Tag: Leah Sharibu
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A question to President Buhari: Where will Leah Sharibu spend her Christmas? – Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu We, all the people of Nigeria, having agreed to come together in one place; Dapchi town in Yunusari Local Government area of Yobe State to spend this year [2018]’s Christmas festivities, hereby resolutely demand to know from you, President Muhammadu Buhari, if our cherished daughter; Leah Sharibu, kidnapped from Dapchi on Monday…
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Leah Sharibu’s abductors demand N100bn ransom
The abductors of Leah Sharibu have demanded N100bn ransom for her release. Leah is the only captive among the 119 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, still with Boko Haram after the others were released in March, 2018. According to a diplomatic source who spoke with Punch newspaper, there were fears that…
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Leah Sharibu significant than 2019 campaign, Christian group tells FG
A socio-political organisation, the Coalition of Christian Groups for Good-Governance (Nigeria and the Diaspora), has called on the Federal Government to strengthen its agitation for the release of Leah Sharibu, instead of the campaign for reelection in 2019. The CCGG regretted that several months after demanding her freedom and stoppage of the killing of Christians…
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Buhari's delegation meets Leah Sharibu's mother, reinstates commitment to her freedom
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured the families of kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirl Leah Sharibu and two abducted aid workers that the Federal Government will leave no stone unturned to secure their release. The minister gave the assurance on Friday when he led a three-member Federal Government delegation to Maiduguri in…
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Leah Sharibu: Religious leaders beg Buhari, Boko Haram as deadline approaches
Religious leaders under the aegis of Interfaith Initiative for Peace (IIP) on Friday in Abuja appealed to the abductors of Leah Sharibu to release the girl and abandon their threat of executing her. The leaders made the appeal on the sideline of a Peace conference organised by IIP towards the 2019 general elections. The News…
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Buhari calls Leah Sharibu’s mum, promises to work for her release
President Muhammadu Buhari has called Leah Sharibu’s mum Rebecca, promising to ensure that her daughter is released from the hands of the Boko Haram terrorists. The President in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday, assured that his administration will do everything it would do to bring back…
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Seek the release of Leah Sharibu—Meg Otanwa urges Theresa May
Popular Nollywood actress, Meg Otanwa has called on Theresa May , the prime minister of the United Kingdom, urging her to help seek the release of Leah Sharibu. Sharibu was among the victims in the Dapchi schoolgirls abduction in February. The girls were released a few weeks later with the exemption of Sharibu who refused…
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Leah Sharibu reportedly speaks from Boko Haram captivity, begs Buhari
The only Christian girl among the students Boko Haram abducted from Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe State, Leah Sharibu has reportedly spoken from the den of the terrorists. Sharibu appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to save her from the terrorists. Following the public outcry that followed the abduction of the students, Boko Haram…
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Tears as Onyeka Onwenu calls for release of Leah Sharibu [Video]
Veteran musician, Onyeka Onwenu was in tears when she urged President Muhammadu Buhari to mount pressure on Boko Haram in order to release Leah Sharibu, last Dapchi girl with Boko Haram, In a video which has since gone viral, Onwenu revealed that Leah Sharibu was abducted and offered her freedom if only, she would renounce…
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Dapchi: Leah Sharibu must not die in Boko Haram’s custody, CAN warns FG
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday said the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government must step up efforts to secure the release of the lone Christian girl, Leah Sharibu in Boko Haram’s custody. The religious body warned that there may be religious war in Nigeria should Leah die in the terrorist’s captivity. The…