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I am arranging a WEAR RED DAY at Bolton Sixth Form College to support BRING OUR GIRLS BACK.

I am attending a creative writing review at University of Bolton Tuesday 6th May and will promote the cause of BRING OUR GIRLS BACK.

It's very easy to categorise Boko Haram under the definition of 'Terrorist group' but I can assure you that the world has never seen anything like Boko Haram. In terms of mobility, violent and disregard for humanity; Boko Haram is arguably the most potent terrorist group that the world has ever seen. Any attempt to rid this group or at least minimise their attacks will demand a very sophisticated approach that has no precedence.

Reporting from: https://twitter.com/BringGirlsBack

We must coordinate better.

It is becoming apparent that there are several parallel social networks: Twitter, Facebook, Feminist networks, Progressive networks, Activist networks, etc. There are even many sub-social networks within Twitter itself! And it is very damaging to our cause that those network do not know of each other.

The most glaring example to me was when I noticed that my many UK followers were organizing vigils in London on the 3rd, 4th and 9th of May,

The question remains; what would motivate Boko Haram to kidnap a group of female students who pose a minimal to non-existent threat to the sect’s aspirations and/or longevity? Vengeance is a possibility. In a series of communiqués released by Boko Haram in 2012, the sect’s shadowy leader, Abubakar Shekau, routinely accused the Nigerian government of kidnapping the wives and children of suspected militants.

The probLem that we are facing, its more with ourselves than the boko haram insurgency. It has become so hard for most peopLe to believe that this is no longer a region affair or to a particular religion but to all Nigerians. It pain me to see that some peopLe still come out to accuse others for either the kidnap of the school girls or for the nyanya bomb blast, but the truth is if we keep accussing each other, the insurgency keep growing in strength and that's what they want.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs,
who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,

I blogged earlier about the technical difficulties that I have been experiencing with Twitter: Why Twitter is blocking @BringGirlsBack and how followers make all the difference.
Yesterday, it got worse because twitter suspended my account altogether! They un-suspended it this morning and I still don't know why. The Twitter helpdesk has yet to reply to my enquiries.

Thanks to the support of media celebrities like Lauren Laverne, the Twitter channel @BringGirlsBack has been flooded with hundreds of new followers.

The level of outrage is reaching record heights. What we need to do now is channel this outrage into meaningful action that will make an actual difference in the lives of the poor abducted girls.

On the 1st May 2014, people were demonstrating in Kaduna, Nigeria, to protest the abduction of 234 school girls.

Twitter user KADUNAconnect was very kind to send me some pictures he took during the protest.