Tag: Chibok girls

Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his ‘kith and kin’ – Christian Association of Nigeria

August 2, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dapchi, Fulani herdsmen, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership is more divided than at any time in the country’s history, the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Adamawa State chapter has declared in a letter sent to him yesterday (1 August). Condemning the “mindless massacre” of the predominantly Christian farming communities by Fulani herdsmen, CAN . . . Read More

‘Please wish her happy birthday’ – missing Chibok girl’s mother

June 14, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Yobe

For the 20th birthday of one of the missing Chibok girls, her mother has sent a plea: “Please wish her a happy birthday and remember her in your prayers,” CNN reports. The mother of Dorcas Yakubu – kidnapped by Boko Haram from a boarding school in Nigeria’s north-western town of . . . Read More

Nigeria: Leah Sharibu’s 15th birthday passes in captivity

May 15, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Hijab, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Yobe

The single remaining Nigerian teenager still being held captive by Boko Haram following a raid on her school in February had her 15th birthday yesterday (14 May) in captivity, reported Nigeria’s Premium Times. Leah Sharibu was the only Christian taken when the militant Islamist group abducted 110 girls during a . . . Read More

97 missing Chibok girls feared dead

April 16, 2018 Nigeria Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Pictures of 82 girls freed in 2017; 112 are still un-accounted for

After relatives and activists commemorated on Saturday the 4th anniversary of the Chibok girls’ kidnapping, there are now fears that many of over 100 girls still missing will never return home. Of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram on 14 April 2014, 57 escaped, 107 were rescued or . . . Read More

Chibok abductions: ‘We are bitter, 112 girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram’

April 13, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Christian Association of Nigeria, Nigeria

Saturday 14 April will mark the fourth anniversary of the abduction of 276 girls from a secondary boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok. At least 165 of them were believed to be Christian, according to a list of names and a statement released by the Christian Association of . . . Read More

Nigerian president assures UK archbishop of efforts to secure release of Christian girl

April 12, 2018 Nigeria Chibok girls, Commonwealth, Dapchi, Delta State, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic State, Justin Welby, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari received Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at Nigeria's High Commission in London on 11 April 2018. (Photo: Facebook)

Following a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has said his government is working “quietly” to secure the release of a teenage Christian girl kidnapped by Boko Haram. Archbishop Justin Welby, as well as Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Nigerian Archbishop Dr Josiah . . . Read More

104 Dapchi girls back home, but fate of Christian unknown

March 26, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Education, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Yobe

(From left) Zahra Bukar, 13, Fatima Abdu, 14, Fatima Abdulkarim, 15 and Yagana Mustapha, 15, were released by Boko Haram after they were abducted from their school in Dapchi, in February 2018. (Photo: AMINU ABUBAKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

The more than 100 schoolgirls released four days ago by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria were returned to their families yesterday (25 March), the BBC reports. Immediately after their release they were flown to the capital, Abuja, for medical and security screening, and to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. Meanwhile . . . Read More

Fears of ‘another Chibok’ after Boko Haram school attack

February 22, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Islamic extremism, Kidnapping, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Yobe

Some of the 21 girls who were released in October 2016. (Photo: Open Doors International)

Fears are growing that the girls still missing after Boko Haram attacked a boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Yobe on Monday night (19 February) have been taken by the militant group. The attack comes almost four years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a boarding school in Chibok, . . . Read More

Boko Haram leader allowed to walk free – BBC

February 20, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Nigeria

The leader of the radical Islamic group, Boko Haram, was allowed to walk away as the army took over the militants’ main camp in the Sambisa Forest in north-east Nigeria earlier this month, the BBC has revealed. Abubakar Shekau, the country’s most-wanted man, has been designated a terrorist by the . . . Read More

Nigeria: First conviction over Chibok girls kidnapping

February 13, 2018 Nigeria Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Potiskum

A man involved in the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria in 2014 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Haruna Yahaya, 35, is the first member of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram to be sentenced for playing a part in the mass abduction, the BBC . . . Read More

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