Tag: chibok girls
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Chibok Girls: BBOG marks 1,200 days of abduction on Thursday
The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, group will be observing a sit out tomorrow, Thursday, to mark the 1,200 days of the abduction of 276 Chibok school girls. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the school girls were taken by the Boko Haram insurgents at their Hotel on April 14, 2014, at the Government Secondary School Chibok in…
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106 freed Chibok girls to resume school September – FG
Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the 106 Chibok girls, who were released by the Boko Haram insurgents, would resume school in September 2017. The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Jummai Alhassan, stated this during a special lunch organised for the girls and their parents in Abuja. She said the girls were billed…
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Photos: Emotions as Chibok schoolgirls read letter to Trump, encourage him to keep America safe
Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, two of the Chibok schoolgirls, who escaped from Boko Haram captivity in 2014, read a letter applauding U.S. President Donald Trump during a recent visit to the White House. The White House released more photos of the girls on Saturday, saying during their visit, Joy and Lyida “read the President…
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B’Haram terrorists’ swap for Chibok schoolgirls was a political decision, not military – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai on Tuesday said the decision to swap Boko Haram prisoners with Chibok girls was not a military decision. Buratai said this in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation’s programme, Hard Talk, aired on Tuesday. He said the Federal Government saw the swap deal as the…
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Two Chibok girls graduate from US high school
Two of the kidnapped Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram terrorists have graduated from a high school in Washington DC, US. The girls, simply identified as Debbie and Grace were one of the 57 girls who escaped when the terrorists kidnapped 276 girls in Chibok in April 2014. International Director of Education Must Continue…
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JUST IN: DSS hands over 82 Chibok girls to women ministry
The Directorate of State Security Service (DSS) on Tuesday handed over the recently released Chibok schoolgirls, abducted by Boko Haram terrorists to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for rehabilitation. The 82 girls were released after the Federal Government agreed to swap them for some members of the terror group. It would be…
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Rescue of 82 Chibok girls, proof of FG’s commitment to Nigerian child – Tinubu
The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Oluremi Tinubu, has said the recent rescue of 82 abducted Chibok schoolgirls was proof of the commitment of the Federal Government to the well-being of the Nigerian child. Tinubu said this on Saturday in Lagos in her message on the occasion the Children’s Day celebration marked annually on…
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Freed Chibok Girls: ‘We did not pay a dime to Boko Haram’ – FG
The Federal Government on Monday denied a report released by the BBC that it paid the sum of two million euros to Boko Haram to secure the release of the 82 school girls abducted by the Islamic terrorist group in 2014 in Chibok, Borno State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made…
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Buhari allegedly paid 2million Euros for release of 82 Chibok girls – Report
A report released by the BBC has claimed that the Federal Government paid the sum of two million euros to Boko Haram to secure the release of the 82 school girls abducted by the Islamic terrorist group in 2014 in Chibok, Borno State. The report also disclosed that the five Boko Haram Commanders who were…
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BREAKING: Parents of released Chibok girls arrive in Abuja
Parents of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls who were released after being held for more than three years by Boko Haram have arrived in Abuja to reunite with their children. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the Federal Government had through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the girls will soon reunite with their parents…