THEY were the last group in Nigeria to submit to British rule. Chibok people, hundreds or perhaps thousands of years ago, were a proud people who lived in and near the rocks, from which they warded off intruders. Historians record ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionGEJ Cancels Chibok Community Visit, For ‘Security Reasons’
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has called off a visit the town where more than 200 school girls were abducted, officials say. The president had planned tovisit Chibok, the town where over 200 female students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, ... Read More »
Free The Killers Of My Son If It Would Help Secure Abducted Chibok Girls – Mother Of Killed Briton
It is just over a month since more than 200 girls were taken by Islamist militants from their boarding school in Nigeria. The group Boko Haram says it will only free them in exchange for releasing some of its members ... Read More »
One Month After The Abduction, Jonathan AgreesTo Visit Chibok Today
A month after Boko Haram insurgents abducted more than 250 teenage girls from their school in Chibok, Borno State, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is set to visit the town where the abduction took place. A month after Boko Haram insurgents ... Read More »
The Truth The Army Didn’t Tell The World About Yesterday’s ‘Shots In The Air’
Nigerian Soldiers Shot At Their Own Commander And Not In The Air As Claimed By The Army Spokesman Soldiers at the scene at Mailamari Barracks said infuriated soldiers fired directly at the vehicle carrying Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, commander of ... Read More »
Soldiers Went Wild In Borno
Some soldiers on Wednesday went haywire while they were being addressed by some General Officers Commanding. Contrary to rules of conduct, the soldiers fired shots during the address. This led to pandemonium at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, the Borno ... Read More »
CNN’s Interview With Boko-Haram Escapee In Chibok
The terrifying news began to spread before the gun-wielding Islamist militants made it into Chibok last month. Villagers began to receive cell phone calls that the feared extremist group Boko Haram was on the way. No one knew what the ... Read More »