The Federal Government on Thursday insisted that it did not pay any ransom to secure the release of the Dapchi girls released last March by Boko Haram. In a statement issued in Ilorin, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed challenged anyone who has any evidence of payment to publish it. The minister […]
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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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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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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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With a strong conviction that the Abu Musab Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the abduction of Dapchi School Girls, a respected North-East human rights activist, popularly called Mama Boko Haram, Barrister Aisha Alkali Wakil has appealed to the abductors to release the young female captives. Aisha Wakil, a former member of […]
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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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