Nigeria: Muslim jihadis storm school and seize 234 teenage.
Almost three times as many schoolgirls as previously thought were seized from an exam hall by violent Islamist extremists, it has been claimed. A statement by officials had said that 85 girls aged 16-18, who were sitting a��.
Nigerian president orders probe into schoolgirls kidnapping.
ABUJA, Nigeria ��� Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ordered an investigation into efforts to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in the town of Chibok by suspected Boko Haram Islamists following a late night raid on April 14.. The inquiry will also ascertain the exact number of girls missing and their identities following discrepancies in the number of students seized.. While optional, these questions help us better understand The Tico Times readership.
Boko Haram seizes Chibok, hometown of kidnapped.
Royal Times of Nigeria Newspaper �� News �� Politics. Heads of state and top celebrities joined a viral social media campaign calling for the rescue of the seized, mostly Christian, schoolgirls, 219 of whom are still being held.
Boko Haram says schoolgirls married off | The Times
Welcome to your preview of The Times. Subscribe now. Muslim extermists holding 219 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria saying they have converted to Islam and been married off. Abubakar. Speaking in a new video, Shekau said: ���Dont you know the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They have now memorised two chapters of the Koran.��� The. Subscribe now. Login. Already a subscriber?. Boko Haram militants seize schoolgirls home town.
IS accepts Boko Haram pledge of allegiance
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Boko Haram seizes scores of women in new raid | The Times
Boko Haram terrorists have stormed a village and kidnapped at least 185 mostly women and children at a village near where 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April. At least 35 were killed in the raid in Gumsuri, in Borno state,��.
Tura doctor arrested for abduction of minor girl
TURA: A medical doctor with a history of criminal antecedents, and who is allegedly close to jailed GNLA chairman Champion R Sangma, was arrested by Shillong Police on Saturday afternoon for abducting a teenage schoolgirl from Tura with intend to .
Theyve declared a world war against women | The Times
No one knows where they are taken. The police throw up no leads and so the Roedean parents form a ragged search party. They weep and beg and hunt until nightfall but there is no sign of their daughters. A week passes. Still. Subscribe now. Login. Already a subscriber? To see the full article you need to subscribe. Subscribe. Boko Haram militants seize schoolgirls home town �� Boko Haram fighters on tank. Residents of Chibok, the Nigerian town where more than��.
Forgive them, say girls who escaped from Boko Haram | The.
Welcome to your preview of The Times. Three of the schoolgirls who managed to escape when Boko Haram. 1 of 1. Boko Haram seizes scores of women in new raid. Boko Haram militants seize schoolgirls home town.
Boko Haram militants seize schoolgirls home town
Residents of Chibok, the Nigerian town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped seven months ago, have described how it was seized by Boko Haram, the Islamist group, this week. Thousands of people were forced to flee after armed insurgents .
In election year, Nigerias press feeling the pressure
A schoolgirl walks past campaign posters in support of Nigerias President Goodluck Jonathan along a road. The journalists, from several papers and TV stations, were detained for six hours, beaten, and had equipment and personal items seized by the.
From brides to battlefields
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Malala calls for urgent action to free Nigerian schoolgirl.
���As we mark this tragic 300th day of captivity for hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, I call on people everywhere to join me in demanding urgent action to free these heroic girls,��� she said. Boko Haram fighters seized��.
Witnesses: Boko Haram seizing villages in Nigeria | The.
Log In �� Help �� Subscribe �� Contact. But while Boko Haram has in large part been pushed out of cities in the northeast, they have been seizing villages with thatched-roof huts in the semi-arid region where they once held sway, boldly staking their claim by hoisting their black flags with white Arabic. The Archbishop of Canterbury made an unexpected visit to Nigeria Wednesday, praying with the president and offering condolences for the abduction of the schoolgirls.
Nigerias Boko Haram seizes hometown of kidnapped girls.
The Islamist group Boko Haram has seized Chibok, the Nigerian town from which it kidnapped 276 schoolgirls earlier this year, in a show of strength that makes the teenagers safe release a more distant prospect than ever.
Nigeria Chibok Kidnapping: Boko Haram Likely Killed Schoolgirls Last Month.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al Hussein said Monday the female students -- who were seized from a boarding school in the northeast town of Chibok in April 2014 -- may have been among the group of females slaughtered by Boko Haram.
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Senators questions over Clinton Foundation Nigerian donor spark GOP infighting
Since that time, the Islamic militant group -- which has been responsible for numerous civilian attacks, rapes and kidnappings in Nigeria, including of over 200 schoolgirls in April 2014 -- has sworn fealty to the Islamic State. Whether Chagoury indeed.
Boko Haram abducts hundreds of Nigerian civilians
. government boarding school in Chibok. Dozens escaped in the first couple of days, but 219 remain missing. The case of the missing schoolgirls has gained widespread international attention and spawned the #BringBackOurGirls campaign on social media.
Boko Haram kidnaps more than 100 Nigerian schoolgirls.
Welcome to your preview of The Times. Subscribe now. Boko Haram kidnaps more than 100 Nigerian schoolgirls. Then the heavily armed men broke into the school with lorries and on motorcycles, overpowering security guards. They. Subscribe now. Login. Already a subscriber? To see the full article you need to subscribe. Subscribe. Login. Three of the schoolgirls who managed to escape when Boko Haram. Boko Haram militants seize schoolgirls home town.
Troops from Chad, Niger retake Nigerian town from Boko Haram
The insurgents had seized Damasak with little resistance on Nov. 24, when residents reported that the militants drove. It became notorious internationally after kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls last April. But in recent months, Nigeria has.
The general returns
Muhammadu Buhari has twice come to power in Nigeria ��� but the circumstances in each case could not be more different. Over 30 years ago, Buhari seized power in a military coup. Last week, voters in Africas most populous country and its most vibrant .
From brides to battlefield, women taking up new roles with Islamic State
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Nigeria ��� government studying Boko Haram video of.
Leader of the Jamaatu Ahlis Sunnah Lid Daawati Wal Jihad, Abubakar Shekau, in a video released yesterday, offered to free the more than 200 schoolgirls seized by his fighters last month in exchange for detainees. The 27-minute video.. The militarys stance was stated by its spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, in a text message response to an enquiry by PREMIUM TIMES on whether the military was willing to negotiate with the Boko Haram after its latest demand.
800000 children forced from homes in Boko Haram violence
Each day brings new reports of atrocities, with mass graves being discovered in towns seized back from the militants who had set up a so-called ���Islamic caliphate��� across a great swath of northeast Nigeria. Boko Harams nearly 6-year-old Islamic.
Obscene MMS accused sent to judicial custody
PATNA: Patna police on Friday claimed to have got vital clues in the case of making of obscene MMS of a minor schoolgirl at Khagaul, a suburb of the state capital. Two accused, Rohit and Sudhir were forwarded to judicial custody on Friday on the.
Whats at Stake for New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari?
He seized power in a 1983 military coup detat. While in office, he engineered a legendary crackdown on government corruption, but was also criticized for. He ran for president three times before before this weeks victory. The United States has had.
Nigeria had four-hour warning of kidnap | The Times
About 200 armed men had roared through Gagilam on motorbikes, saying they were headed to Chibok. There, they rampaged through the town before kidnapping 329 schoolgirls from the dormitory of. Subscribe now. Login. Already a subscriber? To see the full article you need to subscribe. Subscribe. Kidnappings make mockery of Boko Haram deal. Suspected Boko Haram militants seized dozens of women in Nigeria within days of a deal to free 200 kidnapped.
Nigeria rejects swap of Boko Haram prisoners for schoolgirls
Skip to main content. The Fiscal Times �� Free Newsletter. Latest News. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerias president has rejected an offer from Islamist rebel group Boko Haram to exchange schoolgirls it abducted for imprisoned militants, but the government is open to broader talks with the rebels, a visiting British minister said. President. Rebels stormed a school in the northeastern village of Chibok a month ago and seized 276 girls who were taking exams.
Bad To Worse: Boko Haram Seize Nigerian Town Of Chibok.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Associated Press) ��� Islamic extremists in Nigeria have seized Chibok, forcing thousands of people to flee the town where insurgents kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls in April, a local official said Friday. The Boko Haram insurgents entered the town Thursday, shooting from pickup trucks.. AFRICA WAS IN THE BEGINNING AND WILL BE ENDED IN THE END TIMES. Comment by t��_((_ on November 15, 2014 at 9:01am. Nobody to ask who��.
Boko Haram militants seize Nigerian town of Chibok | The.
Boko Haram militants have seized the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok, from where they kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in April. Militants attacked and took control of the town, in Borno state, on Thursday evening,��.
Islamic States apparent expansion may be deceptive
The little-known group had seized on a way to grab headlines around the world: asserting that his grisly death had been carried out in the name of Islamic State. Across a swath of North Africa and beyond, militant groups are rebranding themselves as.