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Chibok schoolgirl who escaped from Boko Haram finds love in America

Ihesiulo Grace 25 July 2023 0

Joy Bishara, one of the schoolgirls who escaped after Boko Haram invaded Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, in 2014, recently got engaged in the United States of America. Recall that a total of 276 female students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko

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9 years on: Rescue of Chibok Girls elusive as 38 parents die waiting

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2023 0

BY ORIAKU IJELE It’s exactly 9 years since some Nigerian school girls were abducted in Chibok town, Borno State. That event, unarguably was the watershed of the PDP-led government as global condemnation trailed the government’s inability to nip such security infractions in the bud. Ingeniously, that incident set the stage for a coordinated ouster of […]

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FG commissions Chibok School after seven years of Boko Haram’s Invasion

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2021 0

By Dilibe Michael President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday officially opened the fully renovated Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state, which had previously been targeted by the dangerous Boko Haram section. The new school is now known as a ‘Government Secondary School,’ because it is coed. The attack which took place on 14th April, […]

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Chibok Girls: House moves to investigate N500m school rehabilitation fund

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2021 0

By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives on Wednesday said there is every need to investigate the 500 milion naira Chibok School rehabilitation fund. The House ecalled the unfortunate incidence of 2014 when 230 girl students of Government Secondary School Chibok were abducted by the Boko Haram sect with the School, vandalised. The abduction attracted […]

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More Chibok girls escape from Boko Haram custody

Ihesiulo Grace 29 January 2021 0

About seven years after some school girls from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok local government area, Borno State, northeast Nigeria were abducted in their dormitory, more of the missing schoolgirls are said to be returning home. Emmanuel Ogebe, a Nigerian human rights lawyer who practices in the United States and has previously worked with […]

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Presidency asks CAN to stop missinformation on Chibok, Dapchi schoolgirls’ ransom

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2020 0

The Presidency has urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to desist from disinformation which can further divide Nigerians. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. APC hails AbdulRazaq for ending era of profligacy, graft in Kwara Adesina was reacting to […]

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Habiba brings the plight of the girl-child to life on stage

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2019 0

The ordeal of one of the 276 girls kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in 2014 is the focus of the musical stage play, Habiba. The musical which will be staged at the MUSON Centre in Onikan, Lagos on November 23, seeks to draw […]

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FG budgets N360m for rescued Chibok girls

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has budgeted N360m for the “specialised education programme” of the Chibok girls rescued by the Federal Government. The information is contained in the 2020 budget proposal which was submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last Tuesday. This implies that N3.3m was budgeted for each of the […]

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2000 days after, APC, PDP trade blames over Chibok girls abduction

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2019 0

…Buhari’s reaction to Dapchi kidnapping act of responsive govt – APC …Allegations misdirected, attempt to cover corrupt cases – PDP Two thousand days after the kidnapping of 274 school girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at

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Police arrest 22 suspected Boko Haram insurgents, Chibok schoolgirls abductors

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2018 0

Operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested 22 suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram Terrorist responsible for the kidnapping of Chibok schoolgirls. The suspects, who were paraded at the Borno State Police Command on Wednesday were said to have been responsible for over 50 suicide bombings within […]

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You’ve Failed Nigerians – Bakare Tells Buhari, Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2018 0

The General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has described Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan as failures over their inability to prioritise the security and welfare of Nigerians.   The cleric stated this when he spoke at the 2nd annual Chibok girls lecture organised by the Bring Back Our […]

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Dapchi/Chibok: The tears of Sharibu, other prisoners of hope

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2018 0

…No victory until Leah Sharibu, other abductees are free – Odumakin …Nigerian state incapable of protecting citizens – JAF Understandably, rapturous enthusiasm greeted the news of the release of Dapchi schoolgirls by their abductors. For their families, it was an answer to days of fasting and prayers. Grief gave way to gaiety. Indescribable joy

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Boko Haram frees Nigerian Dapchi girls, warns parents

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2018 0

The Latest on the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls (all times local): Boko Haram militants have issued an ominous warning to the parents of the Nigerian schoolgirls after releasing the girls in the town where they were abducted a month ago. A witness in the town of Dapchi tells The Associated Press that the fighters […]

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President to US: We’re negotiating to rescue Chibok, Dapchi schoolgirls alive

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

·Tillerson assures of US’ support President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria prefers to have the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Chibok in Borno State and Dapchi in Yobe State back alive, and that was why it has chosen negotiation, rather than military option. Receiving the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, in […]

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Like Dapchi, like Chibok: Deepening misery and lost future

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

Nineteen days after about 110 students of Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi, Yobe State were herded away in trucks, panic, confusion and worry still linger over the fate of the missing schoolgirls, rehashing sordid memories of over 200 missing Chibok girls abducted in 2014 by Boko Haram elements, The Daily Times has gathered. […]

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Muslim group questions withdrawal of troops before Dapchi schoolgirls’ abduction

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2018 0

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC​) has condemned the abduction of 110 girls from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State. ​Its Director, Isha Akintola, in a statement on Monday, lamented that the incident occurred after troops were asked to leave the area. It expressed worry by the similarity in coincidental circumstances in the […]

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Reconstruction of GSS Chibok to gulps N1.05bn – PCNI

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2018 0

The reconstruction of Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State which was razed down by the Boko Haram sect after about 200 school children were abducted in 2014, will cost the Federal government N1.05 billion Naira. This was made known by the Vice Chairman Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI) Tijjani Tumsah during the weekend […]

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Once Upon a Time before Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

“When it comes to value, no one talks a better game than those in communications. It’s our business, after all. But when it comes to measuring leadership competencies and effectiveness, nothing speaks louder than the bottom line.” Anonymous The above analogy perfectly fits the Nigerian state under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Quote me […]

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Chibok, Sambisa and the struggle for Liberation

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2017 0

The various crises affecting different parts of the country have created a vast humanitarian crisis… The challenge before the nation is the reconstruction of the Nigerian State and the placement of the safety and welfare of Nigerians at the centre of the governance agenda. Let 2017 be the year in which the reconstruction of the […]

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More abducted women, children sighted in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2016 0

AS a result of the massive pounding of the Sambisa by the Nigerian Air force, several women and children are being released weekly between the headquarters of Bama town and the boundary areas around Kumshi and Banki.    Some of the women claimed they were from Kodomos, Koka Kura, Gulumba, Hurnyu, Tarmura Kura and many […]