards? What would you like to see happen to stop Boko Haram?

A story from the NY TIMES:

"" JANUARY 17, 2015
They commanded global attention
for a fleeting few days last spring.
Across the world, millions prayed
for and tweeted about the plight of
the more than 200 Nigerian
schoolgirls abducted in
northeastern Nigeria by the
vicious militant group Boko
Haram. The first lady, Michelle
Obama, joined the cause, posting a
selfie looking downcast and
demanding that the militants
“#BringBackOurGirls.” The United
States government hastily put
together a task force of experts and
dispatched drones to search for the
hostages.
Soon, though, the world largely
moved on.
In recent months, the horrors in
remote districts of Nigeria, Africa’s
most populous country, have
multiplied as the insurgent group
has taken new hostages, carried
out bombings and scorched entire
villages in a quest to wrest
territory from government control.
Newly released satellite images
taken in early January corroborate
chilling accounts of the recent
assaults on Baga and Doro Gowon,
two small towns that came under
attack on Jan. 3. Researchers with
Amnesty International, which
released the images, said that
roughly 3,720 structures, including
homes, were destroyed or damaged
by fire.
On Jan. 10, a girl witnesses
described as being about 10 years
old detonated explosives hidden
under her veil in a market in
Maiduguri, a teeming commercial
district in an area controlled by
Boko Haram, killing an estimated
20 people.
While some of the girls taken
hostage in April by Boko Haram
escaped , the terrorist group, whose
name roughly translates to
“Western education is forbidden,”
has taken hundreds of other female
hostages, according to the Human
Rights Watch Nigeria researcher
Mausi Segun, who interviewed
several of the students who fled.
The number of towns under Boko
Haram control has expanded from
11 last fall to 17, according to
Human Rights Watch. In recent
weeks, it has become harder to get
an accurate measure of the scale
and death toll of attacks because
the militants have dismantled
telecommunications systems in the
areas they have seized. Death toll
estimates for the recent attacks on
villages ranged from a few
hundred to thousands.""
Link.

@WalkSoftly: few nigerians post here in d forums..well...the attacks re very bloody n gruesome..i lack words to qualify it..

Living here in d nation's capital...i ve been close to two bomb explosions n it was quite terrifying..smh..

@pinket: Oh wow.....I didnt realize how widespread it was.

@WalkSoftly:bomb explosions n gruesome bloody killings has become a daily occurance in some states up north nigeria..that news stations dont report it all..

@pinket: Yes, I remember the thread & posts you made, & other Nigerians , about the Mall bombing & the bus bombing. Love you.

They keep people in d dark so as not to instill fear or create panic among the masses but i tell u...horrible killings re going on daily up north..may God help us

@WalkSoftly: BBC Africa had a story 2 days ago, and said it was at least 300 school girls. And some as young as 10yr old, being used as suicide bombers. * I'm disgusted at the change in numbers,only saying 200 now *
Today, they are definitely saying 200.

@Zilya777:the schoolgirls...oh lord.....i lost my appetite for days...dont wanna think bt whats gn on with these innocent angels..

BBC - Africa, KENYA (does not have a forum)
2-3 hrs ago. Riot police have tear gases a school playground with women & children as young as 10 yrs old.
Apparently the children came, to their school & their playground at the school was sectioned off.
Reports from the police claim the children began throwing rocks at police & banging the police cars with sticks... After they we told the playground was sold to a private developer. And the protestors refused to leave.

*Any updates?On chaos in Kenya*