N200 The TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2016 VOL 40 NO. 21,251 www.punchng.com Page 7 Page 24 Page 14 Herdsmen kill RCCG pastor in Kaduna FG wants Islamic bank funds to rebuild N/East Page 23 Page 4 How to access WhatsApp on your computer The Punch Newspapers @mobilepunch @+Punchng1 • Buhari Chibok girls: Uproar as Buhari shuns […]
Chibok girls: Many killed, 40 married off, Boko Haram claims Chris Agbambu – Abuja with Agency Report Monday, August There was confusion on Sunday as the Boko Haram sect released a video showing that the abducted Chibok girls had been killed by air strikes launched by the Nigerian Air Force on their locations. The Abubakar […]
Chibok girls Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu There were strong indications on Monday that the Federal Government was in a dilemma over the faction of the Boko Haram sect, it should hold talks with. The PUNCH gathered that the Federal Government had in the past four months been holding talks with members […]
Boko Haram on Sunday released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The video is the latest release from embattled Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who earlier this month denied claims that he had been replaced as […]
By Peter Okutu ABAKALIKI—Three police officers indicted in the stripping and battering of a 15-year-old Uzoamaka Chukwu in Umunaga Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, are currently undergoing orderly room trial. Uzoamaka was stripped naked and beaten with cables and canes by some persons in the area with the pictures and video of […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai last night visited wounded soldiers and the 3 staff of the UN agencies and other international humanitarian organizations that were injured during an ambush at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital at about 10.00pm. The Army Chief who was accompanied by […]
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, advocacy movement has taken a swipe at the Governor of New Jersey in the United States, Mr Chris Christie, warning him to refrain from playing politics with the plight of abducted Chibok girls. In an open letter signed by two of the group’s leaders, Oby […]
Kayode Idowu Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night attacked Kuda-Kaya village in Madagali local Government Area of Adamawa state, killing 24 persons during a wake. One of the residents, Abdul Ibrahim, who spoke on Friday morning, said the insurgents, numbering over 100, came at about 10 pm on Thursday shooting indiscriminately and in the […]
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 247 captives from the men of the Boko Haram Sect in Borno State. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Wednesday that captives were rescued by the troops of the 81 Battalion, the 251 Task Force Battalion, […]
NIGER government has arrested scores of Boko Haram militants and will hand them over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial, President Mahamadou Issoufou has said. This was contained in a document from the World Humanitarian Summit, ongoing in Istanbul, Turkey and made available to reporters in New York. The document said Mr Issoufou made this […]
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