Tag: Chibok
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Remarks by Trump, Buhari before bilateral meeting
PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be with President Buhari of Nigeria. We have many things that we do together, as you know, probably — especially on terrorism and terrorism-related. We also have a very big trade deal that we’re working on for military equipment — helicopters and the like. We…
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Death of 98 Chibok girls: Presidency reacts to Salkida’s claim
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Saturday said the Presidency was not aware of the claim made by a Nigerian journalist, Ahmed Salkida, that only 15 out of the remaining Chibok girls are still alive. In a statement made available to journalists, the presidential spokesman said the…
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Chibok, Dapchi Girls abduction: ActionAid Nigeria calls for safe cities, spaces in schools
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called on the Federal Government to make the cities and spaces in schools more safe to avoid a repeat of the horrible experiences of the Chibok and more recently the Dapchi girls’ abduction saga which shook the entire nation. The group said this in a statement to mark the fourth year…
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Dapchi, Chibok abduction: ‘Leave our Girls alone!’ Aisha Buhari tells Boko Haram insurgents
Wife of the President Mrs Aisha Buhari says she shares in the sorrow and agony of parents of all abducted girls in the country. Mrs Buhari said that she shared the agony of especially parents of the abducted Chibok and Dapchi school girls. She expressed the concern in Abuja on Thursday while delivering a speech…
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Senate summons security chiefs over Chibok, Dapchi girls’ abduction
…demands two-week rescue plan The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to explain the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, by Boko Haram on February 19. The invitation followed the adoption of…
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Chibok/Dapchi girls comparison: Jonathan calls Lai Mohammed ‘notorious liar’
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has rubbished a statement credited to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed that his administration delayed in responding to the abduction of Chibok girls. Mohammed, while speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of the Editors’ plaza championed by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, said, “Now, don’t compare orange with…
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Chibok: Nigerian army is keeping hope alive
BY ANTHONY KOLAWOLE Echoes of jubilations are resonating everywhere in Nigeria now. The Nigerian Army has gladdened the hearts of Nigerians with their baffling onslaughts on terrorists, in the New Year. The latest clearance operations by Nigerian troops on some Lake Chad enclaves, major reservoir of hideouts for remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, posted amazing…
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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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Names of eight rescued Chibok girls not on our list – BBOG
The Bring Back Our Girls group on Thursday said nine of the 82 rescued Chibok girls were not on their list. A member of the #BBOG and Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Hosea Tsambido, who stated this during the group’s sitout in Abuja. He said the names of six out of the nine girls were…
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Freed Boko Haram bride escapes, joins husband in Sambisa Forest
A bride of a Boko Haram commander, Aisha, has fled her home in Maiduguri, Borno State. She also took with her the son fathered by the top kingpin identified as Mamman Nur. The 25-year-old is one of the 70 women and children who finished a nine-month deradicalisation programme in February. They had been freed by…