It’s been over two years since Boko Haram abducted Leah Sharibu, the Christian teenager among over 100 other girls abducted by the insurgents from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe on February 19, 2018. While other girls were returned by the notorious group, Leah has been kept in captivity because she... Read More

August 17, 2018

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Dapchi ransom payment: Lai Mohammed’s integrity & the costs of cash to security

In March, Government Ombusdman Lai Mohammed described the return of the kidnapped Dapchi girls as being due to some sort of “moral burden” on the part of the girls’ abductors who had violated a ceasefire they supposedly agreed to. The Information Minister made the statement at the time of the release of the 104 girls... Read More

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Dapchi girls, lai mohammed, ransom, UN

August 17, 2018

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The Big 5: FG dismisses UN report on ransom paid for #DapchiGirls, declares Aug 21 and 22 public holidays | Other stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today: A report by the United Nations (UN) has claimed that the federal government paid huge ransom for the release of Dapchi school girls kidnapped in February. As stated in paragraph 43 of the 25-page report, signed by the Coordinator, Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, Edmund... Read More

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Abdulrahman Dambazau, Dapchi girls, Jimoh Moshood, lai mohammed, Mahmoud Yakubu, Nigeria police, Samuel Ogundipe

March 25, 2018

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The Late 5: Dapchi girls reunite with families, Atiku pledges 40 per cent appointments to the youth, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The released Dapchi girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents were reunited with their families on Sunday. The girls arrived aboard five buses in the town of Dapchi, in Yobe state, where they were greeted by their parents at the boarding school where they were snatched on... Read More

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Atiku, Dapchi girls, The Late 5

March 25, 2018

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“I am jubilating because my daughter did not renounce Christ” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

Joy and relief, puzzles and subsisting fear were the emotions with which we began the past week following the Dapchi girls’ return. That event and others gave us the top ten quotes from the week: Nata Sharibu 104 of the kidnapped girls from Dapchi were returned. Five died and one, Leah Sharibu, was retained by... Read More

Thinking Through

Dapchi girls, lai mohammed, security

March 24, 2018

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#DapchiGirls: Much ado about a defeated Boko Haram

Nigeria is a conundrum. A complicated entity with competing interests. A country in which its constituent parts have differing agendas steeped in mutual suspicious of one another. Bogged down by the resource curse, the quest for power and dominance is bloodthirsty. The attempt to control the state apparatus puts ethnic nationalities at each others throat.... Read More

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boko haram, Buhari, Dapchi girls, nigeria

March 21, 2018

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The Late 5: FG confirms release of Dapchi girls, INEC announces date for commencement of Melaye’s recall process, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has confirmed that Boko Haram terrorists have released 91 girls and a boy abducted from Dapchi, Yobe state. Mohammed disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. The All Progressives Congress has hailed the Federal Government... Read More

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Dapchi girls, dino melaye, lai mohammed, The Late 5

March 21, 2018

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Dapchi girls return, but five are dead: Here is what we know and want to know

The Presidency has confirmed that at least 101 of the 110 girls abducted from a secondary school in Dapchi Yobe state on the 19th of February this year have been returned. Various local and international media reported from early Wednesday morning that the abductors had returned the school girls to the Dapchi school premises from... Read More

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boko haram, Dapchi girls, security

March 18, 2018

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“My daughter wants to be the next Emir and she’s disappointed…” “I am quite surprised” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

From the world’s top diplomat lost his job after visiting Nigeria and president Buhari shedding tears at Dapchi to Snapchat’s disgraceful publicity stunt and the fallout from the Champions League, the past week gave us stirring events for stirring quotes. Here are ten of them: Muhammadu Buhari The Nigerian president was at Benue and received... Read More

Thinking Through

Buhari, Dapchi girls, Rihanna, soyinka, Top 10 quotes

March 2, 2018

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The Late 5: Human rights activist says Dapchi girls are safe, Police deny attempt to arrest Melaye, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has issued an ultimatum to contractors handling the National Housing Project in Ekiti State. Fashola asked the contractors handling the 70 housing units, to deliver by June. He spoke on Friday in Ado Ekiti... Read More

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Dapchi girls, dino melaye, Hman rights activist, Late 5

February 27, 2018

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The Late 5: FG sets up committee to investigate missing Dapchi girls, APC extends Oyegun’s tenure, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld assent on the Peace Corps of Nigeria establishment bill recently passed by the National Assembly. The rejection was contained in a communication to the legislature on Tuesday. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara read the letter to members... Read More

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Dapchi girls, FG, John Oyegun, The Late 5

February 27, 2018

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Festus Keyamo is choking on explaining the Dapchi kidnap, and it is not even funny

When one has made much of a bad situation in the past and same events recur under a favoured reign, speaking new words becomes a meticulous conscience-throbbing art. Mr Festus Keyamo, a reputable Nigerian lawyer, is currently undergoing this and it is safe to say it is not going well. In the wake of the... Read More

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boko haram, Buhari, Chibok girls, Dapchi girls, Nigeria'security gaps

February 23, 2018

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Today’s Noisemakers: Bisi Alimi, Ben Murray-Bruce on #DapchiGirls, Uche Maduagwu, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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Aisha Yesufu, Ben Murray Bruce, Bisi Alimi, Dapchi girls, Today's Noisemakers, Uche Maduagwu

Forgotten in captivity? Leah Sharibu marks 17th birthday at Boko Haram camp

Dapchi ransom payment: Lai Mohammed’s integrity & the costs of cash to security

The Big 5: FG dismisses UN report on ransom paid for #DapchiGirls, declares Aug 21 and 22 public holidays | Other stories

The Late 5: Dapchi girls reunite with families, Atiku pledges 40 per cent appointments to the youth, and other top stories

“I am jubilating because my daughter did not renounce Christ” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

#DapchiGirls: Much ado about a defeated Boko Haram

The Late 5: FG confirms release of Dapchi girls, INEC announces date for commencement of Melaye’s recall process, and other top stories

Dapchi girls return, but five are dead: Here is what we know and want to know

“My daughter wants to be the next Emir and she’s disappointed…” “I am quite surprised” | Read our top 10 quotes from last week

The Late 5: Human rights activist says Dapchi girls are safe, Police deny attempt to arrest Melaye, and other top stories

The Late 5: FG sets up committee to investigate missing Dapchi girls, APC extends Oyegun’s tenure, and other top stories

Festus Keyamo is choking on explaining the Dapchi kidnap, and it is not even funny

Today’s Noisemakers: Bisi Alimi, Ben Murray-Bruce on #DapchiGirls, Uche Maduagwu, others

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