I read the comments by former British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in his new book, For the Record, in which he accused me and the Nigerian Government, which I headed, of corruption and rejecting the help of the British Government in rescuing the Chibok Girls, who were kidnapped on April 14, 2014. It is quite […]
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday said that a secured environment was critical to nurturing democracy in any society. Buratai stated this in Okada, near Benin, Edo, while delivering the maiden inaugural lecture of the Centre for Contemporary Security Affairs, Igbinedion University. The topic of the lecture is: ‘‘Military and […]
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A. INTRODUCTION Sometimes, events point overwhelmingly to a particular conclusion but reality may be different. I am old enough to know that, even in their clearest appearances, things are hardly what they seem to be. Aware of this, I do not just jump into the wagon of sentiment and popular opinions. That is why I […]
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The Labour Party (LP) has said the Chibok girls were not kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents but were used to dent the image of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The party said the wrath of God will be visited on the All Progressives Congress (APC) for manipulating Nigerians about their abduction. In a statement, Abdulkadir […]
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The extremist Boko Haram sect on Friday released a new video appearing to show some abducted Chibok girls explaining why they would prefer to remain in the custody of the terrorist sect rather than return to their families. A negotiator who facilitated the recent release of 82 of the girls had said some of the […]
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Boko Haram sect has released 82 of the students abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, according to Sahara Reporters. Quoting a military source, the news website said the captives regained freedom following a negotiation between the federal government and the sect. The source was quoted as saying the girls were in Banki town […]
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It is not true that the Jonathan administration rejected the offer of British armed forces to help in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls, the United Kingdom government has said. On Sunday, The Observer, a UK newspaper, said Britain was ready to rescue the Chibok girls after they conducted air reconnaissance over northern Nigeria for several […]
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A key player in the negotiation that led to Thursday’s release of 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls spoke yesterday on the effort that went into the deal. Vocal civil liberty activist,Senator Shehu Sani drafted the master plan for the negotiation and facilitated the involvement of Switzerland in the talks as well as the International Red […]
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Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram releases new video purporting to show kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. The video was sent to Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist who fled to Dubai after being harassed by security agents during the Jonathan administration. Salkida had claimed in interviews that he had direct connection with the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar […]
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CNN obtained a video of some of the “Chibok Girls” sent to negotiators by their captors as a “proof of life.” One by one, each girl calmly states her name and explains that she was taken from Chibok Government Secondary School. Only the occasional hesitation betrays a flicker of fear and emotion. As the two […]
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