THE Maiduguri based lawyer and rights activist, Aisha Wakil, with links with Boko Haram, said she will do everything possible to get the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls freed. Aisha, also called Mama Boko Haram, believed the girls were captured by the Barnawi group of the terror sect. She appealed to the group to free
Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday asked security agencies to take responsibility for failing to stop the abduction of 110 school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State, adding that the buck-passing between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force is unacceptable. In a press statement, issued by his spokesperson, Mr Turaki Hassan,
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has called for action from countries of the Lake Chad Basin to urgently resuscitate the lake and save it from extinction. Speaking at the opening of the high-level meeting of the International Conference on the Lake Chad Basin in Abuja on Wednesday, he stressed the need for political commitment from leaders of
Final year students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, will be temporarily relocated to Government Girls Secondary School, Nguru, to enable them prepare for the forthcoming senior secondary school certificate examination. Yobe state commissioner for education, Mohammed Lamin, disclosed this to TheCable on Wednesday in Damaturu, the state capital. “We are
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the dates for the next 10 general elections and for the next 36 years in Nigeria. The date, starting from the 2019 elections to that of 2055, covers a time span of 36 years. Mamood Yakubu, INEC chairman, who made the announcement on Wednesday, said in other
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured Nigerians that all abducted persons by insurgent groups including the schoolgirls from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, would be rescued safely. Buhari stated this when he received three rescued lecturers of University of Maiduguri and the 10 Police Officers’ wives at the presidential villa, Abuja. He noted
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) to prepare for elections with the release of the timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He had also assured that he was conversant with criticisms about the slow pace of his government particularly on the appointment of members of the board of
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to settle customers’ complaints within two weeks. The apex bank’s order touches on issues of overcharge, unauthorised deductions and other matters. Mr Tajudeen Ahmed, The CBN Head of Complaints Management Division, said on Tuesday in Abuja the decision would ensure that banks’
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says it is wrong to claim that Boko Haram insurgents have been defeated. Sani said this while reacting to the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. The senator said the abduction proved that the country had not learnt its lesson from the Chibok
The Yobe State Commissioner of Education, Mohammed Lamin, has said that Government Girls’ Science and Technology College in Dapchi, Yobe State, where 110 girls disappeared after a Boko Haram attack will remain closed indefinitely. He made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Damaturu on Monday. While calling for tighter security, Lamin said: