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
A Word of Science: The First and Final Chapter by Nightmares on Wax, rendering "A Word of Science" the only record by the project when it was a trio, despite neither Harper or Halnon appearing on it or touring with Nightmares on Wax in promotion of the album. The group disbanded and Evelyn began making house music for Warp subsidiary Nucleus before creating bedroom productions with Nightmares on Wax contributor Robin Taylor-Firth. Evelyn revived Nightmares on Wax as a solo act in 1995. The subsequent album "Smokers Delight" (1995) built upon the chill-out style of "Nights Interlude" from "A Word of Science"." All tracks written by George Evelyn and