Tag: schoolgirls
Kogi flags off conditional cash transfer scheme for schoolgirls
The project will provide a cash grant of ₦40,000 each to 13,359 adolescent girls in transition classes across the state…
3 more suspects arrested over kidnap of Ikorodu schoolgirls
Cyriacus Izuekwe Three more suspects have been arrested over the recent kidnapping of three schoolgirls in Ikorodu area of Lagos…
Lagos monarchs laud Ambode over prompt rescue of schoolgirls
The Lagos State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs on Thursday commended the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and all…
Anglican Bishops, Principals. parents laud Ambode over rescued schoolgirls
Kazeem Ugbodaga Anglican Archbishop of Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos Mainland Diocese, Most Rev. Adebayo Dada Akinde on Monday commended the…
APC lauds Govt, security agencies over rescued schoolgirls
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has lauded the Lagos State government and security agencies for the…
How we planned kidnap of 3 schoolgirls- Prime suspect
Kazeem Ugbodaga The prime suspect in the kidnap of the three girls of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest…
CP: No ransom paid to free schoolgirls
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, says no ransom was paid to secure the release of the…
Lagos APC condemns abduction of schoolgirls in Ikorodu
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the dastardly kidnap of three secondary school students…
Abducted Ikorodu schoolgirls yet to be released, Dep. Gov. visits school
Kazeem Ugbodaga “For the abductors, I just want to appeal to them that they should see that the people with…
We’ll ensure safe rescue of kidnapped Ikorodu schoolgirls
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said his government will spare no effort to ensure the…
Chibok pleads for UN protection from Boko Haram
Villagers from Chibok town where Boko Haram Islamists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls on Friday appealed to the United Nations…
Victor Olaiya Expresses Worry Over Chibok Girls
Despite the involvement of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other countries in the rescue effort of…
Missing Chibok Girls 43 Days After
It’s heart rendering that the teenage girls abducted from Government, Chibok, Borno State, have been away for this long, their…
We Want To Come Home, Chibok Girls Cry Out
As the world marks Children’s Day today, the 223 schoolgirls still being held by Boko Haram in their enclave in…
Chibok Girls: Ugandan President Mocks Jonathan
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni has mocked Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan over the worsening insecurity occasioned by terrorism in Nigeria. Museveni,…
And Now, The Ecumenical City Of Jos!
By Wole Soyinka This was how I knew Jos from childhood – the ecumenical heart of Nigerian humanity. It was…
Chibok Girls: Public Schools Shut Nationwide
Kazeem Ugbodaga All public primary and secondary schools in Nigeria were Thursday shut down in protest over the 234 secondary…
Nigerian Army: Why We Can’t Fight Boko Haram
The reason terror group Boko Haram has been having a field day across Nigeria is because the country’s military lacks…
Two Boko Haram attacks near Chibok kill 30
Two attacks by Boko Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more…
Anti-Boko Haram Protest In Ekiti
Simon Ateba, Nkrumah Bankong-Obi & Gbenro Adesina/Ado-Ekiti BringBackOurGirls protests spread to Nigeria’s southwestern State of Ekiti on Tuesday with hundreds…
New Video Gives Me Joy, Says Man With 3 Kidnapped Cousins
A man whose three cousins are among more than 200 schoolgirls being held by Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria tells…
Chibok Girls: First Lady’s Intervention Distracting, Says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the melodramatic intervention of First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan in the abduction of…
Boko Haram Kidnaps 8 More Girls
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped eight more girls from Borno State, residents said on Tuesday, after the extremist group’s…
Egypt’s Top Sunni Muslim Group Demands Release Of Schoolgirls
Egypt’s prestigious Islamic institute Al-Azhar has joined millions worldwide seeking the release of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. Al-Azhar urged…
Bomb Blast, Abducted Girls And Insecurity In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare The spate of insecurity in the country is becoming very alarming. While we are yet to come…
200 Abducted Schoolgirls Sighted
There are reports that 200 of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents have been sighted in southern Borno in…
Bi-Partisan Meeting On Security, Good Step But…
For about the first time, President Goodluck Jonathan, governors of the 36 states of the federation and all members of…
The Boko Haram Beasts
The bomb blasts in Nyanya, on the outskirts of Abuja, that killed more than 75 people on 14 April, and…
15 Out Of 100 Kidnapped Girls Escape
Reports say 15 out the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped Monday evening by heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists from a school in…