April 14, 2021 marked the 7th anniversary of the abduction of 276 school students from the Government Girls College, Chibok in Borno Sate by Boko Haram. Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents had on April 14, 2014 stormed the school facilities and taken away over 276 schoolgirls, an incident that brought confusion in the…
As government secured the released of 333 kidnapped boys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State yesterday, the President has commended the security personnel, Katsina and Zamfara State governments for their spirit of partnership. President Muhammadu Buhari described their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community.…
Recently, the media (both local and international) was awashed with news of the release of 21 Chibok girls out of the over 200 reported to have been abducted by the dreaded Boko Haram Sect. While jubilations and mixed feelings trailed this development, it is pertinent for one to critically bare his minds on some of…
Twenty-one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram group have regained freedom on Thursday. The girls were dropped off at the Banki area of Borno State and were taken into custody of the DSS by the Nigerian military. The federal government confirmed the release of the 21 girls to the…
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has commended Nigeria’s gallant soldiers and the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the efforts so far in the battle against insurgency; a scourge of the nation, and his unwavering effort in rescuing the 219 girls abducted from the Federal Government Girls College in Chibok. CACOL’s commendation is coming…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured parents and relations of the kidnapped Chibok girls that he frequently reflects on the ordeal of the captives in the hands of Boko Haram terrorists and shares the pain of their continued absence from home. The President made this known in a statement issued by one of his media aides,…
boko haram According to BBC Hausa Service, members of the dreadful Boko Haram group have attacked Chibok town in Borno State again after they first attacked the quiet town in April 2014. At the April 15 invasion of the town, the insurgents kidnapped over 200 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno…
Barely 48 hours after news went viral that the Nigerian government and Boko Haram Islamic sect have sealed an agreement to end ceasefire in north east Nigeria, members of the deadly group have launched an attack in Borno, which has claimed several lives, according to latest reports. It was gathered that the group stormed Maikadiri…
Former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram Islamic sect. News of the agreement was widely reported in the Nigerian media, including Aproko247, though a known contact with the group, Ahmad Salkida, doubted the credibility of the development. Atiku took to his Twitter…
Contrary to reports that the Presidency gave parents of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls the sum of N100m after they visited President Goodluck Jonathan last week, the leadership of the Kibaku Area Development Association, KADA, the group representing the Chibok community in Abuja, has claimed only N22.4 million was given to the guests. Addressing the media…