Tag: Dapchi girls

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Michael IsaacMay 14, 2020

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

It’s been over two years since Boko Haram abducted Leah Sharibu, the Christian teenager among over 100 other girls abducted ...

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EditorAugust 17, 2018

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 ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqAugust 17, 2018

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 ...

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AzeezMarch 25, 2018

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 ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 25, 2018

“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 ...

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ThankGod UkachukwuMarch 24, 2018

#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 ...

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AzeezMarch 21, 2018

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 ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 21, 2018

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 ...

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Alexander OnukwueMarch 18, 2018

“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 ...

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AzeezMarch 2, 2018

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 ...

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AzeezFebruary 27, 2018

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 ...

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Alexander OnukwueFebruary 27, 2018

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, ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiFebruary 23, 2018

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 ...

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