Tag Archives: Dapchi

Tayo Olanipekun Negotiations for release of Leah Sharibu may be futile once she gets pregnant in Boko Haram captivity, a journalist with sources among the insurgents has said. Even when Sharibu, the remaining of the Dapchi girls, held for her Christian faith, gives birth, she cannot be separated with her baby until the child turns seven, the journalist, Ahmad Salkida, …

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Tayo Olanipekun A senior Boko Haram figure, Mamman Nur, has been reportedly killed by some of his own colleagues. Nur’s men allegedly shot and killed him on August 21, following an internal dispute, according to sources quoted by the Voice of America (VOA). Reports of the killing have just trickled out in the last few days. An Islamist scholar, Gyade …

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–Wants Urgent Action For Hungry IDP Children In Middle Belt   A child’s right and developmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has called for the immediate release of abducted school girl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. In a statement in Lagos, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), while reacting to the recent report of an audio recording …

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Tayo Olanipekun Nigerian security forces ignored at least five calls made by members of the community to alert the military of the Presence of Boko Haram around Dapchi before 110 school girls were abducted by the militant group, Amnesty International has said. Around 2pm on February 19, the first call was made to the army command in Geidam, 54km from …

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