Why Nigeria is not Haram (forbidden)

All this free publicity given to Boko Haram is just plain panache. It is now hard for one not to believe that they have "high-handed" sponsors and sympathisers. Some even think its a symbiotic relationship between the sponsors and the sponsored; boko haram cause enough terrorism in the name of "Islam" while the furore and mayhem this causes fuels a political opposition for the citizens to be intimidated into thinking the country is ungovernable. But all that is 'beer parlour journalism'.
The part of this whole story that I dislike is how some part of the media seem to exalt this cowards who only have prowess against little girls, unarmed communities and women/children without the ability to protect themselves (no thanks to our government). They are considered as intelligent schemers, guerrilla experts and other encomiums falsely to their credit. But I say they are just a bunch of heartless cowards........period.
Now the international and national media have made it seem like these insurgents penetrated into all parts of the country. I realized this when a Liberian mentioned how his wife had discouraged him from coming to the country because apparently "Nigeria" is now a terror/war zone. This seems to be the wrong representation we are given outside of the country with people not having a complete understanding of the situation in Nigeria. It is worthy of note that for now, this trouble is predominant in (but not restricted to) the North East of the country. So for now Lagos, Port Harcourt, South West/East, and the middle belt are "safe" in relation to bombings and community massacre. For most other parts of Nigeria, it is almost ‘business as usual’. Whether it is acceptable or not that the rest of the country is somewhat lackadaisical concerning lives and property of fellow citizens is a topic for another day, but scaring people from Nigeria is achieving the objective of these terrorists. So I want to state here, albeit reluctantly, that in most of the country it's still business as usual and no credit to boko.

Also see the opinion of a well known ninja on this issue