Tag: Dapchi

As Nigeria votes, family and churches urge candidates to remember Christian teen Leah Sharibu

February 21, 2019 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Women, Yobe

Leah Sharibu was 14 when she was abducted, Feb 19, 2018

One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have called on presidential candidates to tell Nigerians how they plan to secure her release. “We are urging the political parties and their candidates that . . . Read More

Nigeria elections: Whomever wins, Christians hope for justice and security

February 15, 2019 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Elections, Fulani herdsmen, Leah Sharibu, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Yobe

Burned church in a village in Nigeria's southern Kaduna after an attack by suspected Fulani gunmen. Violence attributed to militant herdsmen in Nigeria reached a record high last year. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

As Nigerians are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president, Boko Haram has been stepping up attacks in the northeast of the country, making it difficult if not impossible for people to vote. On Tuesday, 12 February, the Islamist militants attacked Madagali town, Gulak, Magar . . . Read More

Kidnapped Nigerian Christian girl Leah Sharibu’s home burgled

September 12, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Children, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Women, Yobe

Leah Sharibu, 14, was abducted by Boko Haram on 19 February 2018. (Photo from family)

The home of the kidnapped Nigerian teenager Leah Sharibu was broken into on Monday morning, 10 September. Leah’s mother was taking her only son to school, when thieves stole food and other belongings, including a generator, reports Nigerian news site The Cable. Leah, 15, was abducted from her school in . . . Read More

Parents seek global petitions to Nigerian President to ‘#BringBackOurLeah’

September 3, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Children, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Women, Yobe

The parents of the Nigerian Christian girl held by Boko Haram say they have renewed hope that she might safely return home after a short audio recording her kidnappers released last week. In the 35-second recording, Leah Sharibu is heard asking for help for her family and herself, calling on . . . Read More

Nigeria: Kidnapped Leah Sharibu calls on president for help

August 29, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Children, Dapchi, Kidnapping, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Women

Leah Sharibu, the Christian teenager abducted by an Islamist group in February, has asked Nigeria’s president to intervene and help facilitate her release. In a 35-second audio recording, obtained by Ahmad Salkida for Nigerian newspaper The Cable, she asks for help for her family and herself. “I also plead to . . . Read More

Nigeria denies paying ransom for Dapchi girls’ release from Boko Haram

August 20, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Dapchi, Fulani herdsmen, Nigeria, UN

Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen have between them claimed at least 26,000 lives in northeast Nigeria since 2009, says the UN, as Nigerian newspaper This Day reports. According to a UN representative in Nigeria, civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict, through widespread displacement, abuse and violations of . . . Read More

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

Fulani violence against Nigeria Christians hits record high

May 25, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Catholics, Children, Dapchi, Education, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Lagos, Leah Sharibu, Nasarawa, Nigeria, Plateau, Taraba

Catholics protest in Kaduna state on 22 May, 2018.

Violence attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria has reached a record high this year. The Governor of the central state of Benue said this week that 492 people have been killed in his state alone so far this year. Governor Samuel Ortom was speaking 22 May at the mass . . . 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

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