Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday attacked residents of Dapchi, the Yobe town where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted on February 19, 2018. A security source disclosed this, saying the insurgents have burnt the houses of some residents who fled the town. “They came in many vehicles and are patrolling the town as I speak […]
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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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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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The released Dapchi schoolgirls who were recently set free by Boko Haram insurgents have arrived the presidential villa, Abuja to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. The girls, who were freed on Wednesday, were airlifted to Abuja aboard a military plane from Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Out of the 110 pupils abducted from Government Secondary School Dapchi, […]
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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 major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls as a scam and a stage play for political purposes. Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, made the comment on Wednesday in reaction to the return of 101 schoolgirls that were abducted in Dapchi, Yobe state. The […]
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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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