Tag: Dapchi girls
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Dapchi girls and ransom payment: So what? By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon There was a lot of hullabaloo in the past week over payment or non-payment of ransom to free the Dapchi schoolgirls, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on February 19, 2018. The furore signposts Nigerians’ penchant for selective amnesia. Let’s have a recap. The 110 girls of the Government Science and…
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How FG paid ‘large ransom’ to Boko Haram for Dapchi girls’ release – UN report
The United Nations (UN) has said the Nigerian government paid ‘large ransom’ to Boko Haram insurgents to free scores of female students kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State, earlier this year. This is Contrary to the claim by the government that the girls were freed without ransom. Recall that over 100 girls were…
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BREAKING: President Buhari meets Trump, discusses Boko Haram others [Video]
President Muhammadu Buhari is presently at the White House where he is meeting the American President, Donald Trump. In the meeting which lasted for few minutes, President Muhammadu Buhari briefed Trump on how he has been handling the insurgency in the country. Buhari spoke about how his administration was able to secure the release for…
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Freed Dapchi schoolgirls reunite with parents in Yobe
The Freed Dapchi schoolgirls on Sunday arrived Maiduguri on their way back home, after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that 104 of the 110 abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, were released by Boko-Haram insurgents on March 21. The freed girls, brought in a military aircraft, landed at about 10.00…
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[Video]: Freed Dapchi girls recite National Anthem as they meet Buhari in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday received the Dapchi schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which also has the girls’ parents, top government officials and security chiefs in attendance, is holding inside the Press Gallery of the Presidential Villa’s Council Chambers. One of the highlight of the day,…
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Atiku hails release of #DapchiGirls
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed the release of some of the schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram on Wednesday morning four weeks after they were kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State. In a press statement released by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, Atiku said he was gladdened by…
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Dapchi Girls’ Release: PDP plumbs the depths of infamy – FG
The Federal Government has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plumbing the depths of infamy for saying the adoption and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls were stage-managed. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said such postulation portrays the PDP as an inhuman,…
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UNICEF commends FG over release of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has commended Federal Government efforts at the return of 105 abducted Dapchi school girls in Yobe. It expressed its delight over the report on return of the girls that were abducted on Feb. 19 by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. Mr Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, said this in…
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104 released Dapchi schoolgirls moved to Abuja
The 104 released Dapchi schoolgirls have arrived Abuja. They arrived in a military transport plane provided by the government. The government said a total of 106 abducted persons, comprising 104 Daphi schoolgirls, one other girl and a boy were freed by insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday. Briefing journalists in Maiduguri, the Minister of…
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In Photos: Released Dapchi schoolgirls
Over 101 of 110 girls who were kidnapped from Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, located in Bulabulin, Yunusari Local Government area of Yobe State, have reportedly been returned. According to the Federal Government, the number of Dapchi schoolgirls released is 101, following the documentation of more of the freed girls by security…