Dressed for death: the women Boko Haram sent to blow themselves up - The Guardian

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Two of the women who survived Boko Haram’s attempts to have them carry out ‘suicide missions’. Photograph: Ruth Maclean for the Guardian

When Boko Haram fighters kidnapped 17-year-old Nadia and took her to their camp, their commander noticed her straight away. She was squatting with dozens of other abducted women in front of him, listening to his lecture.

When, a few minutes later, the commander ordered his men to take Nadia to his house, she asked: “Why only me?” But she went with the men and waited.

The commander, whose name she never learned, “was dirty, ugly, dark-skinned and had a beard. He had a lot of hair on his head like a madman,” Nadia remembered. He looked mean. And he wanted her as a second wife.

Three months later, Nadia woke up one morning to find her body strapped with explosives. She had been drugged the night before. The commander’s men pushed her on to a motorbike, and dropped her and two others near Gamboro, a town in Borno, the Nigerian state hit worst by the Boko Haram insurgency.

The mission they had been given: to blow themselves up in as big a crowd as they could find.

Police arrest driver for supplying fuel, food to Boko Haram insurgents

The Police Command in Borno said on Sunday that it had arrested a driver, Malam Modu Mustapha, suspected to be purchasing fuel and food items for Boko Haram insurgents.|

Mr Damian Chukwu, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said this in Maiduguri that the suspect was arrested after a tip-off by members of the public.

“The Police have received information that one Modu Mustapha of Jumptilo village was a terrorists’ collaborator, who buys fuel and food for them, at Alagarno and other hideout.

“The Police descended on the suspect, who has confessed to the crime,’’ he said.

I thought Joshua would not get up- Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko who yesterday lost to Anthony Joshua in their World Heavyweight boxing title fight has revealed that he didn’t expect his opponent to get up after he knocked him down.

The Ukrainian sent Joshua crashing in the sixth round before succumbing to his firepower in the eleventh.

Speaking in an interview with BBC, Klitschko said “I thought he wouldn’t get up but he managed to get up, and from that moment I kind of felt that he was out of gas and concentration and he recovered through the rounds.

How to Recapture Teenagers in Our Churches By Greg Stier

My former youth ministry professor at Colorado Christian University, R.J. Koerper, used to say to our college class, “Everyone is looking for security and significance. Both are found in Jesus.”

Amen!

And this is exactly what teenagers are looking for in their own lives. Many are looking for security in temporary human relationships. They look to friends (including online ones) and family to fill the gap in their souls. But this is not enough. Only a relationship with God can fully fill the abyss of hopelessness that is in the center of every human heart. As Blaise Pascal once said, “There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.”

‘Against The Run Of Play’ Contains Distorted Claims – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has criticised some of the claims in the book ‘Against The Run Of Play’ which was written by the Chairman of Thisday’s Editorial Board, Mr. Segun Adeniyi.

According to Jonathan, the book as presented contains distorted claims on the 2015 presidential election by many of the respondents.

He said that at the right time, the main characters in the elections, including himself, would come out with a true account of what transpired either in major interviews or books.

UK Replies Jonathan, Says Nigerians Chose Buhari In 2015

A statement issued by the Press and Public Affairs Officer of the British High Commission in Nigeria, Mr. Joe Abuku says that President Muhammadu Buhari won the election with the backing of majority of Nigerians.

Britain insists that the only role it played in the election was the engagement with Nigerians and their leaders prior to the elections to make it non-violent, free and fair.

Former President Jonathan had in a book: “Against The Run Of Play,” written by the Chairman of the Editorial Board of Thisday Newspaper, Olusegun Adeniyi, alleged that former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, connived with former United States President Barack Obama, among other world leaders, to push him out of office.

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Non-O blood group 'linked to higher heart attack risk' - BBC

People with a non-O blood group have a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke, research suggests.

Scientists say it could be because higher levels of a blood-clotting protein are present in people with A, B and AB blood.

The findings could help doctors better understand who is at risk of developing heart disease, the researchers said.

But a heart charity said people should focus on giving up smoking and eating healthily to reduce their risk.