Olatokunbo Adesanya, the director of public relations and information at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Sunday disclosed that additional air assets have been deployed to the north-east in search of the missing students of Government Girls’ Science Technical College in Dapchi, Borno state. A total of 110 students of the school are reportedly missing […]
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Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state has blamed the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls on the withdrawal of security personnel from communities in the state. Gaidam, who spoke with newsmen on Saturday alleged that security check points were withdrawn from Dapchi and other communities, few days before the attack, a development which he believes gave room […]
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The chairman, forum of parents of missing Dapchi girls, Bashir Manzo, said 105 girls have not been found. On Monday, suspected Boko Haram insurgents invaded Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. In the aftermath of the invasion, the school said 94 girls were missing after a roll call was taken. Ibrahim Gaidam, governor […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for the abduction of students of Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, describing the situation as a national tragedy. The president went on to state that his government is doing its best to secure their release. In a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, Buhari said he has instructed […]
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NIGERIA – Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked Nigerians to give the federal government more time to investigate the abduction of students of Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe. The government had initially said it was not sure if any student was kidnapped, but Ibrahim Gaidam, the state governor, confirmed the abduction. […]
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Some visibly angry residents of Dapchi, headquarters of Busari local government area of Yobe state, attacked Ibrahim Gaidam, governor of the state, on Thursday. They not only booed the number one citizen of the state but threw stones and dangerous objects at his convoy, resulting in the destruction of some vehicles. Gaidam had gone to […]
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Soldiers on duty around the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) have gunned down a suicide bomber, averting what would have been a tragic suicide attack. The suicide bomber, strapped with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) made his entrance through the University Printing Press but was sighted and taken out by the soldiers leading to the explosion of […]
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The Nigerian army haspromised a N3 million cash reward for credible information on the hideout of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, whom it declared a fugitive.Army spokesman, Sani Usman, a Brigadier General, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday. The Statement: The Nigerian Army will give out Three Million Naira (N3,000,000.00k) cash reward […]
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The federal high court, Kainji, Niger state, has sentenced a Boko Haram Commander, Abba Umar, to 60 years imprisonment for acts of terrorism. He was arraigned by the government on a five-count charge. At the court on Tuesday, Umar who was arrested after a failed suicide mission in Gombe in 2014, confirmed that the pictures presented […]
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Some hundreds of Boko Haram suspects were docked in Kainji, in central Nigeria on Monday, in the second phase of trials of 1669 detainees. The trial, being conducted by four judges, is inside a military formation in the town, by the side of River Niger. The suspects are allowed the services of lawyers, and those […]
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