President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of $1bn for the procurement of security equipment to fight insurgency. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting Buhari had with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The President was also said to have […]
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Boko Haram killed at least 18 people and wounded scores in coordinated attacks overnight on a military camp and villages around the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which they also tried to infiltrate across a defensive trench, officials said Monday. The brazen operation — which unfolded around the very city where Boko Haram was born […]
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Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, on Tuesday called for expansion of Anchor Borrower scheme, to enhance participation in the programme. Shettima made the call in Maiduguri at the unveiling of rice pyramid organised by the state government and one of the Anchor client, Wal-Wanne and Sons Limited. He said that the call was imperative to […]
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About eleven people were on Monday confirmed dead following a fire outbreak at an Internally Displaces Peoples camp in Rann, Borno state. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and health workers said the fire incident started at 10.27 am and lasted to about 3pm at the displaced persons camp in Rann, the headquarters […]
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The Spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force, ACP Jimoh Moshood, has issued a statement to deny a comment credited to the inspector-general of police, Ibrahim Idris, wherein he said the last Dapchi Girl will be released by Sunday. Denying the statement, the ACP Moshood said the police boss was misquoted. Read the full statement: The […]
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The federal government disclosed on Sunday that a week-long ceasefire was declared from March 19 to enable the insurgents drop off the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this in Lagos at a media briefing to give update and clarifications on the release of the schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state. […]
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The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, says Boko Haram insurgents are set to release Leah Sharibu, an abducted Dapchi schoolgirl. Sharibu is the only girl in captivity out of the 110 students abducted on February 19. She was held back because of her refusal to convert from Christianity to Islam. While speaking with reporters […]
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Mama Boko Haram, whose real name is Aisha Wakil, has narrated how 104 of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls were released by Boko Haram. In an interview with Channels Television in Kano on Friday, Wakil, who is also the founder of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, gave the assurance that the last Dapchi schoolgirl, Liyah Sharibu, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Nigerian government is ready to rehabilitate and integrate any member of Boko Haram who lays down arms and shows strong commitment. Mr. Buhari made the remark while speaking when he received the released Dapchi schoolgirls at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday. He also said efforts were […]
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UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, said it was critical to shore up areas of Lake Chad Basin that have been freed from the grip of Boko Haram terrorists. Mohammed, in a video address to the Security Council, also called for efforts to rebuild the lives of women and girls that had suffered at the […]
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