The federal 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 Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said all the 106 persons were freed unconditionally, contrary to reports in a […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says 91 of the 110 schoolgirls, abducted from Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, returned Wednesday morning. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, in a statement said the release of the girls was “unconditional”. “For the release to work, the government had a clear understanding that violence […]
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Reports from Dapchi village of Yobe State indicate that the girls abducted from a secondary school in the town have been returned in the manner they were taken. Some sources in Dapchi indicated that the girls were brought back and dumped in the village by unknown persons in the kind of vans that were used […]
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Amnesty International (AI) has said that the Nigerian military was aware of the presence of Boko Haram insurgents in Dapchi, Yobe state, hours before 110 schoolgirls were abducted. It was alleged that an investigation revealed the security forces “failed to act” on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards Dapchi […]
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The Borno state command of the Nigeria Police Force, has given hint that Boko Haram is planning to attack Maiduguri, capital of the state, with vehicles primed with improvised explosive device (IED). Ahmed Bello, an assistant commissioner of police, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Bello said the attack was beng coordinated by dislodged Boko […]
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Troops of 3 Division Garrison Jos Plateau State arrested 7 suspects and recovered weapons in the clash between Miango community and herdsmen at Rafiki Village on Wednesday 14 March 2018. The troops responded to distress calls to the clash reported by locals. As troops moved in to settle the dispute, the herdsmen opened fire on […]
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Some persons suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Alikaramchi village, close to Giwa barracks in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on Wednesday night. The incident happened hours after President Muhammadu Buhari left Maiduguri for Yobe state. Buhari had visited Yobe state government house and Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, where he met […]
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Nigerian activist, Aisha Wakil, popularly ‘Mama Boko Haram’, says Boko Haram members want to stop their activities because their “hearts bleed because of what they are doing” and “they need peace”. In an interview with Punch, Wakil said the recent abduction of 110 schoolgirls from Government Girls Science and Technology College, Yobe, was a stunt […]
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Top human rights activist, Aisha Wakil, popularly called “Mama Boko Haram”, who is known for her access to the leadership of Boko Haram, says the 110 students abducted from Dapchi, Yobe state, are safe with one Habib, whom she identified as her son. Mama Boko Haram said the Musab Al-Barnawi faction of Boko Haram contacted her […]
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Following the deafening silence of the Nigerian government on the details the attack on Rann community and the casualty thereof, the United Nations (UN) has confirmed that at least eight Nigerian security personnel were killed in the attack. The UN in a statement by Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General António Guterres, also confirmed the withdrawal of […]
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