they said that they were going to attack abuja, they have people, cells, maybe sleeper cells in abujaen the security forces have been warning residents of abuja that shopping malls, markets and busy, crowded places could be targets of these fighters. >> and given the number of abductions of young people, girls in the main taking part in the northwest of the country and the attacks as you say not the first on the nigerian capital, it does seem as though boko haram is running rings around the authorities around the police and indeed around the army. >> absolutely. the state of attacks across nigeria, from the northeast to the central parts of nigeria targeting including the federal capital is sort of confusingment by the time the security forces deploy to an area they find their way to another area and attack it. so it's becoming more and more for the security force to his tackle this head on. actually at the moment it looks like they are over stretched. >> thank you very much. but please do go out and find some more fo more information fd let us know when you have, it thanks, ahmed. >>

have sleeper sells in abuja, security forces warning abuja that shopping markets and other busy placescould be the targets. by the time security forces deploy to an area they move to another area and attack it. so it's becoming more and more difficult for the security forces to tackle this head on because actually at the moment it looks like they are overstretched. >> for several weeks the nigeria military were focused to finding the school girls. more than 270 are still head by boko haram. they were taken by chabak back in april. reporting 90 more abductions in magdugary, the regional capitol of borno state. andrew simmons is there. >> beyond this checkpoint, the roads out of madugary where boko haram have a big presence. it was one of the commanders from this state run joint task force to report another mass kidnapping. he was posted 60 kilometers into the zone, an inquiry is underway, but there needs to be checks on the accuracy of eyewitness reports. here in the state capitol's displaced people center, where the food queues are getting bigger, no one is surprised about these report

they target abuja and have sleeper cells in abuja. security forces warned residents of abuja that shopping malls and busy places could be targets. they'll find their way to another hear. it's becoming more and more. actually, at the moment it looks like they are overstretched. >> for several weeks the nigerian military focused on finding the school girls. 270 are held by boko haram. they were tape in chibok in april. local media reporting 91 more adductions south of may dukara. andrew simmonds is on the ground there. >> reporter: behind the vigilante check points, a road out of may duingary leading to an area where boko haram has a big preference. it was a commapd are from this task force who was the first to report a kidnapping. he was posted inside the area. an inquiry is under way. but there needs to be checks on the accuracy of eyewitness reports. here the state capital's displaced people center, the food cues are getting better. no one is surprised by reports of abductions. aside from hunger, there's unrest, anxiety and fear. nee

abuja has repeatedly been attacked by the rebel group boko haram. we're joined live from abuja. yvonne, what more do we know about the explosion? do we know anything about the number of casualties. >> we know that the explosion was incredibly powerful. now what we can see here is 70 or 60 burned out vehicles that have been completely destroyed. and there is a lot of building debris as emergency services, unfortunately, are still picking body parts up off the floor. and it is simply a very terrible scene. thousands have shown up here to see what is going on. the military has been trying to hold back the crowd, who are just shocked and concerned about what has gone on here. and what we understand to be the emergency services is that there are people who have been killed. they are not saying how many one unofficial report is suggesting somewhere around eight people but we're also hearing a figure of 21 as the police are talking about up to 21 dead. this is really terrible. a chaos and scene just a shocking scene at an electronics area where people come to purchase goods from the ci

in april this year, a bus station in abuja was bombed killing 88 people. and last month the bombing device exploded in an evening market killing 19 people, those attacks were in and around the capital. there has been various attacks across the country. joining us now in the studio is al jazeera correspondent akmed idris, based in nigeria and covered the rise of boko haram extensively. the government is promising to protect these soft targets. but, of course, they can't protect every school, maul and church, can they, are they in a position to protect the so-called soft targets at least in the capital abuja? >> well, on paper it looks like the government can. but practically, what is showing on the ground is that the government cannot. africa, nigeria's the largest oil producer, with vast resources, potential recruits for the army and police forces but is not using the money to take people into the armed forces or recruit. people are amazed that these things could be going on for a long time without a particularly robust response to the attacks around the c

in nigeria's capitol city of abuja government officials say an explosion at a shopping mall has killed 21 people. officials add that 17 others were injured. the blast came from a car bomb. al jazeera has more. >> reporter: the explosion was incredibly powerful. we're the epicenter where the explosion took place. what we can see here is at least seven or eight extremely burned out vehicles that have been completely blown to pieces, completely destroyed. windows of the shopping center are completely blown out, and there is a lot of vehicles and building debris as the emergency services are still unfortunately picking body parts off the floor. and it's simply a very terrible and chaotic scene. thousands have shown up here to see what's going on. the military has depleted and tried to hold back the crowds. many are shocked and concerned about what has gone on here, and what we understand speaking to the emergency services is that there are people who have been killed. now it's not clear how many, one unofficial report is suggesting somewhere around eight people, but we're also hearing conf

. >> now to nigeria, where the busy stores in abuja were empty today. wednesday a shopping mall explosion left 22 people dead. the country's president calls it one of the nation's greatest in the history. he toured the site bringing to talk about bringing boko haram to justice. >> reporter: they are still clearing up, many are in should being. wednesday's bomb struck at the heart of the capital in a busy shopping distribute. the president came to the seen after cutting short a visit to ecuadorial guinea, and gave this warning. it's understood that nigeria's military have been put on high alert after rumours that boko haram planned to attack abuja. for the third time they got through what many believe is inadequate security. now people are afraid to go shopping. this electrical star may be open for business - but no one is buying. >> everywhere, no body - we are not oppressed. no one knows. they don't know what can happen. >> and in a cell phone store, it's a similar mood. >> we are not seeing - we don't feel safe, we are scared. we cut the business, we

apped rue simmonds is in abuja with the latest. >> reporter: boko haram ipp surge ents are believed to have attacked three churches in kata carry. near to where school girls were abducted. 219 still missing. according to reports guns and explosive devices were used, and four churches attacked. it was clearly an statement to intimidate and terrorize the people in this area, which is a no go zone to anyone, apart from those who lived there, and the nigerian military. we are hearing that the attacks were prelonged over a period of four hours, but are now over. this is a really intense part of the operation involving boko haram, it would appear, with attacks all over the north-east and, indeed, here in the capital on wednesday, 22 people were killed in a bombing, and the president goodluck jonathan called on the country for vij licence -- vij lanes across the board and warned people they shouldn't criticise the forces, but should help them. it would appear that there's confidence on an all-time low basis. no one is satisfied with the level of protection in any part of the north-east or, in

this happened in the north of the country following wednesday's blast at a mall in abuja that killed 11 people. intelligence agency said that there were warnings for two weeks about the impending attack by boko haram. it's president is saying that the country is facing one of its darkest periods. >>> violence continues. >> reporter: this is the market one of the biggest text tile markets in africa. traders from western and central african countries and north of the continent come here to buy or sell. this is where he grew up. it's the only thing he knew. trading in apology near i can't, but over the last three years has impacted people like him. >> people have suffered because of insecurities. >> the security is improving. >> but many of his customers from neighboring countries are staying away. only a few of them who with stand the stress of nigerian security check points come to buy. >> now i have my passport and entry visa, but i suffered a lot at the hands of law enforcement agents. i've been coming here for is a years to buy goods. it's the only business i knew, otherwise i woul

. >>> 21 were killed in a bomb attack near a busy shopping mull in abuja. it happened as people were getting wered to watch gustav nyquist -- nigeria play in the world cup. >>> the lawyers for a sudanese wom woman freed on monday after an appeals court has been stopped from leaving the country. she was due to fly to the u.s. but was detained at the airport of the khartoum and is being questioned over travel documents. >> they accused her of committing two crimes - providing false information to the authorities, and obtaining a fake travel document. because she was - she was emergency travel document from south sudan embassy. we requested them to release miriam, but they have refused. they have said that they need more time. they need 24 hours. that's is absolutely not acceptable. >> the russian senate voted to revoke vladimir putin's right to order military intervention in ukraine. it was at vladimir putin's request. it's an act of goodwill to further peace efforts in ukraine. ukraine's government agreed to a limited ceasefire, due to expire on friday. ukra

the measures marched in abuja a day after authorities tried to ban those rallies. the protesters were free to demonstrate. there have been large protest in the pakistani city of karachi after british police arrested the powerful exiled leader of pakistan's mqm party. >> for more than two decades, hussein has wielded effective control over karachi from his london suburb, addressing supporters through a loudspeaker link to his home telephone. the arrest has sparked fears of major backlash and violence. a burning minibus on the street. one of several set alight by supporters of hussein. elsewhere in the city of 20 million inhabitants, there were peaceful sit in. the leader of the secular movement is hugely popular in his home city. he founded the party in 1984 to safeguard the rights of the urdu's the team community which fled from india during the 1947 partition. he has lived in britain in self-imposed exile since 1991. after his life came under threat in pakistan. >> his residences twice before been rated on suspicion of money laundering. an official appears to supp

. >> abuja is still under shock, especially because the bomb blasts occurred right in the middle of the capital here. that shows once again terrorism is not only a problem in the northeast of the country but also here. >> we stay in the region, and the world health organization is warning that west africa's ebola outbreak has become an international menace. >> an emergency meeting of the region's health ministers was called for next week. the epidemic began early this year. >> has been spread to neighboring countries and is now the deadliest outbreak of the virus ever. >> the first symptoms of ebola are fever and joint pains. eventually, the patient's organs fail. ebola is almost always deadly. all doctors can do is minimize the pain and prevent the disease from spreading. it is easy to contain the epidemic by isolating patients, but doctors say this approach has not brought the desired results in west africa. >> the number of cases continue to go up. also, we have a quite large spread. 60 different sites are active. this means that the site are not active for this moment. >> ginny has

andrew simmons from abuja. . >> suspected boka haram insurgents appear to have attacked at least threetlement in a district known as katakari, five kilometers from chibok from where school girls, 276 of them, were abducted 76 days ago. 219 still missing. according to reports, both guns and explosive devices were used and four churches were attacked. it was clearly an attempt to intimidate and to terrorism the people living in this area, which is a no-go zone for anyone apart from those who lived there and the nigerian military. we are hearing that these attacks were prolonged over a period of around four hours but are now over. this is a really intense part of the operation involving boka haram, it would appear, with attacks all over the northeast and indeed here in the capitol on wednesday, 22 people were killed in a bombing, and and the president, "goodluck" jonathan called on the country for vigilance right across the board. he warned people that they shouldn't keep criticizing the security forces but should help them instead. but it would appear that there is now confidhe knew on a

. >>> an explosion rocked a shopping mall today in nigeria's capitol of abuja. the blast killed 21 people and injured 17 more. it is the latest in the series of attacks blamed on islamic extremist called boko horam. >>> in washington house speaker john boehner says the the the house will vote next month whether to authorize a lawsuit begins president obama. boehner charges obama with running an end around on congress, and the public, by using executive orders, to in boehner's words create laws of his own and ignore statutes completely. boehner reject the notion that the suit was a political move as we head towards the midterm election campaign season. >>> a stabbing victim stunned fast food goers when he stumbled in a new york mcdonald's with a knife, sticking out of his back. we want to warn thaw some may find this image disturbing. a witness snapped a picture of the wound and 6-inch blade, sticking out. police say that the 50 year-old was in some kind of an altercation, yesterday morning outside of the restaurant, the man is in the hospital, in serious conditi

. >>> the armed group boca huh ham ramirez is suspected the carrying out the attack in abuja.least 22 people were killed in the last near a busy shopping center it happened as people were getting ready to watch nigeria play at the world cup. >>> well, the top story from the world cup is luis suarez who has been kicked out of the competition for biting the italian defender giorgio chi key lean i. he has been banned for nine matches and any football activity for four months. fifa's disciplinary committee also fined him more than $100,000. suarez was seen biting his opponent as uruguay beat italy 1-0 on tuesday. >>> well, a former british referee mark halsey thinks the ban is rather lenient because suarez has bitten before. >> it's unprecedented but fifa have done this, because they have never, ever done this before. so to include a club ban as well as four months. but if you look at the whole scenario i think he could be back playing football before the end of the year. i do feel it's lenient for what he's done. it's accepted in the game that people will punch someone, headbutt

these families drove two days, they did not fly, to meet with us in abuja, in borno state. they wanted us to know their pain. what the families want. they have accepted and joined and joined on to the idea of the victim's fund not for money, but to keep them going while they are praying and hoping for the return of the girls. then those who have lost loved ones such as the woman who came and visited with us, whose throat was slashed as she watched her husband decapitated. they want to know they will not stop the government going after boko haram to end the siege on nigeria, but to find the girls. >> boko haram is killing civilians on a daily basis. many fear they are trying to create an islamist belt. hundreds were arrested in a convoy in southern nigeria, it's not where the group is operating, and many, if not all of those people could be boko haram. is the nigerian government capable of stopping them or do we have to intervene there too? >> nigerian government is leading a prosperous nation, or the most prosperous nation on the continent. maybe there'll be 440 million per

. >>> andrew simmonds reporting from abuja >>> an ominous threat from israel as it sent planes into gaza strip. it was a retaliation for bombings. israel's foreign minister threatened to reoccupy the gaza strip in order to stop the rocket attacks >>> president obama is expected to ask for for man $2 billion to secure the borders in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. he is asking for emergency fund to stop unaccompanied children crossing into the west from the central america. >> our direct message to the families of central africa - do not send your children to the border. if they do make it, they'll be september back, more importantly, they may not make it. >> pakka is requesting -- president obama is requesting more power for border protection. since late last year 52,000 kids and 39 thousand women with children have been caught making the journey. paul beban met with people in honduras ready to split up their family for the possibility of a better future. >> reporter: in the stands of a neighbour hood soccer field, alex tells me how much he misses his little brother axel. >> we were

. >> nigeria's military has been put on red alert tha after attacks in abuja. now people are afraid to go shopping at the city center. this center may be open for business, but no one is buying. >> nobody knows. >> we are not safe. we don't feel safe. we are scared. >> nobody is safe. >> security say they're in the front line. checks and searches have been increased but no one is confident. many of the owners of private security firms say too much is expected of their unarmed staff. they say it's the army and the police who should be doing more to provide protection for the people but what can they do? they say they should consider negotiating. >> we have to deal with this some how. >> as the president visited survivors in the hospital, he said earlier that people should stop criticizing the security forces but help them instead. this comes at a time when public confidence in the army, police and government appears to be at an all-time low. andrew simmons, al jazeera, abujo. >> in afghanistan abdullah abdullah and thousands of his supporters protest against all

. >>> police in nigeria have band people in the capital be abuja for failure to rescue over 200 girls kidnapped by boko haram. forced by security reasons, fearing the group will detonate explosives. failing ofind the more than 200 school girls more than a month ago. >>> thousands of people have been celebrating the formal creation of india's newest state. arch for separation, the new state will have a population of about 35 million people across ten districts. lidy being dutt has more details. >> tribute for people who died for cause. chief minister of india's newest state. welcomed a chap in the country's history. >> be 14 years education to get bl. >> after what people from being telenghana, jubilant and hopeful. but beyond this show of strength lies a job of building the state that more than 30 million people will call home. some of hydrabad, come to this government hospital for treatment. dr. b ngender has been doing the rounds here for 32 years. he says he didn't want to puft lives at risk by ignoring the harsh political reality. >> there will be separation and will improve the i

. >> hundreds of christians gather in abuja to pray for the return of the school girls. boko haram wants to create a medieval islam icic state. the government does know where they are held but doesn't want to release it. >> vladimir putin will not be meeting with world leaders at the g-7 summit. we'll look at how his absence will impact the meeting in our sunday segment, ahead. ahead. u >>> there's word a christian sudanese woman may be released after being in prison for rejecting islam. her family is waiting for her freedom to be made official. we have more. >> reporter: her plight captured the attention of the world. this 37-year-old woman, meriam ibrahim sentenced to death for apostasy. it caused an outcry brought up as a christian despite having a muslim father. she told the court she was brought up by a christian. she was sentenced to 100 lashes, all while heavily pregnant. the baby was born in prison, and the father was granted access and a 20-month-old child. >> translation: the decision of the court is basically wrong. it is an oppressive sentence against an ordi

these families drove two days, two days, they did not fly, to meet with us in abuja, in aborno state in north-east nigeria. they wanted uts to know their pain. what the families want, i believe they have accepted, and joined on to the idea of the victims fund not for money's sake, but to keep them going while they are praying for the return of the girls, and those that lost loved ones, such as the woman who visited with us, whose throat was slashed. they want to know that they will not stop the government going after boko haram, ending their siege on nigeria, and find the girls. >> on that note boko haram is killing civilians on a daily basis. many fear they are trying to create a fundamentalist belt across west africa. hundreds were arrested in a convoy in the southern part of nigeria. that is not where the group is supposed to separate. is the nigeria government capable of stopping them or do we have to intervene there too? >> i think what has to happen is the nigerian government is leading one of the most prosperous nation or the most prosperous nation. in 2025, maybe there'll be

boko haram has carried out several attacks in abuja. >>> peter greste has expressed outrage in the case. he believes this is a chance to silence voices critical of the government. he's sentenced as well as two colleagues for spreading false news and helping muslim brother hood leading to national condemnation. >>> south korea's prime minister who offered to resign in april over the ferry disaster is going to stay on his post. president park said the decision to contain him was agonizing. two candidates she had chosen to replace him both withdrew no, ma'am i-- withdrew nominations. >>> let's go to aaron now with business news. >>> let me explain the story. hello there. barclays back on the block again. the banking giant is facing fraud charges. u.s. regulators claims it lied to investors over traded shares at bank. what's it done this time? these days trading is no longer a floor of shouting traders. instead the majority of it is done by computers buying and trading in a split of a second. banks operate their own private markets known as the dark pools which is less transparent and less

. >>> nigeria's president says those responsible for a bomb attack in abuja will be brought to justicegoodluck jonathan visited the blast site. 22 were killed in an attack at a bysing shopping -- busy shopping mall. the president has been criticised for his response to attacks and kidnapping of 200 school girls. >>> a summit wrapped up in guinea. we have more. >> reporter: with pomp, african union's summit draws to a choice. dancers entertain delegates, fresh out of a summit, complete with a rise in security and extremism across the continent. with more than 70% of the people in south africa employed in africa, it's no copies dense that the theme of the conference is developing agriculture and developing food security. it's the peace and security challenges that dominated talks. >> experts say there's a need to end africa's conflict now. >> conflict to be solved. it is costing too much a price for the continent and destruction for the issues we have to focus on. with this in mint, friday's session was devoted to deal with insecurity across the contonne ept. east africa is leading in th

we are joined from the capital of abuja. what can you tell us about this ahmed idris. >> the police and military confirm that there was an incident at a soccer viewing center, in an area called nine hour. they are not willing to give figures. hospitals confirm to al jazeera that definitely there have been casualties, several dead, many have been injured. many are taken to hospital for treatment after the attack. >> can you talk about the importance of watching the world cup in nigeria, and how people are focussed on it, and the reaction to this attack. >> with or without nigeria participating soccer is very popular. you have millions of fans supporting soccer clubs in europe and the united states and elsewhere in the world. people following whatever happens in those league matches, and with the world cup going on, and nigeria there, a lot of people are interested in watching soccer matches. but this - it was suspected or initially some states definitely suspected that boko haram may try to target where people gather to watch

the leader of the anglican church met goodluck jonathan in abuja. he condemned the abduction of several hundred school girls and a string of bomb attacks. >> i was - i know jos very well, i was saddened by the bombings in jos. so i wanted to come and pray with his excellency and express our condolence for the losses. >>> pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif promised many things after winning election. pakistanis are waiting for the commitments to materialize. >> reporter: for years this man has been a spore of nawaz sharif. he created -- supporter of nawaz sharif. he voted for his party and encouraged family and friends to do so as well. the important issues for all of them, he says, was the power crisis. he believed nawaz sharif could fix it, and that would help the sugar cane juicing business grow. a year later he is without electricity, leaving his employees little choice but to work by hand. >> no electricity means no business. i'm barely able to earn a living. i know it's not an easy problem to solve. i believed nawaz sharif would have improv

meanwhile, in the capital, abuja, demonstrators defied an apparent ban on protests to demand the government the girls back. >> all we are saying to the government is just wake up and do what you are supposed to do. we are in this together, we are working together, all we want are these girls back home. if they don't want me to protest all they can simply do is bring back the girls now and alive. >> ifill: later, police said protesters were free to march after all. >> woodruff: former egyptian army chief abdel fattah al-sisi was officially declared the winner today in the country's presidential election. the election commission reported he won nearly 97% of the votes last month. turnout was only 47%. al-sisi led the military move to topple islamist president mohamed morsi last summer. >> ifill: back in this country, this was the biggest voting day yet this year. eight states held primary elections, including alabama, california, iowa, montana, mississippi, new jersey, new mexico and south dakota. senate and gubernatorial races topped the ballot. in california, democrat jerry brown was seekin

i just spent four days on the ground in nigeria in abuja, visiting with those victimized by this horrific organization. >> i'm going to give you your time on this in a couple of minutes. i know you want to share photos but before i switch topics, who do you believe should fill eric cantor's position, as far as his leadership position? >> we have a meeting at 4:00 and it will become clearer who is likely to run. certainly the current whip, congressman mccarthy, is in the running and probably -- or may be in the lead, if there is such a thing. very often when these changes occur, people do move up. that's what leadership is often about, people who are deputy whips become whips and the like. i've been in congress 34 years. that's usually the way it works. >> how does one incident like this, though, seem to change the tide of politics? so much of the talk going into the midterms has been, look, democrats are back on their heels, right? does it change the scope of the midterm elections or not? >> no. not at all. i think just the opposite. i think we will redouble our efforts. obama remains the

funerals held in nigeria for victims of wednesday's shopping mall blast in the capitol of abuja and dozensle gathered in the mosque to offer prayers for the dead, at least 22 people were killed and 17 more injured in the explosion, no one claimed responsibility for the attack. now agencies in south sudan are sound agree new alarm over the number of people fleeing their homes, more than a million have been displaced by fighting between forces loyal to the president and rebels and we visited a camp in unity state where 10,000 people arrive each month and where the u.n. says it's struggling to cope. all agencies agree the situation here is turning into a humanitarian catastrophe and this u.n. protection camp has the worst conditions in south sudan. the rains which are good for crops are torment for uprooted people and mud everywhere and fear of collera and worse. >> everybody is coming to look for protection and they are outside and why civilians are coming. >> reporter: two months ago there were 7,000 people seeking shelter here and now u.n. estimates there are more than 40,000, no one plann

just held a very important conference so intelligence sharing -- and i was at the fusion center in abujad u.k. and france are working side by side with intelligence officers in the nigerian military and the training for counter insurgency and has to be done with extreme urgency and vetting to ensure those we train are human rights advocates rather than people who commit atrocities themselves. >> ronan far row interviewed angelina joe lee coming up in the next hour on msnbc. much more ahead. stay with us. a's newest america's newest real estate brand is all ready the brand of the year. berkshire hathaway home services. good to know. >>> and that does it for this edition of quts andrea mitchell reports, happy father's day to all of you dads out there, especially sid mitchell. follow the show online and on facebook and twitter and my colleague, ronan farrow is in london today with angelina jolie. >> we have a big show as you mentioned today. a state of emergency may be declared in what was already a war zone. how things have gone from bad to worse in iraq. also, sergeant bergdahl back in th

. >>> andrew simons joins us live now from the capital abuja. we know about the late atlatesta stacks? >> reporter: felicity as you say this was a series of attacks and came only final kilometers from the town of -- where boko haram attacked and this is where the highjacking took place, where the kidnapping took place two and a half months ago of a total of 276 girls. now, they attacked at least two villages and opened fire with automatic guns and a number of explosions en excuse as well. exact number dead is very unclear at the moment. i spoke to a police spokesperson a short time ago who would not confirm the figure. it stood at 10 originally but there are varied unconfirmed reports of more bodies being found in the bush land around the area and a local local counsel significant official said he will not go with the total dead until a formal count has been made and recovery operations are still underway, felicity. >> andrew it seems every day we are talking about more attacks by boko haram. most in the north of the country. what is the mood li

. >>> in nigeria, police have banned protests in the capital abuja from people demanding the governmentndreds of abducted schoolgirls. officials say the protests have degenerated and they now pose a serious security threat. the search for the girls has now lasted more than seven weeks after those girls were taken by the terror group boko haram. authorities say they have located the girls, but rescuing them may be impossible. >>> new trouble this morning for general motors with new claims its ignition switch problems could be linked to dozens more deaths. we'll have that report when we get an early check of your money, next. >>> all right, let's get an "early start" on your money this morning. futures slightly lower right now after stocks in the u.s. kicked off the month of june with record highs. both the s&p and the dow closed at their highest levels ever to start the month. futures a little bit lower right now. >>> one stock we're tracking this morning, apple. everyone from computer geeks to iphone users gearing up for new products unveiled at the worldwide development conference mond

what if all three decide they hate abuja and the capital so much and the federal problems that they starttake action in the south? >> i'm wondering if your view, what's the greater likelihood of a supply disruption, what's going on in nigeria or iraq? >> i suspect that both of them have great problems, to be honest. right now you have the military occupation going on in the middle of iraq, and you have that probability that the oil facilities may not be hurt, but the pipelines can be. down in nigeria you have the pipelines and the oil facilities, so i think that investors should aware of both of those problems, that they could come to the surface very quickly. nobody is talking about -- about niger yeah, but we should because the united states imports a great good deal of crude from nigeria. so, too, does europe, and i said it's very high quality so pay attention to both. finally, guy, thanks for the comment on al coa. i've been bullish of alcoa and talked about it on this show many, many times since last october. made a new high today. new highs are still coming. >> right on, den, you're

as we can see, not only in the chick okay area, earlier last week they had a bombing in downtown abujan addition to that, they have expanded their reach because they had a bombing at a polytechnic institute last week in kahno, the third-largest city. they can reach where they feel like they need to reach. the most important thing that needs to be done is better bomb detection commitment particularly in targets like schools and malls. that's one of the biggest things, getting assistance from the international community. snow in trying to reach the areas, and the bombapplication equipment you mentioned. what do you think is the biggest challenge the nigerian military is facing in trying to fight boko haram. >> the biggest challenge is this is an asymmetrical warfare group. they haven't been that involved. that really is a military term meaning that they are small groups that came in. i think that what the nigerian military is used to is cop vepsal warfare. they do a pivot to learn about mobile unit, protecting soft targets. how to increase intel sharing. if you look at u.s. military, we

supporters of the biggest opposition party, the congress at their national convention in abuja. they are hoping to defeat president goodluck jonathan, and the ruling party, the people's democratic party when elections are held in february. they say the ruling party failed to tackle the boko haram, poverty, corruption and unemployment. >> there is no security. we are dying drastically. we are suffering. >> reporter: the convention is the start of a process culminating in the selection of a presidential candidate to run against jonathan by the end of the year. a former military ruler says god willing, he will challenge president goodluck jonathan in 2015. >> what can the acp offer nigerian people that they are not getting? >> security and prosperity. >> there are several other potential candidates in the party, like a former vice president. the opposition says the ruling party is un-democratic. accusations the party denies. many former pdp members quit to join the opposition. >> the pdp failed because they have completely derailed from the dash from the principles. right now they