During the operations, the troops killed 35 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered several arms and ammunitions and other items
Browsing: Chibok schoolgirls
This news was broken by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Usman Sani, in a statement late on Thursday
This is the first of the Chibok girls to be rescued since their capture two years ago
He said Nigeria must be at the forefront for the rescue of the girls
About 15 girls featured in the video released to local officials on Tuesday, saying they were from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok and pleading with the Nigerian government to cooperate with Boko Haram on their release
‘We have also made arrangements for other stakeholders to view the photos at the MMF office in Abuja as we are yet to ascertain how the girl came to describe herself as one of the missing Chibok girls’
The girl’s health condition had delayed her movement to the far north regional capital of Cameroon, Maroua, as earlier planned
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President stated this on Tuesday in Paris, France while responding to questions from members of the Nigerian community in France under the auspices of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization
Buhari said this when he featured in a CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour
President Jonathan was represented at the meeting by Mohammed Wakil
Soyinka spoke in Lagos at a youths programme titled: “Vision of the Child”
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
The girls were captured by members of Boko Haram on February 14, 2014
While the scammers created a fake account on social media network, Facebook, for Ochekpe, they issued a statement from the email box of Abati, quoting him as saying President Goodluck Jonathan had revealed the location of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls
Seven fathers of kidnapped girls were among 51 bodies brought to Chibok hospital after an attack on the nearby village of Kautakari this month, said a health worker who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals by the extremists
But addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Dauda Iliya, the spokesperson of Chibok community in Abuja, under the umbrella of Kibaku (Chibok) Area Development Association, said the visit of the parents of the kidnapped girls to Abuja was on the invitation of Malala and not Jonathan
The residents and the security source said 20 militants were killed by local vigilantes who fought back, but this could not be confirmed as witnesses said the raiders carried off their dead in their trucks
Malala, who commenced a three-day visit to Nigeria on Saturday, celebrated her 17th birthday in Abuja at a dinner held in her honour
He warned politicians to stop taking advantage of poor in the society, especially the youths, to perpetrate evil, even as he urged the youths to summon courage to challenge politicians to get their children to execute their “dirty jobs”
Alhaji Abubakar also called on Muslim lawyers to offer free legal services to detained Boko Haram suspects so as to ensure freedom for those who are not connected with the deadly sect