Two girls identified to be among the remaining 98 Chibok school girls have escaped from their captors in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. Sources who spoke with Daily Trust said that the escape was a result of intense military operations in the forest. Meanwhile, following probes, a security source identified the escapees as Hauwa […]
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Nigeria’s Presidency o Wednesday revisited the issue of the abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, Borno State, stating that it has not given up on getting the girls released. It also gave an assurance that the girls may regain their freedom before long as all hands are on deck by security agencies […]
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Some of the remaining Chibok girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok local government area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria have escaped from their abductors. According to Dailypost, they escaped yesterday following attacks on some of the hideouts of the Boko Haram inside the Sambisa forest. Residents of Chibok local government were […]
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The Federal Government has assured the international community that it is working with its Swiss partners and others, on daily basis, to track and secure the release of remaining abducted Chibok Girls still in captivity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this at a briefing at the Department of African Studies, […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan says he cannot take responsibility for the kidnap of 276 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, in 2014. Jonathan had been accused of not doing enough to secure the release of the students. Speaking in an interview with BBC, the former president said Boko Haram should […]
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The governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of writing an elementary book of tales, saying he deliberately sat on facts about the abduction of Chibok girls. On Tuesday, the former president launched a book titled ‘My Transition Hours’, in which he wrote about issues concerning his administration. In a […]
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Defence spokesman, John Agim, says the report that only 15 of the 113 missing Chibok schoolgirls are alive is meant to discourage the government. Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram sect, had said majority of the girls had died in captivity. Salkida said those still alive had been […]
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Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist, formerly based in Dubai, said today that only 15 out of the remaining 113 Chibok schoolgirls, believed to be with their Boko Haram abductors are alive. He made the claim in series of tweets today, in which he provided a backgrounder to the abduction, exactly four years ago. Salkida said […]
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The federal capital territory (FCT) command of Nigeria police force has banned protests and rallies at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. Sadiq Bello, commissioner of police in the FCT, disclosed this on Friday after Deji Adeyanju, an activist, was arrested for allegedly inciting civil unrest. Adeyanju was released at 3:20pm following the intervention of Charles […]
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The Nigerian Army on Tuesday formally handed over the rescued Chibok school girl, Salomi Pogu, to the Borno Government. Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, presented two rescued girls, including Pogu, to the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, in Maiduguri. Nicholas disclosed that Pogu was rescued on Jan. 4, alongside one other […]
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