President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, where Boko Haram insurgents abducted 110 students last month. President Buhari in company of Ibrahim Gaidam, governor of the state, who had earlier visited the school. In Dapchi, Buhari reassured parents of the abducted schoolgirls that the Federal Government will […]
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The Abu Musab al-Banarwi faction of Boko Haram has allegedly confirmed the safety of kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls. Aisha Wakil, a human rights activist with link to the boko haram sect, made this claim to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. Wakil claimed the al-Barnawi faction telephoned her, confirming it had the girls. “They are even […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has set up a 12-member panel to probe the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, GGSTC, in Dapchi, Yobe State. The Committee will be inaugurated today, Wednesday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued […]
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The federal government of Nigeria, on Tuesday released the names and details of the missing 110 girls following the attack on Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, who disclosed this in a statement, said Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, has convened a committee to be chaired […]
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According to Daily Trust,some of the students kidnapped from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, have been taken to Niger Republic. Quoting a source it described as credible, the newspaper said the girls were split into two groups; with some kept in Borno state. The Musa Albarnawi faction of Boko Haram is suspected of being behind the kidnap. The […]
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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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The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on Monday (19 Feb. 2018). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the figure […]
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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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The government of Yobe State has released a statement, saying some of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi in Yobe have been rescued by the army, Wednesday night. They were rescued at Jilli-Muwarti, a border village between Gaidam in Yobe state and Borno State. It is still unclear […]
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