Tag: Dapchi
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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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PDP women initiate Dapchi schoolgirls discourse at #IWD2018
Women of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) have joined voices to #PressForProgress calling on the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration to release the 110 schoolgirls recently kidnapped at Government Girls Science and Technical College, Daptchi, Yobe State. National Women Leader of the PDP, Hajiya Mariya Waziri, made the call in discussions for the release…
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VIDEO: ‘Dapchi schoolgirls are safe, their abductor is a nice guy’ says Aisha Wakil
A human rights activist, Mrs. Aisha Wakil, has said that the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls are safe with Habib, whom she called her son, and his friends; and that Nigerians have nothing to fear concerning the overall wellbeing of the pupils. Wakil, also fondly called Mama Boko Haram, revealed that a faction of Boko Haram had…
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Dapchi girls’ abduction: Extend your search to neighbouring countries, FG tells Army
The ongoing search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to the neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has announced. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said top military and…
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Dapchi attack: Sultan’s group describes Buhari-led govt as unserious
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, which is under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government as unserious. The position of the JNI followed the abduction of 110 girls from the Government Girls School in Dapchi, Yobe State. The group then told the Federal Government not…
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UN outraged by Dapchi schoolgirls abduction – Guterres
The UN has expressed outrage at the abduction of 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres, said in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mr Stephane Dujarric that he “strongly condemns the abduction and attack”. Guterres said he was gravely concerned over the situation…
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#DapchiGirls: Stop the blame game, Dogara tells Army, Police
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has asked security agencies to take responsibility for failing to stop the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State, adding that the buck passing between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force is unacceptable. In a press statement, Hon Dogara said rather than…
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Mr President Sir, go to Dapchi! PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to halt the feasting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in Aso Villa and show leadership by visiting the troubled Dapchi, Yobe state, to get a first hand information on the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the 110 school girls under his watch. This…
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FG sets up committee to probe abduction of Dapchi girls
The Federal Government has set up a 12-member committee to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday said the committee was convened by…