Buhari on Dapchi girl: ‘Leah will not be abandoned’

Buhari on Dapchi girl: ‘Leah will not be abandoned’

Authorities in Nigeria say they are working to secure the release of the last remaining student abducted from the Government Science and Technical College in February, who was not released with more than 100 of the Dapchi girls who returned early Wednesday morning. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to meet…

Nigeria: Freed Dapchi girls get medical care, head for Maiduguri

Nigeria: Freed Dapchi girls get medical care, head for Maiduguri

In Nigeria, the released Dapchi girls left Damaturu in midafternoon Wednesday, continuing their 135-kilometer journey to Maiduguri as part of a heavily secured military convoy. Nigerian state radio said the girls abducted from the Government Science and Technical College in February were first seen at Dapchi General Hospital before being…

Violent attacks leave Nigerians dead, injured

New waves of violence gripped Nigeria on Wednesday as the death toll rises in clashes in the Katsina State region, while a bomb blast in Maiduguri has claimed up to 18 lives in the nation’s northeast. Boko Haram was believed responsible for the terror attack in Borno state, where a car…