Leah Sharibu at 16: Sadly, it doesn’t look like the government wants her back

It’s Leah Sharibu‘s 16th birthday today. Leah, the only teenager yet to be returned among the 105 students kidnapped on February 19, 2017, by the Islamic West African Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram during its raid on the Government Girls Science and Technology College, Dapchi-Yobe, has been in captivity for the last 449... Read More

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boko haram, Dapchi, Dapchi Girls abduction, ISWAP, Leah Sharibu

October 28, 2018

The Big 5: “Boko Haram wants N100bn for Leah Sharibu;” 5 Shi’ites reportedly killed in clash with soldiers | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Fifty-seven Chibok school girls being held by Boko Haram have been reportedly sighted in Garin Magaji and Garin Mallam villages of Marwa in Northern Cameroon, Daily Trust reports. According to the Chairman of Chibok Girls Parents Association, Yakubu Nkenke, “seven of the abducted Chibok girls are living in... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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October 4, 2018

The Big 5: Buhari calls Leah Sharibu’s mum; Dogara, Suswam secure PDP House of Reps and Senate tickets | More stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari has called the mother of Leah Sharibu, the last of the 110 Dapchi school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in February, Rebecca, consoled with the family and “assured the parents that the Federal Government would do its utmost best for the safety and security... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Akinlade Adekunle, Bko Haram, Dapchi, Dapo Abiodun, Edem Duke, Gabriel Suswam, John Odey, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Ovie Omo-Agege, Rebecca Sharibu, Yakubu Dogara

September 7, 2018

The Big 5: Protesters in London demand Leah Sharibu’s release, CBN debits 4 banks N5.87bn over capital importation policy | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: An advocacy group, Church World Service, on Thursday, staged a protest outside the Nigerian High Commission in London, demanding the release of Leah Sharibu, the last among 110 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi in Yobe on February 19.... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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August 19, 2018

The UN’s report on Dapchi girls shows Nigerians are being lied to

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. The above statement from the Bible aptly describes the current relationship between Nigerian leaders and the citizenry. Nigerians are fed with deceit almost on a daily basis from those in authority. On February 19, 2018, Boko Haram terrorists abducted one hundred and ten schoolgirls from... Read More

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August 17, 2018

The YNaija Cover – the 17th of August

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Dapchi ransom payment: Lai Mohammed’s integrity & the costs of cash to security Samuel Ogundipe’s arrest proves the police won’t obey Osinbajo’s SARS directive

Cover Stories, Featured

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May 22, 2018

The Late 5: ‘Dapchi schoolgirls refuse to resume due to security fears’; Donald Trump says summit with Kim Jong-un may be postponed and other stories

The Cardinal of the Abuja Catholic Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has called on Nigerians to rise above religious, political and ethnic divides to save the country from drifting into anarchy. Onaiyekan gave the advice on Tuesday during a sermon for the burial of two catholic priests; Rev Frs. Felix Tyolaha and Joseph Gor, at Ayati,... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Abayomi Olonisakin, benue state, Dapchi, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Mohammed Lamin, Ovie Omo-Agege

May 15, 2018

LONG READ: What the #BringBackOurGirls movement says about all of us

For four years since 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped in a federal government secondary school in Chibok, Borno by Boko Haram terrorists, a group of concerned Nigerians have gathered under the aegis of the #BringBackOurGirls group to force pressure on the government and its officials to do right by the citizens they serve. The #BBOG movement... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, The Cutting Floor

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May 14, 2018

The Late 5: Leah Sharibu marks 15th birthday in Boko Haram’s custody, Pregnant New Zealand PM reveals plans after birth and other stories

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: Nathan Sharibu, father of Leah Sharibu, the last abductee of Boko Haram militants from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, has accused the Federal Government of keeping quiet over her continuous captivity. “It is very sad and the family is very weak. The... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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March 25, 2018

Dangote’s UNshakeable table; the Nigerian woman who invented bomb detectors | See the top viral tweets from last week

Viral tweets just make Twitter utterly delightful; so we thought to curate our top 10 (there’s a bonus and then some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More

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March 24, 2018

#Dapchigirls: MURIC finally dropped its beef with CAN and did the right thing

The relationship between the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has been a suspicious and not a cordial one. Since it’s establishment, time and time they’ve come for each other’s jugular as it relates to issues relating to the polity and they’ve always had a religious dimension to their views... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

CAN, Dapchi, MURIC

March 22, 2018

[The Activism Blog] #Dapchigirls: Amnesty International accuse nigerian security forces of complicity

The last has not been heard about the unfortunate abduction of 110 girls at federal government girls college Dapchi Yobe state as the Federal government is not giving the necessary updates to Nigerians about its efforts in securing the release. However global human right watchdog Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian security forces especially the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Amnesty International, Dapchi, Nigerian Army

March 21, 2018

YNaija Says: How do you finance a terrorist organization? With the lives of teenage girls

Over the last month, many Nigerians had to relive a nightmare we were promised we would never experience again. Armed gunmen affiliated to the religious terrorist group Boko Haram, drove into the town of Dapchi in Yobe state and abducted 110 girls from a secondary school. As a nation, we watched in horror as the... Read More

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March 15, 2018

Its been four years since the Chibok girls were kidnapped, but for BBOG the job isn’t done yet

One of the most active civil rights group post independence Nigeria is the Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG) the group which came to international consciousness after the unfortunate kidnap of the Chibok girls in Borno state four years ago. After consistently protesting the then Goodluck Jonathan’s refusal to address the abduction of the girls,... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#BBOG, Dapchi, nigeria

February 27, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] The Dapchi kidnapping, proves yet again that Buhari’s government is a sham

As it was in 2014 with the kidnap of the Chibok girls, so it is in 2018 with the Dapchi girls. The nation received the news of the kidnap of some students at Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi, Yobe, on Monday, February 19, 2018. According to residents who spoke to the press, the attackers believed... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Dapchi, nigeria, yobe

February 26, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] Buhari is failing the #DapchiGirls just like Jonathan did #ChibokGirls

Just like his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari has shown early signs of non-commitment to the release of the abducted 110 girls from Government Girls Secondary School Dapchi, Yobe. At the wake of the Chibok girls kidnap in 2014 the former administration spent a lot of time speculating on whether the abduction truly took... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Buhari, Dapchi, nigeria

February 23, 2018

The Late 5: Buhari apologises for attack on Dapchi school, El-Rufai sues Shehu Sani, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his apology for the attack on Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, which led to the abduction of its students in Yobe State. Buhari apologised in a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He described... Read More

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Leah Sharibu at 16: Sadly, it doesn’t look like the government wants her back

The Big 5: “Boko Haram wants N100bn for Leah Sharibu;” 5 Shi’ites reportedly killed in clash with soldiers | More stories

The Big 5: Buhari calls Leah Sharibu’s mum; Dogara, Suswam secure PDP House of Reps and Senate tickets | More stories

The Big 5: Protesters in London demand Leah Sharibu’s release, CBN debits 4 banks N5.87bn over capital importation policy | More stories

The UN’s report on Dapchi girls shows Nigerians are being lied to

The YNaija Cover – the 17th of August

The Late 5: ‘Dapchi schoolgirls refuse to resume due to security fears’; Donald Trump says summit with Kim Jong-un may be postponed and other stories

LONG READ: What the #BringBackOurGirls movement says about all of us

The Late 5: Leah Sharibu marks 15th birthday in Boko Haram’s custody, Pregnant New Zealand PM reveals plans after birth and other stories

Dangote’s UNshakeable table; the Nigerian woman who invented bomb detectors | See the top viral tweets from last week

#Dapchigirls: MURIC finally dropped its beef with CAN and did the right thing

[The Activism Blog] #Dapchigirls: Amnesty International accuse nigerian security forces of complicity

YNaija Says: How do you finance a terrorist organization? With the lives of teenage girls

Its been four years since the Chibok girls were kidnapped, but for BBOG the job isn’t done yet

[The Injustice Blog] The Dapchi kidnapping, proves yet again that Buhari’s government is a sham

[The Injustice Blog] Buhari is failing the #DapchiGirls just like Jonathan did #ChibokGirls

The Late 5: Buhari apologises for attack on Dapchi school, El-Rufai sues Shehu Sani, and other top stories

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