The Presidency yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari would not rest until the release of the only Christian among the 111 school girls abducted from Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State. Of the schoolgirls abducted on…
SCM tasks FG to release of Leah Sharibu (SUN)
The Students Christian Movement (SCM) has called on the Federal Government to do everything humanly possible to ensure that the Dapchi Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, is released from the custody of Book Haram terrorists. Leah was kidnapped alongside more than…
Mama Boko Haram, ICRC to partner on Leah’s release (Vanguard)
Mrs Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram says she will partner with International Committee of Red Cross to rescue Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among the 112 kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe…
NSCIA in talks with Boko Haram for Leah Sharibu’s release —Oloyede (Punch)
The Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Monday, said the council had reached out to Boko Haram in a bid to negotiate the release of Leah Sharibu, the Christian girl still being held in captivity…
Leah: Sultan cautions Christian leaders over inflammatory remarks (SUN)
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged Christian leaders in the country to be cautious before making remarks that could jeopardise the peaceful co-existence that exist between followers of major faiths in the country. The Sultan made the…
Leah: Buhari playing politics with human lives – Clergy (SUN)
President of Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN), Rev. Dachollom Datiri, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari for playing politics with the life of Leah Sharibu and other Chiboks girls who were detained by Boko Haram primarily because of their Christian…
Leah Sharibu must not die, CAN warns FG (Punch)
The Christian Association of Nigeria has warned that there may be religious war in Nigeria should Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi Christian girl still being held by Boko Haram, die in captivity. The Special Assistant (Media and Communications) to CAN President,…
Fed Govt doing everything to get Leah Sharibu freed, says minister (Nation)
Minister of Information Lai Mohammed said yesterday that the Federal Government is doing everything to get Leah Sharibu freed. He, however, said the negotiation for her release from the Boko Haram is becoming tortuous. The terrorists abducted 111 girls from…
47 days of captivity: NCWS calls for Leah Sharibu’s release (Nation)
The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS) on Thursday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to do everything possible to ensure the release of Leah Sharibu. Mrs Gloria Laraba Shoda, the President, NCWS, said that Leah Sharibu was the only Dapchi…
Leah’s father debunks rumour of release (Punch)
The father of Leah, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by the Boko Haram terrorists, Mr. Nathan Sharibu, on Saturday, debunked rumours that her daughter had been released. Sharibu, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, described the purported…