President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,has condemned the killing of Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa the humanitarian worker from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) by Boko Haram terrorists. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media & Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki stated that the killing of aid workers represents a new low by Boko Haram insurgents, while calling for immediate action by the military to ensure that Leah Sharibu and the other two Red Cross workers still in Boko Haram’s captivity…
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Lai Mohammed Lied — UN Report Reveals FG Made ‘Large Ransom Payment’ To Boko Haram For Dapchi Girls
The Nigerian government made a “large ransom payment” to Boko Haram in exchange for more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in Dapchi, Yobe State in February, the 22nd report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the United Nations’ Security Council has revealed. Boko Haram abducted 110 Dapchi girls on February 18, 2018, but 104 were released on March 21, five having died in captivity, and one, Leah Sharibu, remaining in captivity for clinging on to her Christian faith. There were multiple reports at the…
Dapchi Girls: Exclusive Document Shows Nigerian Military Knew Of Boko Haram’s Plan To Carry Out Mass Abductions In Yobe, But Withdrew Troops
New evidence showing that the Nigerian military was informed that Boko Haram was planning mass abductions in Yobe State has emerged. A document obtained by SaharaReporters indicated that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) was notified by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) of plans by Boko Haram militants to carry out a massive attack in February. The confidential memo dated February 6, 2018, and titled “Plans By BHT To Carry Out Massive Attacks In Maiduguri And Damaturu” was signed by Brigadier-General EA Adeniyi, he stated that intelligence gathered by the agency indicated…
Dapchi 110: The tragedy of a nation by Reuben Abati
Karma is a bitch. Poetic justice is a bastard. Both have combined to wrong-foot the incumbent Buhari administration to make it look like a big mistake and an act of misjudgment by the Nigerian electorate. If Buhari had been disallowed from taking power in 2015, and those who advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to give a damn had their way, and Jonathan had remained in power and all the current problems had surfaced, it would have been said by Nigerians that Goodluck Jonathan truncated Nigeria’s destiny. In 2015, the refrain,…
EU Condemns Dapchi School Attack
The European Union EU has condemned the recent Boko Haram attack on Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi ,Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State where One hundred and five girls got missing. In a statement by Press Officer of EU Abuja office, Modestus Chukwulaka , the EU extended its solidarity with the affected families and the people of Nigeria. EU said “Targeting children and abducting young girls as they seek to attend school is an attack on our common humanity.” The girls deserve freedom and a chance to shape their own future. The…