The federal government says Leah Sharibu, a secondary school student kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe state, by Boko Haram insurgents, is still alive.Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, told journalists in Abuja on Saturday that the government is not giving up on negotiations for her release."Instead of giving up, the government is carrying forward processes [...]
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Samson Ayokunle, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to secure the release of Grace Taku and Leah Sharibu from their captors.This comes two days after Taku appealed to the leadership of CAN to assist her in regaining freedom.Insurgents suspected to be members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) had abducted [...]
Shehu Sani, a former senator, says he does not believe that Leah Sharibu, a secondary school student kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe state, is dead.Sharibu was among the 112 students kidnapped from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, by Boko Haram members on February 19, 2018.There were fears concerning her well-being after one of the victims kidnapped last week said Sharibu [...]
On Wednesday, TheCable obtained a video of of the aid workers who were kidnapped in Borno state last week.In the video, a victim identified as Grace appealed to the federal government and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to assist in securing her release.She said she did not want to share the same fate with previous victims who were killed because [...]
Bukola Saraki, former senate president, has donated his severance pay to families of three victims of Boko Haram insurgency.They are Leah Sharibu, Hussaini Ahmed Khoisan and Hauwa Liman.In a statement issued on his behalf by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his spokesman, Saraki directed that part of the allowance, said to be at above N7.5 million, should also be used to establish a trust [...]
Saheed Ashafa, president of the Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos state, says about 5000 Muslims are expected to break their fast together and pray for the release of Leah Sharibu and other abducted Nigerians.This was made known in a statement on Wednesday.According to him, the prayer will hold at the Lagos secretariat mosque, Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday.Ashafa said the [...]
Nigerians have taken to social media to celebrate Leah Sharibu as she marks her 16th birthday in captivity.Alongside over 100 girls, Sharibu was abducted from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state on February 19, 2018.While the other girls have been released, she is still in captivity for “refusing to renounce her faith”.Here are some of the things people are saying on Twitter:https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1128193190874501121 https://twitter.com/obyezeks/status/1128220775251623936 https://twitter.com/HEDankwambo/status/1128219558110797824 https://twitter.com/Deji_OoniAbj/status/1128191776643325952 https://twitter.com/bettyabah/status/1128206663574536192 https://twitter.com/AddehAnne/status/1128144859808792576 https://twitter.com/Emeka85108329/status/1128217073690259456 https://twitter.com/Ifetekaome/status/1128219204392554496 https://twitter.com/MOAdanu/status/1128207819487031296 https://twitter.com/adashitrends/status/1128206888330506241 https://twitter.com/KPhotophactory/status/1128193702374060032 https://twitter.com/D_SEKA_OF_TRUT/status/1128186640642510848 https://twitter.com/GbemiDennis/status/1128179578734895104 https://twitter.com/MnLikBubs/status/1128241329429987330 https://twitter.com/kingsdegreat100/status/1128241303173705728 https://twitter.com/signorsam/status/1128241106548871168 https://twitter.com/bakfurtee/status/1128240443957874688 https://twitter.com/AgannaO/status/1128239965027164160 https://twitter.com/OFFIXIALcris/status/1128239820533325824 https://twitter.com/EnoJonathanO/status/1128239216503197696 https://twitter.com/GovAyoFayose/status/1128239040636100608 https://twitter.com/folorunsojunior/status/1128236942221545472 [...]
Exactly one year ago, Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the 112 female students kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe clocked 15 then - her first birthday since being frisked away. There were no cakes nor birthday songs. Just horror.Another May 14 is here and that dark moment is on repeat. This time, Sharibu is 16 and, just like [...]
Nigerians have taken to social media to laud the federal government following the release of Zainab Aliyu, the lady who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking.Her detention in Saudi Arabia had stirred an outrage among Nigerians on social media who demanded that the federal government intervene and secure her release.The pressure for her release became intense since [...]
The northern states chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to double up efforts in securing the freedom of Leah Sharibu, following the release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi Arabia detention.Aliyu, a student of the Maitama Sule university in Kano, was released on Tuesday, after being arrested and detained by Saudi authorities for alleged possession of [...]
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says the federal government believes Leah Sharibu will be released "one day".Adesina spoke on Sunday at the Easter concert of the Apostolic Faith, West Africa, which held at the church’s national headquarters in Lagos.He asked Nigerians to keep faith, saying the federal government is doing everything possible to secure the release of Sharibu.Sharibu was the only [...]
The Nigerian presidency has explained why Boko Haram terrorists have not released Leah Sharibu, the girl who was captured in February 2018 from Science Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state.Garba Shehu, the senior special assistance on media to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement, said the fear of Nigeria’s military by the terrorists is what is making her release a [...]
How has the last one year been for you? Awesome? Terrific? Well, it has been anything but amazing for Leah Sharibu, the only student of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, still in Boko Haram custody.Sharibu was the only Christian girl among the 112 kidnapped from the school by Boko Haram members on February 19, 2018. Her continued captivity [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says Leah Sharibu is not dead.Sharibu is the only Christian among the 119 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in February 2018.The other girls have since been freed.Almost one year later since Sharibu was abducted, there are reports saying she died in captivity.Speaking with journalists in Kwara [...]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government is doing its best to ensure Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi girl in Boko Haram captivity, is released.The minister said this while speaking with reporters after the 100 years celebration of St. Andrews Catholic Church in his Oro home town, Kwara state, on Thursday.Mohammed said Sharibu is a precious daughter of [...]
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction of Boko Haram, has executed Hauwa Leman, an aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), TheCable has been informed.The terrorists also vowed to keep Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl, as "a slave for life", TheCable exclusively gathered.In a short clip seen by a special correspondent of TheCable, [...]
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