Tag: Schoolgirls
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Shooting disrupts reunion of freed Zamfara schoolgirls with parents
All the 279 Zamfara schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week were on Wednesday reunited with their parents, in an emotional event overshadowed by chaos and shooting by security forces. According to a AFP reporter who witnessed the handing over, mobs began throwing stones at officials outside the school in the remote village of Jangebe when…
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BREAKING: 279 Zamfara school girls released [Photos]
Verified information teaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG now has it that the 279 abducted Zamfara school girls have been released. The students arrived Government House, Gusau, at about 4a.m. on Tuesday. The release was confirmed by Governor Bello Matawalle via his official Twitter handle @BelloMatawalle1. #JangebeGirls @CNN @MobilePunch @AJEnglish @OfficialPDPNig @SaharaReporters @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/oPPx3J3IB4 — Dr. Bello Matawalle…
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Zamfara govt: ‘Abducted schoolgirls not released, negotiation still ongoing’
Zamfara State government has debunked reports that students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have been released by their captors. Reacting to the reports on Twitter, Zamfara’s Commissioner for Information, Suleiman Tunau Anka, cautioned the public to disregard fake news in the media regarding the…
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Photo: Army rescues six kidnapped schoolgirls in Kaduna
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike rescued on Thursday six female students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The girls were abducted same day on their way to school and are different from another set of six schoolgirls of Engravers’ College abducted on October 3 in Kaduna, along…
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How we negotiated release of Dapchi schoolgirls from Boko Haram’s captivity – DSS
The Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura on Friday narrated how the Service negotiated and secured the release of 105 out of the 111 girls abducted from a secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State on February 19. Daura, who spoke when President Muhammadu Buhari received the released girls at the Aso…
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DSS not military negotiated release of Dapchi schoolgirls – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has said the military were not involved in the negotiations leading to the release of 104 out of the 110 girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in Dapchi, Yobe state. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen John Agim said in a text message that the Department of State Services, (DSS)…
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UPDATED: FG confirms release of 101 Dapchi schoolgirls
The Federal Government says the number of Dapchi schoolgirls released on Wednesday has increased from 76 to 101, following the documentation of more of the freed girls by security agencies. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who gave the update in a statement issued in Abuja, said that the number could still…
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UPDATED: Five dead as Boko Haram returns abducted 105 Dapchi schoolgirls
Over 105 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 returned. “Nigerian Islamist militant group, Boko Haram today returned 105 girls kidnapped from a high school compound in Dapchi a few weeks ago….the militant group came with the…
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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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Yobe school attack: Over 105 girls still missing – Parents cry out
…submits names of missing girls to state government Parents of the abducted schoolgirls at Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State have cried out that 105 of their children were still accounted for following the aftermath of the invasion by the Boko Haram sect on Monday. The names were personally submitted to the school’s…