Tag: chibok girls
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Why Chibok girls release is taking time – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the remaining girls abducted by terrorists from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, four years ago were still in captivity because of some setbacks in the negotiation between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram sect. He attributed the setbacks to what he described as internal disagreement among…
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Why we are yet to rescue remaining Chibok girls – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari explained why the remaining school girls that were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State in Boko Haram’s captivity are yet to be released despite intensified efforts by his government to do so. The president however assured the parents of the remaining girls that “their daughters will never be forgotten…
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Dapchi vs Chibok girls’ abduction: ‘Stop comparing apple with orange,’ FG tells PDP
The Federal Government on Thursday said comparing its response to the recently abducted Dapchi school girls to that of Chibok girls abducted in 2014 by the Boko Haram insurgents under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration was like ‘comparing apple with orange’. The Information and Culture Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this at the Foundation…
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BREAKING: Troops rescue another Chibok Girl
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka , have liberated one of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists earlier in 2014. According to a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, the girl was rescued on Thursday. “So far, preliminary…
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‘Buhari gave Boko Haram €3m for release of Chibok girls’
Federal Government paid €3m for the release of some Chibok schoolgirls who were in Boko Haram custody, according to Wall Street Journal. In 2014, Boko Haram insurgents had kidnapped 276 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state. Of the 276, 163 are now free: 57 fled in the early days after their…
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Chibok girls: Jonathan concealed fact finding committee report – Kubo
Borno State Commissioner for Education, Musa Inuwa Kubo has challenged ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians why he concealed report of his own fact-finding committee on the abduction of Chibok girls. Kubo gave the call while faulting Jonathan’s allegations against the state Governor, Kashim Shettima. Jonathan, through his aide, Ikechukwu Eze, had challenged Governor Shettima…
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Jonathan hits back at Shettima, says ‘You deliberately exposed Chibok girls to danger in 2014’
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State ignored the warnings of the Federal Government under his (Jonathan’s) leadership to relocate students writing the West African School Certificate Examinations to safe zones, therefore, exposing the innocent girls to avoidable danger. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the former president was responding to Shettima’s statement…
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Chibok Girls mark third anniversary at American University of Nigeria
The Chibok Girls Education Initiative at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) celebrated its third anniversary on August 25 with an award ceremony. The occasion recognized outstanding achievements among the first group of 24 who arrived at AUN in 2014 and have been on automatic scholarship. AUN President Dr. Dawn Dekle and the Special Adviser…
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‘We were kidnapped accidentally by Boko Haram in 2014’ – Chibok girls
The over 200 school girls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State by the Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 have said their abduction was the accidental outcome of a botched robbery. The Chibok girls made the surprise revelation in secret diaries they kept while held prisoner and a copy of which has…
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Osinbajo meets BBOG Group, says ‘more Chibok girls will return soon’
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has assured members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) advocacy that more or all of the abducted Chibok school girls will be rescued soon. The Acting President also informed the group that he had been meeting with security chiefs daily and making contacts with hostage negotiators across the world. Osinbajo, who was represented…