Boko Haram along with 16 others in exchange for a ransom of $3.15 million. As well as extortion from local residents, Boko Haram has claimed to extort money from local state governments. A spokesman of Boko Haram claimed that Kano state governor Ibrahim Shekarau and Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda had paid them monthly. It has long been alleged that Boko Haram had a relationship with al-Qaeda. In 2011, letters from Boko Haram were reportedly found in bin Laden's compound. Three weeks after the 2009 Boko Haram uprising began, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb expressed sympathy for Boko Haram. Speaking by phone
Namak Haram Deorhi Namak Haram Deorhi Namak Haram Deorhi (also known as the "Traitor's Gate", "Jafarganj Deorhi" or "Jufarganj Palace") was the palace of Mir Jafar. It is located just opposite to the Jafarganj Cemetery in the "Lalbagh" area of the town of Murshidabad and near Mahimapur in the Indian state of West Bengal. Namak Haram Deorhi refers to both the place of Mir Jafar and the main gate which leads to the palace. This building was used as the residence of Mir Jafar, before he ascended the "musnad" of Bengal or when he was the Commander-in-Chief of the "subha". The palace was