Nigeria 'needs same support as France' after Boko Haram attacks

A Nigerian archbishop called Monday for the same international support to tackle Boko Haram as France has received since it was hit by Islamist attacks last week.

"I see the very positive response of the French government tackling this issue of religious violence after the killing of their citizens," said the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jos in central Nigeria, Ignatius Kaigama.

"We need that spirit to be spread around, not just when it happens in Europe, (but) when it happens in Nigeria, in Niger, Cameroon and many poor countries, that we mobilise our international resources to confront the people who bring such sadness to many families," he told BBC World Service radio.

'Piles of bodies' in attacked Boko Haram town: fisherman

  When Borye Kime crept back into the fishing town of Baga in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Monday, a weak moon shone on a grisly sight. "It is corpses everywhere," he told AFP.

Kime was one of thousands who fled across the border to Chad when Boko Haram fighters stormed his hometown of Baga in Nigeria's far northeast on January 3.

Messi, Neuer, Ronaldo voted to FIFPro World XI lineup

All three players shortlisted for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award were selected by their peers for the 2014 FIFPro World XI team.

Lionel Messi, Manuel Neuer and Cristiano Ronaldo were among seven 2013 team members who retained their places in worldwide voting by 23,000 members of national players' unions.

Germany's World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm, Brazil captain Thiago Silva, and Spain pair Sergio Ramos and Andres Iniesta also stayed in the elite lineup.

Boko Haram attacks Cameroon military base

Nigerian Boko Haram Islamists launched an attack Monday on a military base in northwest Cameroon, forcing many to flee the area, the official sources said.

"The gunfire was very heavy," said the source, adding that the military base is in an area where police, elite army, and local government premises are also located.

Police confirmed the attack but there was no immediate information on any casualties.

Naija Prostitutes promise 3 days free s*x if Buhari Become The Next President

Wahala dey o! Commercial s*x workers in the country under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes, NANP, have thrown their weight behind the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari.

NANP said it would declare a-three-day free s*x across the country if president Jonathan eventually loses the seat of President to General Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.