Tag: Boko Haram
Group targets 37,000 Borno children for integrated education project
A development group in Nigeria named Plan International has said that about 37,000 children will benefit from an integrated education and child protection...
How Nigeria’s out-of-school children increased to 13.2 million
The number of out-of-school children rose from 10.5 million in 2010 to 13.2 million in 2015, a Demographic Health Survey (DHS) conducted by the...
UNICEF: Boko Haram abducted over 1000 children since 2013
Boko Haram terrorists have abducted not less than 1,000 children in the North-East of Nigeria since 2013, according to the United Nations Children Fund...
Government trains 372 primary school teachers on counter-insurgency in Yobe
The Nigerian government, through the Presidential Committee for North-East Initiative (PCNI) in collaboration with the Yobe State Government on Wednesday commenced a five-day training...
Buhari promises to rescue lone Dapchi school Girl, Leah Sharibu
President Muhammad Buhari has on Thursday promised to ensure he secures the rescue of the only Dapchi school girl still in Boko Haram captivity,...
Released abducted Dapchi Girls, boy to undergo psychological evaluation
The Nigerian government has disclosed on Wednesday that the released girls abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State would...
‘I will never allow my children to school again’ – Dapchi...
A parent of one of the girls kidnapped at the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi has vowed not to allow any of his children...
Dapchi Girls’ kidnap raises concerns about unsafe schools
On Monday, 19th February, 2018, a group of gunmen stormed the Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi in Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe...
Suicide bomber attacks University of Maiduguri
A lone suicide bomber has on Monday evening launched an attack on the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID).
The attack reportedly took place around 7:50pm near...
Boko Haram: 1,400 schools Borno schools destroyed, 1.4 million school children...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that about 1,400 schools have been destroyed in Borno as a result of years of Boko...