Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and faith-based organisations have asked the federal government not pay ransom to the Boko Haram sect for the release of 110 students abducted from Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. At a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the group comprising over 50 CSOs and NGOs said negotiating with the
SOUTHERN and Middle Belt Leaders Forum have called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to institute a probe into the statement made by the Director-General, State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Musa Daura, that most of the sophisticated weapons being used by herdsmen were from the armouries of security agencies in the country. The Forum led
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF), has deployed additional air assets, including Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms to the North East Zone to intensify efforts at locating the missing Dapchi girls in Yobe. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice-Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on 19 February. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the figure after a
YOBE State governor,Ibrahim Gaidam, has revealed that the withdrawal of troops from Dapchi paved way for an attack on the Government Girls’ Science Technical College in the town. The governor said soldiers were withdrawn from Dapchi barley a week before the insurgents struck. Gaidam said this on Sunday when he received Kashim Shettima, his Borno
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to make Nigeria one of the easiest, safest and attractive places to do business in the world. He also promised to make Nigeria among the most safest and attractive investment destinations in the world. Buhari made the pledge on Saturday at the opening of the 39th Kaduna International Trade Fair.
Nigerian troops in Borno have killed five Boko Haram insurgents and captured a top commander of the group in the ongoing operation in Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad basin. Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of Operation Lafiya Dole, in a statement in Maiduguri, said troops also rescued three civilians, recovered vehicles
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Saturday advised state governors who could not address workers’ problems to resign. The TUC President, Mr Bobboi Kaigama, said in Lagos that workers could no longer vouch for state governments that non-payment of salaries was as a result of lack of funds. He said that the non-payment
Africa’s agriculture market is expected to rise to a valuation of $1 trillion by 2030, says Akinwumi Adesina, president of African Development Bank (AfDB). Adesina said this on Thursday during a keynote address at the 94th US department of agriculture outlook forum held in Virginia. “For too long, Agriculture has been associated with what I
The chairman, Forum of parents of missing Dapchi girls, Bashir Manzo on Saturday said 105 students were abducted from Government Girls’ Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state. Here’s the full list obtained by The Nation. Abducted Dapchi girls 1. Fatima Bashir 2. Aisha Kachalla 3. Zainab Abubakar 4. Falmata Wakil 5. Fatima Isa 6. Fatima