However, the fact that the troops are in Chad and not Nigeria again raises question marks over how the West sees the Nigerian military
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All of this is happening because we have a government that is insensitive
If there is no objection by the 15-member council committee, which operates by consensus, Boko Haram will be sanctioned at 7pm Nigerian time on Thursday, the council diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity
This was contained in a statement released in Abuja on Monday and signed by the Administrator of the Forum, Osaro Onaiwu
Garbai made the statements in his palace in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, while receiving members of the Presidential Fact-finding Committee on the Abduction of close to 300 schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State
“I want to reaffirm that as we sit here, patrols are ongoing on land and air in the entire north-east with special focus on where we believe that we need to secure our girls,” he said
The cesation of hostilities, Uduaghan said, would be in the interest of the nation’s educational and health sectors that are fast decaying, especially in the Northern part of the country
As the world continues to give its support to the Federal Government for the safe return of the abducted Chibok…
It has also emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan has banned all his ministers and presidential spokespersons from commenting on any issue relating to the campaign by the Federal Government to rescue the girls
The Summit concluded with several decisions that will strengthen cooperation between regional States, both to enable the liberation of the abducted school girls and more generally to combat Boko Haram
AN reports that some South African women staged a rally in Johannesburg on Saturday calling for the release of the abducted female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State
Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, and the Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Mike Omeri, on Friday denied the report in the media that the President was scheduled to visit Chibok, 32 days after the abduction of the girls
Jonathan has been criticized for not visiting the town since the incident
The Chairperson of the forum, Dooshima Suswan, described the abduction of the girls as cowardly, inhuman and uncivil
Jonathan was reacting to a video release by the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, that the girls would only be freed if the government released its members arrested during various operations by the military
The governor’s wife, who announced the death of the woman during the prayer session, said one other woman who sustained injuries, was receiving treatment at a hospital
Mike Omeri, the Coordinator, National Information Centre, said this at a joint news conference by the Department of State Service, the Military and the Nigerian Police Force in Abuja
Turaki – who is special duties minister and chairman of a committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to find ways of reaching agreement with Boko Haram – said that Shekau should send people he trusted to meet the standing committee on reconciliation
According to the statement, the decision to hold the national prayer became necessary following the growing concern about the security situation in the country
If the Senate approves President Jonathan’s request, it would be the second extension of the emergency rule in the three states