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Buratai and the human side of a military

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2018 0

Bad news spreads like wildfire. A growing body of evidence illustrates the human tendency to prioritize negative over positive news content. But why is this? “Humans may neurologically or physiologically predispose towards focusing on negative information because the potential costs of negative

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31 days after, FG rescues 104 Dapchi schoolgirls

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

…5 girls die, 2 still in Boko Haram’s captivity …This is how govt should respond – APC …PDP: No, Presidency stage-managed abduction for 2019 polls Thirty-one days after the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government on Wednesday, March 21, 2018,

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President Buhari’s politicizing Dapchi abduction-PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2018 0

…Scoring Cheap Political points The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as iniquitous, the attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to use the heartbreaking abduction of innocent schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state, to score cheap political points. The party expressed shock that President Buhari could do so right before our grief-stricken parents. The PDP also

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Senate summons IGP, COAS over abducted Dapchi schoolgirls

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2018 0

Aftermath of the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe State, the Senate on Thursday resolved to summon the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Tukur Buratai, to brief it on the breach of security leading to the incident. The IGP is to brief the Senate on […]

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PDP lampoons APC, FG over missing Dapchi School girls

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2018 0

…Says party has failed Nigerians As the Federal Government under the leadership of All Progressives Congress APC, is yet to give a good account of the missing 110 school girls of Dopchi , Yobe State kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgents, The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the ruling party to swallow it’s pride […]

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Dapchi Girls: FG extends search to Chad, Niger, Cameroon

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

The Nigerian government announced today that the search for the 110 schoolgirls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to the neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said top military and security officials on […]

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Dapchi schoolgirls abduction: PDP demands NASS probe

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the National Assembly to immediately begin full scale investigation into the circumstances leading to the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said the probe has become imperative in the […]

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Shettima visits Yobe, says ‘Dapchi attack reminds him of ‘conspiracy theories’ over Chibok’

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2018 0

Borno governor, Kashim Shettima on Sunday paid a visit to Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, where he paid courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Gaidam with his message meant to strengthen his host following recent attacks on Government Girls’ Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, headquarters of Bursari Local Government Area in Yobe State, where schoolgirls were […]

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We’ll rescue abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, Buhari assures Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2018 0

* Says abduction, a national disaster President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the families of abducted schoolgirls from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, that the federal government will do everything to rescue the students. In a statement made available on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, […]

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Yobe Senators clash over missing school girls

Ihesiulo Grace 23 February 2018 0

The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial district and his counterpart, Senator Mohammed Hassan of Yobe South Senatorial engaged each other in verbal attacks over Yobe missing school girls on Thursday. Trouble started when a point of order was raised by the former governor of Yobe, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, through order 43 […]

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No abducted schoolgirl rescued, says Yobe state governor Gaidam faulting army’s claim

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2018 0

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state has faulted the claim that the Nigerian army rescued some of the girls of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Monday, February 19. The Governor who visited Dapchi town on Thursday, according to Vanguard, said, contrary to […]

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Abduction of 94 schoolgirls: Buhari deploys military to Yobe

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2018 0

*As Minister of Defence leads delegation to Yobe President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military and other security agencies to take immediate charge and control of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, where 94 schoolgirls were said to be missing after Monday’s Boko Haram attack. He also directed the security agencies to inform him […]

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Yobe State: Panic over safety of school girls as Boko haram terrorists attack Dapchi

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2018 0

There were fears on Monday over the safety of students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS Dapchi, in Bursari local government area of Yobe State, northeast, Nigeria, over the reported presence of insurgents in the area. Ahmed Danladi, a civil servant in the local government told DAILY POST that residents, including the students, scampered […]

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Yobe state gov’t to launch recovery plan for IDPs

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2018 0

The Yobe State Government said it would launch an Integrated Recovery Plan for sustainable resettlement, reconstruction and rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. Musa Jidawa, Permanent Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, the state

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Resilience and restoring hope in Boko Haram’s theatre of war

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2018 0

Falmata caught up in the vicious cycle of life The ricochet of the Anti-aircraft gunshots tore apart the quiet night of Geidam, a resident, Falmata Shettima, was just rounding up the night prayer. Immediately she ran into the courtyard in confusion, this turned into sporadic explosions at first it sounded far, then it got closer […]

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Nigerian Army says Potiskum is Boko Haram recruitment base

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2018 0

The Nigerian Army has revealed that Boko Haram has recruiters all over the country, especially in the Northeast, adding that the group’s clearing house for such recruitment is at Potiskum in Yobe State. Potiskum, a local government in Yobe state about 234 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Boko Haram epicenter is known in the northeast for […]

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#BokoHaram attacks army base

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Online newspaper, Premium Times, is reporting that at least eight soldiers have been killed in Sasawa, a village in Damaturu LGA, Yobe State, after suspected Boko Haram gunmen launched an attack on a military base. An army spokesperson, Kayode Ogunsanya, confirmed the attack but declined details on the actual casualty. An unnamed officer told Premium […]