Tag: Muhammadu Buhari

Lake Chad Basin crisis to dominate African Union Summit

June 27, 2017 Addis Ababa, African Union, Benin, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, Lake Chad, Maiduguri, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger, Nigeria

As the 29th African Union (AU) Summit begins today (27 June), one of the major talking points will be the “now-major conflict zone” of the Lake Chad Basin, writes Omar S Mahmood, analyst at The Institute for Security Studies. The UN has described the situation in north-eastern Nigeria – one . . . Read More

UPDATE: New video by Boko Haram claims some Chibok schoolgirls chose not to be rescued

May 15, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari

Fathers identify their kidnapped daughters. shown in a Nigerian newspaper, in September 2015. Photo courtesy Open Doors.

Boko Haram released a video on Friday (12 May) claiming to show Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of last week’s swap deal that saw 82 girls freed by the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a girl dressed in a veil and holding a gun says . . . Read More

Chibok parents relieved: ‘Grace is out!’

May 11, 2017 Nigeria Chibok girls, Gwoza, Muhammadu Buhari, Trauma, West Africa

Some of the girls who were released from Boko Haram captivity on Saturday. They are still being held in a centre in Abuja for screening and rehabilitation. Photo: Getty Images

The 82 Chibok girls who were released on 6 May by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, have not returned to their families yet, but are held in a centre in the capital Abuja for screening and rehabilitation. However, Peter Pogu, father of one of the girls, was overjoyed . . . Read More

500 children taken by Boko Haram from one northern Nigeria city

April 28, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Damasak, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Refugees, Women

As thousands of refugees return home to northern Nigeria, they are discovering with dismay the scale of devastation left by Boko Haram. In Damasak (Borno State), a city once occupied by the Islamist extremists, hundreds of children are missing. Most of them were seized by Boko Haram in autumn 2014. . . . Read More

Good Friday marks 3 years of agony for Chibok parents

April 13, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari

For the families of the 195 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitories three years ago tomorrow (14 April 2014), grief and despair have been compounded by fear, as the perpetrators of their agony continue to terrorise their town and carry out further abductions with impunity. Since Boko Haram jihadists abducted . . . Read More

Polygamy creates terrorists, says Nigerian Emir

February 22, 2017 Nigeria Borno, Chibok girls, Education, Kano, Katsina, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Rape, Terrorism, Women

One of Nigeria’s most prominent Muslim leaders has suggested that polygamy among the poor should be banned, saying that having masses of uneducated, poor children leads to terrorism. Muhammad Sanusi, the Emir of the northern state of Kano, who has four wives, said that polygamy itself is not wrong, but . . . Read More

Christians in Nigeria’s Jigawa State cry out as authorities begin church demolition

January 23, 2017 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Dutse, ECWA, Jigawa, Katsina, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sharia

Anxiety is high among Christian communities in Nigeria’s northern state of Jigawa after authorities began demolishing church buildings in Dutse, the state capital. On 11 January, bulldozers, escorted by security forces, reduced to rubble the Redeem Christian Church of God and the Lord Chosen Church. They arrived at the Redeem . . . Read More

UPDATE: Army recovers 24th Chibok kidnap victim

January 5, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Trauma

The released 21 Chibok girls met President Buhari – seen here with Vice President Osinbajo – at his villa in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, 19 Oct.The Office of the President Update 5 Jan. 2017: The Nigerian Army says it has discovered another woman who kidnapped nearly three years ago from . . . Read More

Nigerian Human Rights Commission calls on President to stop ‘callous’ Kaduna killings

January 5, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Muhammadu Buhari

The Nigerian National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to the ongoing deadly attacks committed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in southern Kaduna.

UPDATE: Another Chibok schoolgirl escapes with baby

November 7, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Trauma

The released 21 Chibok girls met President Buhari – seen here with Vice President Osinbajo – at his villa in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, 19 Oct.The Office of the President A Nigerian Government spokesman, Sani Usman, told media another girl, believed to be one of the nearly 300 Chibok school . . . Read More

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