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Nigeria: Parents Divided As Student Refuses to Go Back to Dapchi School
This Day, 27 March 2018
A year two senior student of the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, has said she will not return to the school even after Boko Haram returned nearly all 110… Read more »
Nigeria's Freed Dapchi Girls Too Scared to Return to School
The Dapchi schoolgirls who were freed by their Boko Haram captors, were warned not to return to school and pursue an education. This as the group keeps hostage one Christian girl Leah Sharibu who refused to renounce her religion and convert to Islam. The government has in the meantime disclosed that it is in talks with the militant group on a possible ceasefire, with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent cessation of hostilities.
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Nigeria: Rescue Leah Sharibu Now, Northern Christian Group Begs Buhari
Vanguard, 27 March 2018
The Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians, CNNC, Monday called on President Muhammad Buhari to do all within his powers to rescue Miss Leah Sharibu, the only Christian girl… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Confirms Ceasefire Talks With Boko Haram
This Day, 26 March 2018
The federal government has disclosed that it is in talks with the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, on a possible ceasefire, with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent… Read more »
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Nigeria: Possible Ceasefire After Release of Dapchi Schoolgirls Kidnapped By Boko Haram
This is Africa, 26 March 2018
Of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants in the town of Dapchi in February 2018, 101 have been returned, the Nigerian government has said, amidst rumours of a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Borno Denies Closing Boarding Schools Over Boko Haram Attacks
Vanguard, 26 March 2018
Borno State Government, Monday, said it had not closed all its boarding secondary schools for fear of Boko Haram attacks as reported in some national dailies (not Vanguard). Read more »
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Nigeria: I Won't Go Back to Dapchi School - Student
Premium Times, 26 March 2018
A year two senior student of the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, has said she will not return to the school even after Boko Haram returned nearly all 110… Read more »
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Nigeria: I Won't Go to School Again, Says Escaped Dapchi Girl
Vanguard, 1 March 2018
The attack on Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, by Boko Haram penultimate Monday, has begun taking its toll on education in the area, as some of… Read more »
InFocus
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Leah Sharibu was not released by Boko Haram because of her refusal to denounce her faith and convert to Islam. Her father has said that he has not seen or heard from her, following ... Read more »
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The schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram militants in Dapchi were reunited with their families, four days after being freed. The girls were warned by Boko Haram not to return to ... Read more »
