Chibok – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:24:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Chibok – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Chibok: Destroying The Future Of Our Tomorrow? https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-destroying-the-future-of-our-tomorrow/ https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-destroying-the-future-of-our-tomorrow/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:24:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=376553 The 10th anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolchildren from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, has again brought an eerie feeling of despair and panic. The anniversary is a high point as it has again shown the entire security apparatus of Nigeria as gravely inept and compromised. That’s what it tells us! [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-destroying-the-future-of-our-tomorrow/feed/ 0 Ekiti: Time to Silence the Guns (2) https://www.theinfostride.com/ekiti-time-to-silence-the-guns-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ekiti-time-to-silence-the-guns-2/#respond Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:01:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=370830 Well, much as causation has been attributed to poverty, religious and ethnic extremism and others, it’s time the Federal Government revisited its security architecture and remodelled countermeasure strategies to yield fruitful results. The faithful choice of a good businessman is to recoil his strategies if the output isn’t justified by investments and governments across the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ekiti-time-to-silence-the-guns-2/feed/ 0 I Feel The Pains Of These Unfortunate Young Girls From Chibok – Bukola Saraki https://www.theinfostride.com/i-feel-the-pains-of-these-unfortunate-young-girls-from-chibok-bukola-saraki/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 21:01:48 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=205101 Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted efforts to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok Girls and the Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. Saraki said that this would require the collaboration of by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders. The senate president said though four years had elapsed since the sad incident [...]

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]]> Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Services To IDPs In Chibok https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-army-provides-free-medical-services-to-idps-in-chibok/ Sun, 02 Jul 2017 01:06:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170411 The Nigerian Army says it has so far provided free medical treatment to about 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Chibok, Borno, as part of activities marking this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration. Col. Samuel Kingsely, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations said this in a statement on Saturday in Maiduguri. “As part of their [...]

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]]> Nigerian Army Conducts Sanitation To Mark 2017 NADCEL https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-army-conducts-sanitation-to-mark-2017-nadcel/ Sun, 02 Jul 2017 01:06:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170414 The Nigerian Army on Saturday carried out sanitation at designated areas in each of the 36 states of the federation and the FCT as part of activities to mark 2017 Nigerian Army Day celebration (NADCEL). NADCEL is celebrated yearly on every July 6. In the Federal Capital Territory, the army carried out the exercise at [...]

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]]> Boko Haram Attack Village Near Chibok https://www.theinfostride.com/boko-haram-attack-village-near-chibok/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:29:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=156494 Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Mifa community, a village in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, reports say. The attack, said to have occurred on Monday, February 13, was carried out by 30 terrorists, according to The Nation. “You know this is getting too much, Chibok is surrounded by bush and the borders [...]

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]]> Abdusalami Abubakar Hails Release Of Chibok Girls https://www.theinfostride.com/abdusalami-abubakar-hails-release-of-chibok-girls/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:20:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=145629 Ex-Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar on Friday expressed delight over the release of 21 0f the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. Abubakar expressed his feelings while addressing newsmen at Ake Palace in Abeokuta after a courtesy call on the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun [...]

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]]> Yemi Osinbajo To Receive 21 Chibok Girls https://www.theinfostride.com/yemi-osinbajo-to-receive-21-chibok-girls/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:41:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=145520 Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is expected to receive the 21 Chibok girls who have been released by Boko Haram. This was disclosed by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu who said that the girls’ release follows negotiations between the government and the sect which were brokered by the Red Cross and the Swiss government. “It is confirmed [...]

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]]> PMB Must Take Charge To Rescue Chibok Girls – Oby Ezekwesili https://www.theinfostride.com/pmb-must-take-charge-to-rescue-chibok-girls-oby-ezekwesili/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:18:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=142032 Leader of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show more decisiveness in efforts to rescue the abducted Chibok girls. Ezekwesili also said that Buhari seems to be leaving the fate of the girls in the hands of their captors, Boko Haram. She made the comments on [...]

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]]> FG Ready To Discuss Chibok Girls’ Release – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-ready-to-discuss-chibok-girls-release-buhari/ Sun, 28 Aug 2016 20:33:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=141804 President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the preparedness of the Federal Government to discuss the release of Chibok girls with the Boko Haram insurgents, who abducted them in 2014. A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said that Buhari made the reaffirmation in [...]

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]]> PMB Hasn’t Given Up On Chibok Girls – Ibe Kachikwu https://www.theinfostride.com/pmb-hasnt-given-up-on-chibok-girls-ibe-kachikwu/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:13:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=140397 Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is still concerned about the abducted Chibok girls. Kachikwu also dismissed claims that the government is more interested in protecting oil facilities in the Niger Delta than it is in rescuing the missing girls. The minister made the comments while speaking to [...]

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]]> We’ve Not Received Aisha Buhari’s N30M Donation – Chibok Parents https://www.theinfostride.com/weve-not-received-aisha-buharis-n30m-donation-chibok-parents/ Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:46:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132191 Some parents of the missing Chibok girls have said that they are yet to receive the money donated to them by Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs Buhari, in May 2016, donated the sum of N30 million to the Chibok parents and N25 million to the parents of the Buni Yadi [...]

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]]> Army Rescue Second Chibok Girl https://www.theinfostride.com/army-rescue-second-chibok-girl/ Fri, 20 May 2016 05:42:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=129200 The Nigerian Army has released the photo (above) of the second rescued Chibok girl, and identified her as Serah Luka. In a statement circulated online by PRNigeria, army spokesman, Usman Sani Kukasheka, said Luka was rescued on Thursday, May 19, following a military operation, in which 35 Boko Haram terrorists were killed and 97 women [...]

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]]> Nigerian Army Confirm Chibok Schoolgirl Has Been Found https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-army-confirm-chibok-schoolgirl-has-been-found/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:31:22 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=129058 Nigeria’s army on Wednesday confirmed that a girl rescued in a Boko Haram enclave in the northeast is one of 219 abducted from their school in Chibok more than two years ago. “This is to confirm that one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls… was among rescued persons by our troops,” army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman [...]

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]]> The Whole Nation Has Failed Chibok Girls – Tunde Bakare https://www.theinfostride.com/the-whole-nation-has-failed-chibok-girls-tunde-bakare/ Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:52:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=125496 The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Gospel Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has lamented the continuous captivity of the over 200 Chibok Girls who were abducted on April 14, 2014. Bakare spoke on Sunday, April 10, 2016, during a special sit-out of the Bring Back Our Girls group in Abuja, Vanguard reports. “The whole nation [...]

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]]> Chibok Girls Are Not Missing – Ayo Fayose https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-girls-are-not-missing-ayo-fayose/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:24:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=124463 The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said the supposed Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from their school hostel in 2014 is nothing but a facade. He said no girls are missing, noting that it was a ploy by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to discredit and defeat former President Goodluck Jonathan. While [...]

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]]> GEJ Called Me 19 Days After Chibok Girls Abduction – Shettima https://www.theinfostride.com/gej-called-me-19-days-after-chibok-girls-abduction-shettima/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:58:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=124260 Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has said that former president, Goodluck Jonathan did not call him to discuss the 2014 Chibok abduction until 19 days after the girls had been taken. Shettima made the revelation on Monday, March 28, 2016, while receiving former president, Olusegun Obasanjo at the Government House in Maiduguri. “In our own [...]

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]]> The Fate Of The Girl Child In Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/the-fate-of-the-girl-child-in-nigeria-2/ Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:33:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=122099 In recent times the Nigerian child has suffered great pain. The children of Nigeria have been greatly abused especially the girl child. The girl child in Nigeria has been assaulted, harassed, molested, sexually abused and cajoled into early marriage. The girl child in Nigeria has been greatly abused and have not received the right attention [...]

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]]> Chibok Girls Are Alive – Shehu Sani https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-girls-are-alive-shehu-sani/ Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:03:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=121346 Senator Shehu Sani has said that the missing Chibok girls are alive and can be rescued. Sani, who represents the Kaduna Central Senatorial District, made the comment on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, while speaking at a symposium in Akure, Ondo State, Premium Times reports. “Something that has bothered some of us here in line with [...]

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]]> Chibok Girls’ Possible Location Identified – Air Force https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-girls-possible-location-identified-air-force/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:52:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=120389 The Nigerian Air Force has said the location of the abducted Chibok girls may have been identified. Speaking to Channels TV, the Director of Public Relations at the Nigerian Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said the Air Force has been deliberately avoiding that location in the ongoing aerial bombardment of Sambisa forest, so keep [...]

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]]> Chibok Girls Are Not With Us – Bokoharam Commander https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-girls-are-not-with-us-bokoharam-commander/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:05:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=119935 A Boko Haram commander has reportedly said that the over 200 girls who were abducted from Chibok in April 2014 are no longer in the sect’s custody. The terrorist commander, who chose to remain anonymous, made the disclosure to Vice News during an interview on HBO. “I know where they are,” the insurgent told correspondent [...]

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]]> Chibok Girls Are Not Dead – Boko Haram’s Contact https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-girls-are-not-dead-boko-harams-contact/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 18:08:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116964 A journalist and an alleged confidant of the leadership of Boko Haram identified as Ahmed Sakida, has recently disclosed that the abducted Chibok girls are still alive. Ahmed Salkida claimed that some of the girls who were kidnapped from their dormitory in April 2014, have refused to be converted to Islam. The journalist who made [...]

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]]> DHQ Reveals Why They Won’t Rush Into Rescuing Chibok Schoolgirls https://www.theinfostride.com/dhq-reveals-why-they-wont-rush-into-rescuing-chibok-schoolgirls/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:54:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101676 The Nigerian Army has given reasons why it will not be rushed into embarking on a rescue mission for the Chibok girls, who were abducted from their school in Borno State, April 2014. The Acting Director, Defence Information, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Col. Rabe Abubakar, who said this at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, [...]

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]]> President Buhari Gives Chibok Parents 100,000 Naira Each, Promises To Rescue Their Daughters Alive | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-gives-chibok-parents-n100000-each-promises-to-rescue-their-daughters-alive-news/ Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:30:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/buhari-gives-chibok-parents-n100000-each-promises-to-rescue-their-daughters-alive-news/ The federal government has reassured that it was determined to rescue the abducted Chibok schoolgirls alive from their captors. Over 200 girls were on April 14 abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents from their school in Chibok, Borno State. Efforts to rescue them ever sunce have proven futile. President Muhammadu Buhari, however, promised that the [...]

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]]> 500th Days Captivity: ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ March For Chibok Girls In Abuja | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/500-days-in-captivity-bbog-march-for-chibok-girls-in-abuja-nigeria/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 11:24:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/500-days-in-captivity-bbog-march-for-chibok-girls-in-abuja-nigeria/ As the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls spend 500 days in captivity today, Thursday, members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group in Abuja will organize a youth march and candle-lit vigil. One of the leaders of the campaign, Aisha Yesufu said: “We keep on hoping that the girls will be found. We will keep up [...]

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]]> UN Sec-Gen. Demands Unconditional Release Of Chibok Girls | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/un-sec-gen-demands-unconditional-release-of-chibok-girls-nigeria/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:30:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/un-sec-gen-demands-unconditional-release-of-chibok-girls-nigeria/ The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, on Monday demanded the unconditional release of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in Borno State April 2014 and other abductees of the Boko Haram sect. Ban Ki-Moon made the call while addressing State House correspondents shortly after holding a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at [...]

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]]> UN Calls For Release Of Chibok Girls | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/un-calls-for-release-of-chibok-girls-nigeria/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:36:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/un-calls-for-release-of-chibok-girls-nigeria/ The United Nations (UN) has called for the unconditional release of the abducted Chibok girls 500 days after they were kidnapped from their school by Islamist sect Boko Haram. The girls were abducted from their school in Chibok community, Borno State on April 14, 2014. Addressing State House Correspondent after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari [...]

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]]> “The World Must Ensure Chibok Girls Are Never To Be Forgotten” – BBOG | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/the-world-must-ensure-chibok-girls-are-never-to-be-forgotten-bbog-nigeria/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:02:57 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/the-world-must-ensure-chibok-girls-are-never-to-be-forgotten-bbog-nigeria/ The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign group has urged the world to ensure that the Chibok girls abducted by the Boko Haram sect in their school in Borno State last year were not abandoned nor forgotten. In a statement signed by the leaders of the group, Oby Ezekwesili and Hadiza Bala Usman yesterday, the BBOG stated that [...]

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]]> Boko Haram Kidnaps Over 400 Women and Children In Borno Town https://www.theinfostride.com/boko-haram-kidnaps-over-400-women-and-children-in-borno-town/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:15:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/boko-haram-kidnaps-over-400-women-and-children-in-borno-town/ As the Nigerian military alongside its Chadian, Nigerien and Cameroonian counterparts tighten the noose around Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria, residents of Damasak in Borno State have claimed that the insurgents kidnapped over 400 women and children. This latest claim of mass abduction is reminiscent of the Chibok schoolgirls’ saga, where over 200 girls were [...]

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]]> FG Distributes More Relief Items To Displaced Persons In Chibok https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-distributes-more-relief-items-to-displaced-persons-in-chibok/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:15:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/10/fg-distributes-more-relief-items-to-displaced-persons-in-chibok/ The Federal Government on Monday gave additional relief items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Chibok, Borno, to further cushion the hardship in the area. Alhaji Muhammed Kanar, the North-East Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said in Yola, Adamawa that the items were given in compliance to the directive from the presidency. He [...]

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]]> Ceasefire: CAN Urges FG To Continue Negotiation Despite Attacks https://www.theinfostride.com/ceasefire-can-urges-fg-to-continue-negotiation-despite-attacks/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:15:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/10/ceasefire-can-urges-fg-to-continue-negotiation-despite-attacks/ Christians in Borno State have advised the Federal Government to continue its negotiation for a ceasefire with the Boko Haram. Speaking on behalf of the Christians, Rev. Titus Pona, Chairman of the Borno chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday, said the government should continue with the agreement in spite of the [...]

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]]> Chibok Girls: Bring Back Our Girls Group Plans March To Presidential Villa Today https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-girls-bring-back-our-girls-group-plans-march-to-presidential-villa-today/ Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostrides.com/2014/10/chibok-girls-bring-back-our-girls-group-plans-march-to-presidential-villa-today/ In furtherance of the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy group’s Global Week of Action to mark 180 days of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction, the group will today march on the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to express the urgency of the abducted girls’ rescue. The group in a press statement yesterday, said it has requested for an appointment with [...]

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]]> US Surveillance Plane Spots Abducted Chibok Girls https://www.theinfostride.com/us-surveillance-plane-spots-abducted-chibok-girls/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:15:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/us-surveillance-plane-spots-abducted-chibok-girls/ US surveillance flights over northeastern Nigeria has shown what looked like large groups of girls clustered in remote locations, raising hopes the group of girls abucted by Islamist sect group, Boko Haram on April 14, has finally beeen located, Thisday reports, citing US and Nigerian officials. The news represents the first near definite information about [...]

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]]> Chibok Parents, Jonathan Now Meet On Tuesday https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-parents-jonathan-now-meet-on-tuesday/ Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/chibok-parents-jonathan-now-meet-on-tuesday/ Parents of the abducted Chibok girls have received a formal invitation to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday after shunning an earlier meeting scheduled for Tuesday. The parents explained why the Tuesday meeting could not hold, noting that they were in Abuja to meet Pakistani girl-child education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai and not to see [...]

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]]> #Chibok: Escapee School Girls Living In Guilt, says Ezekwesili https://www.theinfostride.com/chibok-escapee-girls-living-in-guilt-says-ezekwesili/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:15:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/chibok-escapee-girls-living-in-guilt-says-ezekwesili/ Some of the 57 schoolgirls, who managed to escape from Boko Haram custody after their abduction from their hostel on the night of April 14, are feeling guilty, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili said yesterday. The former Education Minister, who is one of the coordinators of the #BringBackOurGirls protests, made this known while speaking on the meeting [...]

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]]> We’ll Never Abandon Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls – Brown https://www.theinfostride.com/well-never-abandon-abducted-chibok-schoolgirls-brown/ Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:15:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/well-never-abandon-abducted-chibok-schoolgirls-brown/ Former British Prime Minister now United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, Friday, called for global support for the kidnapped schoolgirls of Chibok, Nigeria, on 22 July, which will be the 100th day of their captivity. “We, of course, hope that the Chibok girls will be released before July 22”, Mr. Brown, who [...]

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]]> We’ll Overcome Security Challenges Before 2015 Elections – FG https://www.theinfostride.com/well-overcome-security-challenges-before-2015-elections-fg/ Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:15:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/well-overcome-security-challenges-before-2015-elections-fg/ The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Abuja, Mr. Mike Omeri, has expressed the optimism that Nigeria will overcome its current security challenges before the 2015 general elections. Omeri, who spoke during a chat with journalists in the nation’s capital on Wednesday at the regular briefing on security challenges across the country, said everything was [...]

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]]> Police Debunks Claims 8 Abducted Chibok Girls Escaped https://www.theinfostride.com/police-debunks-claims-8-abducted-chibok-girls-escaped/ Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/police-debunks-claims-8-abducted-chibok-girls-escaped/ The Police Command in Borno said on Wednesday that no new abducted student of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, had escaped from captivity. There were speculations that eight of the abducted school girls escaped from their captors. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Lawan Tanko, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the story [...]

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]]> #Insurgency: Nigerian activists vow to press fight to free Chibok girls https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-nigerian-activists-vow-to-press-fight-to-free-chibok-girls/ Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:26:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=48350 Supporters of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists two months ago vowed Saturday to scale up the pressure on the Nigerian government to rescue them. Noisy street demonstrations in Abuja and other cities have become a regular…

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]]> Young Man Paid N2000 To Set Houses On Fire In Borno https://www.theinfostride.com/young-man-paid-n2000-to-set-houses-on-fire-in-borno/ Thu, 29 May 2014 15:15:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/young-man-paid-n2000-to-set-houses-on-fire-in-borno/ A young man, Ibrahim Tilitili has been arrested after confessing that he was paid the sum of N2,000 to burn down few houses at Mandara Girau village in Biu local government area of Borno state. Ibrahim, Chibok by tribe and resident of Mandara Girau village confessed that one Mallam Sani also a resident of the [...]

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]]> Nigeria’s Boko Haram gunmen attacks kill more than 50 https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-boko-haram-gunmen-attacks-kill-more-than-50/ Thu, 22 May 2014 15:32:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44213 Boko Haram gunmen killed more than 50 people in three separate attacks, including two near Chibok, the Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said on Wednesday. The first attack on Monday afternoon…

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]]> Borno: 30 Killed In Boko Haram Attacks https://www.theinfostride.com/borno-30-killed-in-boko-haram-attacks/ Wed, 21 May 2014 23:15:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/borno-30-killed-in-boko-haram-attacks/ Two attacks by Boko Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said on Wednesday. The first attack on Monday afternoon killed 10 in the village of Shawa, some seven kilometres (4.3 miles) from Chibok, a number of residents told AFP [...]

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]]> It Would Be A Security Risk For Jonathan To Visit North-East Now – Northern Christian Elders https://www.theinfostride.com/it-would-be-a-security-risk-for-jonathan-to-visit-north-east-now-northern-christian-elders/ Sun, 18 May 2014 12:15:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/it-would-be-a-security-risk-for-jonathan-to-visit-north-east-now-northern-christian-elders/ Northern Christian elders have risen to the defence of President Goodluck Jonathan in the face of public criticism over his purported cancellation of a trip to Chibok, Borno State, saying it is not advisable for him to visit the North-East now with the spate of Boko Haram insurgency in the region, describing the zone as [...]

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]]> #BringBackOurGirls: Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan cancels visit to abducted schoolgirls’ town https://www.theinfostride.com/bringbackourgirls-nigerias-president-goodluck-jonathan-cancels-visit-to-abducted-schoolgirls-town/ Fri, 16 May 2014 18:08:56 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43185 Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday cancelled a visit to the hometown of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants, provoking fresh criticism of his handling of the crisis. A senior government official told AFP that Jonathan…

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