Tag: chibok girls
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Chibok girls’ abduction 5th anniversary: UNICEF seeks more protection of children’s rights
Mr Mohamed Fall, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, on Thursday called for the protection of children rights against violence and other form of abuses in the country. Fall in a statement issued by Kusali Kubwalo, the Communication Analyst, UNICEF Field Office Maiduguri, said the call would serve as reminder…
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We won’t rest until remaining Chibok girls are released – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged his government will not rest until the remaining Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 are safely released. According to a statement issued by President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari made the pledge on Monday in…
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Why I cannot take responsibility for Chibok girls’ abduction – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said he cannot be forced to take responsibility for the April 14, 2014 abduction of Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State. The former Nigerian leader also said there is sense of worry among Nigerians regarding the neutrality of government agencies that will take part in the conduct of the 2019 general…
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Many perceive Buhari leadership inefficient – CNN Report
A report by American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System, Cable News Network (CNN), has alluded that many perceive President Muhammadu Buhari leadership to be inefficient. The report that analyzed Falz’s This is Nigeria trending music video states that: “Many believe the has failed to deliver on his…
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Killings: Protest erupts in Delta as CAN begins special prayers
Members of Calvary Baptist Church in Abraka, Delta state held a peaceful protest against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s inability to bring to an end incessant killings of innocent citizens across the country. This follows the directives of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) calling on all churches to protest the incessant killings, even as…
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Senseless killings: CAN calls for Christian ritual
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has directed all churches in Nigeria to observe a Christian ritual by processing around their worship centres to call for the end of senseless killings in the country. CAN President and President of Nigerian Baptist Convention, Reverend Sampson Ayokunle, made the call in his sermon during the 105th Annual…
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Boko Haram: Sakilda recants, says 30 not 15 Chibok girls are alive
A Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida known to have access to credible sources with the Boko Haram group has recanted his earlier information that only 15 out of the 113 remaining Chibok schoolgirls are alive. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sakilda had on Saturday via his Twitter handle @Contactsakilda said information at his disposal shows that the remaining…
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Saraki urges FG to make rescue of remaining Chibok, Dapchi girls a priority
Senate President. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Sunday canvassed for concerted efforts by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders, to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok Girls and the Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, said even though…
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Four years after: 98 out of remaining 113 Chibok girls dead – Journalist Salkida
…says only 15 are still alive …remaining girls may never return to their parents A Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida, has claimed that only 15 of the at least 113 Chibok girls believed to still be in Boko Haram captivity are alive. Salkida, who is believed to have access to credible sources within the terror group,…
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Dogara calls for the rescue of remaining Chibok girls, Leah Sharibu
… harps on improved security in schools In commemoration of the 4th year since the abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls, speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness that all the abducted girls have not been accounted for, while urging the executive to intensify efforts towards providing adequate security to schools in…