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#Presidentialmediachat :Here’s what GEJ said

Just in case you didn’t watch,�here are some of the trending comments President Jonathan made during the chat. On ASUP strike: “If you go on strike for one day, by law, you are supposed to forego your salary. It is only in Nigeria that a body will go on strike ...

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CAN releases names of abducted Chibok school girls

A Statement signed by the President/Founder of Old Time Revival Hour, Kaduna & immediate-past chairman of Northern States Christian and Elders Forum (NOCSEF), an affiliate of CAN, Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye gave reason for the attack on Chibok girls’ high school. �Chibok Local Government is 90% Christians. Majority of the girls ...

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How we escaped from Boko Haram truck – Chibok school girls

When Boko Harm struck over 2 weeks ago, abducting over 270 school girls in Chibok,Borno State,some were brave enough to escape.Punch caught up with two of them Sawok & Thabita Walse who gave their account of how they escaped.. Can you describe the attack on your school? Sawok: We were ...

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#Bringbackourgirls : Police allegedly opens fire on peaceful protesters in Lagos

Nigerian police officers have allegedly fired gunshots at a crowd in Lagos staging a peaceful protest for the release of the abducted Borno school girls today. No injuries have been reported. The protesters converged at CMS Bus Stop in Lagos Island, and are now heading towards Victoria Island.

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We will put the lives of the abducted school girls at risk – Borno state Govt reveals why they can’t release their names and pictures

Yesterday, Mrs Kema Chinwe was reported to have demanded the evidence that the girls were abducted “How did it happen? Who saw it happen? Who did not see it happen? Who is behind this?” In a statement by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Isa Gusau gives their reason for ...

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Boko Haram takes abducted schoolgirls to Chad, Cameroon; marries them off for N2,000

Most of the 234 Borno schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity have been ferried abroad to Chad and Cameroon after they were married off to sect members on N2,000 bride price each, an elder told Daily Trust yesterday. The female students were taken from their hostels at the Government Girls Secondary ...

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Read TB Joshua’s vision on abducted school girls in Boronu

Prophet T.B. Joshua on Sunday 27th April 2014 concerning the over 100 school girls who�are still�being held by Boko haram in Borno State, Nigeria… They have to be released. That is the voice of God. I saw a vision where some of these girls have escaped and they are trying ...

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“The Mistake I made” – Principal of the Northern school where girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram speaks

The principal of the Government Secondary School, Asabe Kwambura, has stated that she mistakenly handed over the 129 schoolgirls to Boko Haram gunmen, who posed as military men. Speaking Associated Press reporter,� Jon Gambrel, the principal said,� �the insurgents arrived after midnight at her Government Girls’ Secondary School, wearing military ...

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Parents, school principal say no girl was rescued in Chibok

Parents of the missing girls, the principal of the school and Borno state governor told reporters this morning that the military lied about the rescue operation as the girls were still missing. Below is what the principal of the school, Mrs Asabe Kwambura, told Premium Times this morning: “There is ...

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Breaking News: Local hunters, soldiers rescue over 80 girls kidnapped in Borno

About 80 students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents on Monday were reportedly rescued on Tuesday and Wednesday morning by a group of vigilante, local hunters and soldiers The joint security team pursued the insurgents in ...

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Boko Haram kidnaps 103 girls from Secondary School in Borno

According to reports, 103 girls were kidnapped after an attack on a Girls Secondary School located in Chibok, a town on the border of Adamawa and Borno state last night April 14th. Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok around 9pm, killed the soldier stationed to protect the students ...

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185 Killed, 2000 Houses Razed In Borno Town As Soldiers And Boko Haram Fight

At least 185 persons including women and children were reported to have been killed by either gunshots or fire after suspected Boko Haram gunmen engaged soldiers of the Joint Task Force in a deadly shootout that left the commercial border town of Baga in Borno State completely burnt down. Local ...

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