Mark Zuckerberg @the co-creation Hub Nigeria

_{Mark's first stop was at the co-creation hub Nigeria (ccHUB)yaba were he got to talk with kids at a summer coding camp and entrepreneurs who came to build and lunch their app.mark Zuckerberg the CEO and founder of Facebook is really a nice man.}

Mark Zuckerberg @Lagos: check out what he posted on his timeline After meeting with Rosemary Njoku an express Wi-Fi entrepreneur

_{Mark zuckerberg the CEO and founder of Facebook was with Rosemary Njoku an express Wi-Fi entrepreneur, so he dropped some thing on his wall read"This is Rosemary Njoku. I just met Rosemary at the Facebook Express Wi-Fi stand she runs in Lagos. Express Wi-Fi empowers entrepreneurs to build a business by providing their community with access to the internet. Facebook designed the technology, and local internet providers add the connectivity. Express Wi-Fi is part of our Internet.org initiative. Rosemary already had a business before she also started selling Express Wi-Fi as well, but she told me she now has 3,000 customers and makes much more money from Express Wi-Fi. She's a great example of how local entrepreneurs spread internet access around the world. This week, we're launching a satellite into space to enable more entrepreneurs across Africa to sell Express Wi-Fi and more people to access reliable internet. That means more connectivity and more opportunity for entrepreneurs like Rosemary everywhere."}

happy 25 years celebration to Abians

Today All abians celebrates their 25years of creation let us all celebrate

Catholic church VS Ekiti state government over levy

_{Catholic Diocese of Ekiti has filed a suit restraining the Ekiti government from imposing levies on pupils in its primary and secondary schools Diocesan Bishop Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye said he is concerned about the propriety of imposing any development levy on pupils in Catholic mission schools in Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose In a stop the Ekiti state government’s plan to impose levies on pupils in its primary and secondary schools, the Catholic Diocese of Ekiti has filed a suit restraining the Ekiti government from further demand of the levy. According to The Nation newspaper, the Church wants the court to determine “if every child of primary school and junior secondary school age in Ekiti State is not entitled to free and compulsory basic education and also determine if “the imposition of education development levy or any tax or levy on pupils and schools in Ekiti State, including the claimants’ schools, by the defendants, does not violate Section 2 of Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education Act 2004 and Section 19 of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Law.” The originating summons also wants the court to determine if the defendants could impose education development levy or tax on pupils and schools “without a law validly passed by the House of Assembly”. Speaking at a press conference over the weekend in Ekiti, Diocesan Bishop Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye said he was “concerned about the propriety of imposing any development levy on pupils in Catholic mission schools in Ekiti State, moreover when our schools are paying various levies and taxes demanded by both the local and state governments”. Ajakaye expressed dismay at the closure of seven Catholic schools even as some of them are preparing for their NECO examinations. “The affected pupils are writing exams and government is closing down their schools. That is insensitivity.” The cleric said as a law abiding body, the Church was taking steps to seek judicial resolution of the matter.}

source:naijnews

GOOD NEWS:NCC provides customers care line for all networks

_{The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has provided a free customers care line, that incase you should call your network providers for help or assistance on a particular matter and they could not help you, then you can call just (622) for them to help you. they are opened from Monday -Friday, 6:00am to evening. it's true at least we can now find a way to help ourselves out when this network providers makes one angry. well I just got the information not long ago. I noticed the majority of people around don't have the idea about it, so I decided to share and let you my noble readers and visitors to know about it}

See the man who claims to be an army colonel

_{The Nigerian Army on Friday April
22nd paraded Prince Onyemauche, accused of
parading himself as a Colonel in the
Army.
According to the Army spokesman
Colonel Sani Usman who paraded
Onyemauche before journalists at
the army headquarters in Abuja, said
he was arrested alongside one
sergeant Jacob Phillip by troops of
176 Special Forces Gurads Battalion
along Wazobia Motor Park,
Gwagwalada Abuja on Feb 17th.
Sani said Onyemauche was driving
Toyota Tacoma Pick-up van when
he was arrested after earlier
escaping check in Abaji where he
claimed to be a Colonel in the
Nigerian army.
Sani said after the suspects were
arrested, items recovered from their
vehicle includes an Ak 47 Rifle, with
registration number 3290 and four
magazines, out of which, two were
empty while the other two were
loaded with 42 rounds of 7.62
ammunition.
“A luger pistol, 21 x 9mm
Parabellium ammunition and the
sum of one million, eleven thousand
three hundred naira (N1,
011,300.00) was found.” The fake
colonel will be handed over to the
police for further investigations.
NAIJA NAWAO}

Nigerians agree for currency swap with China to increase naira value

_{Nigeria on Tuesday agreed a currency
swap deal with China, officials said,
as it looks for ways to shore up its
ailing currency and fund a record
budget deficit, possibly by issuing
yuan-denominated bonds in China.
The West African nation is facing its
worst economic crisis in decades as
sinking oil prices eat into its foreign
reserves and the naira weakens
against other currencies.
Nigeria has been for months looking
for sources to help plug a projected
2016 deficit of 2.2 trillion naira ($11.1
billion) as President Muhammadu
Buhari plans to triple capital
spending.
During Buhari's visit to Beijing, the
Industrial and Commercial Bank of
China Ltd (ICBC), the world's biggest
lender, and Nigeria's central bank
signed a deal on yuan transactions.
"It means that the renminbi (yuan) is
free to flow among different banks in
Nigeria, and the renminbi has been
included in the foreign exchange
reserves of Nigeria," Lin Songtian,
director general of the African affairs
department of China's foreign ministry,
told reporters.
The agreement was reached following
a meeting between Buhari and Chinese
President Xi Jinping.
The move comes after Finance
Minister Kemi Adeosun said on
Saturday that Nigeria was looking at
panda bonds - yuan-denominated
bonds sold by overseas entities on the
mainland -saying they that would be
cheaper than Eurobonds.
Nigeria's central bank has said it
plans to diversify its foreign exchange
reserves away from the dollar by
switching a stockpile into yuan. It
converted up to a tenth of its reserves
into yuan five years .source:STV}

speak against fulani herdsmen, Mimiko tells president Buhari

_{The governor said if the government fails to act, the country may be heading toward a precipice – Mimiko prevailed on members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) to shun their planned reprisal on herdsmen -He said that urgent actions are not taken, people may resort to self help Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko Following the killing of a security guard attached to the farm of the former presidential candidate Chief Olu Falae, in Akure by Fulani herdsmen, Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has said the Federal Government must stop the incessant killings of people, particularly farmers, by Fulani herdsmen. The OPC members had threatened a reprisal attack on Fulani herdsmen as the late Ayodele Ige was the OPC coordinator in Akure North Local Government. According to Nation newspaper, Mimiko prevailed on members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) to shun their planned reprisal on herdsmen in the interest of peaceful and harmonious co-existence. The governor said if the government fails to act, the country may be heading toward a precipice noting that urgent actions are not taken, people may resort to self help. “We are moving towards the precipice and the earlier we pull back the better for us all. All major stakeholders must come together on how to resolve this issue. “These herdsmen must be called to order. These wanton destructions, audacious incursions on other people’s territory cannot continue for too long. We must be concerned as a nation that this is a menace that poses a threat to us as nation. “I am again appealing to Mr President and all the major stakeholders to let’s sort out this. “For me, I see the grazing reserves aggravating the problem, though I’ve not read the law but I don’t see how that law can find comfort with the land use act. The control of land is vested in the governor, I can’t see any federal law that will compulsorily acquire any land from any state, in my state, for example, it cannot work. “The owners of these cattle, according to the information at my disposal, are well to do people, they are elite. If cattle rearing is a commercial venture, why should they not contribute to set up the ranches? After all, they don’t sell these cattle for free. “We have been talking about diversification and agriculture is the main focus but in my state there’s hardly any medium scale or large scale farmers that has not had any encounter or the other with the herdsmen. “I think if we don’t do anything about the activities of these herdsmen, I can see a threat to the security of this country so it’s a major challenge and I think the President and all major stakeholders should take this as a very serious challenge.” OPC State Coordinator Pius Ogunsanya said members would go ahead with their planned reprisal, if security operatives fail to apprehend the killers.source:naijnews}

Hausa fulani herdsmen killed by miscreants

_{Governors of Imo and Abia states blame miscreants for death of Hausa- Fulani herdsmen – The pair meet to hold joint security meeting – Vow to fish out perpetrators, to keep ensuring security of lives and properties Facts have emerged on how miscreants killed the five Hausa- Fulani herdsmen who reportedly died in a forest along the borders of Imo and Abia states. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this revelation was made by Governors Rochas Okorocha and Okezie Ipkeazu of Imo and Abia states respectively when they held a joint security council meeting in Umuahia, the Abia state capital on Monday, April 11. In his argument, Okorocha stated that the miscreants were not out to attack any ethnic group as two Igbos lost their lives in the attack as well. This clarification by the governors came on the heels of the security operatives’ discovery of a mass grave where Hausa-Fulani residents abducted and murdered by suspected members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) were buried in Abia State. Ikpeazu on his part, believes that kidnapping had become a recurring decimal in the area, adding “We condemn the killings as it concerns the five Fulani men that were abducted and assassinated in a forest. “And we are all united in the fact that the particular forest and such other forests will be rid of criminals that use them as hideouts.” Speaking further, he said: “It is our responsibility to protect lives and property of people that reside in Abia, as security agencies of both states have been mandated to cross the borders of both states to hunt down criminals.” Okorocha also vowed to deal with the culprits of the killings, saying: “On the issue of the killing of five Fulani men that has caused tension, the culprits have been arrested and will be dealt with under the law as well as made to pay the ultimate price. “Information reaching us reveal that it is not just five Fulani men as there are two corpses believed to be Igbos from the area, so it is not a direct attack on any ethnic group.” Meanwhile, a group under the aegis of the Conference of Minority Tribes of Nigeria (CMTN) on Monday, April 11, called on the Nigerian government to hold all leaders of IPOB responsible for killings of Hausa-Fulani in Abia state. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the secretary general of the group, Samson Babalola said the killings of five northern Nigerians as alleged by the Department of State Services (DSS), is a crime against humanity. Describing the killings as a ‘blow below the belt’ incident threatening the cordial relationship between ethnic nationals in Nigeria, Babalola said the group is set to drag the leadership of the IPOB to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the alleged killings by the group.source:naij news.}

fuel crisis:federal government releases fuel to independent marketers

_{The federal government has began the release of petrol to Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) – IPMAN said the release of petrol to the members was part of efforts to settle the 7,000 pending loading tickets of IPMAN Fuel queues to disappear soon? The lingering fuel scarcity that has lasted over a month seems to be over as the federal government has commenced the release of petrol to Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). According to a press release issued by the organization’s secretary, Lawson Ngoa, IPMAN said the release of petrol to the members was part of efforts to settle the 7,000 pending loading tickets of IPMAN. He revealed that IPMAN controlled over 80 per cent of the petroleum products’ retail outlets in the country and that members were not getting products from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) due to internal leadership crisis since last two years but said members have started loading the products from some depots in Lagos as a result of the efforts of the Committee. Ngoa said the Committee had taken steps to ensure that products were available all over the country. He thanked Nigerians for the patience and understanding during difficult period and assured that with the support of the minister of petroleum resources and his team, the scarcity would soon be over. Meanwhile more than 400 illegal refineries have been destroyed by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the past three months. This comes amidst fuel scarcity and the inability of the country to refine enough crude for local consumption. Also, Occupy Nigeria Group has announced that the will be a peaceful and peoples organized protest in the city of Port Harcourt next week Thursday April 14. This protest which the group is said is aimed at driving a strong citizenship position against the inability of the Federal government to address the burning perennial fuel scarcity, zero Megawatts and total lack of electricity amidst increased tariff, incessant/fraudulent bank charges on poor Nigerians among other serious economic matters.source:naij news}

Falana set sue president Buhari over China's loan

Falana has told the FG not to obtain $2bn loan from China – He said the loan will further plunge the nation into more indebtedness Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Human right lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said he will sue the Buhari led federal government should the government obtain $2bn loan from China. Mr Falana said the move “plunging the nation into more indebtedness suggesting that the government should intensify efforts to recover some funds totaling about $200bn which were either not remitted to the Federation Account or stolen from the nation’s treasury. He warned against increasing the nation’s external debt of $64bn asking the government to jettison its plan to take a loan of $2.5bn from the World Bank and $1bn from the African Development Bank. In a letter addressed to the minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, the popular lawyer said: “In the light of the foregoing, we are compelled to call on the Federal Government to muster the political will and courage to recover the aforesaid withheld or stolen wealth of not less than $200bn belonging to the Nigerian people. “However, if you refuse to accede to our request we shall have no alternative than to initiate legal proceedings at the Federal High Court with a view to restraining the Federal Government from further plunging the nation into external indebtedness.” “In particular, we requested the Federal Government to embark on the recovery of the revenue of $42bn withheld from the Federation Account from 1999 to 2012 by some transnational oil companies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other agencies of the Federal Government. “In your reply dated March 17, 2016 you assured us that the issues raised in our letter were receiving the attention of the Federal Government. “We were therefore surprised to learn that the Administration had applied to the Chinese Government for another loan of $2bn. “In urging the Federal Government to desist from taking the loan of $2bn from China or any other country we are compelled to advise the Federal Government to intensify efforts to recover the nation’s wealth which has been criminally diverted by a handful of local and foreign looters,” Falana said in the letter.source:naij news

president Buhari leaves Abuja for China

_{President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for China on an official visit on April 10, Sunday. Buhari is set to spend four days on a state visit to the Peoples’ Republic of China from April 11 to 15 to strengthen diplomatic relations between China and Nigeria. Nigeria’s president, speaking to Xinhua, Chinese news agency, prior to his trip, said the country cannot afford to lose the enormous potential in China- Nigeria economic and trade co-operation On trade and economic ties, Buhari added that his government remains committed to contracts signed by Goodluck Jonathan, his predecessor, with Chinese firms on railway, roads and hydroelectric dam projects. He said: “ China has the technical and financial capacity and the experience of development while retaining the goodwill to help Nigeria. So, really, this is an opportunity Nigeria cannot afford to lose. “In spite of being the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria is still badly in need of these projects, which China, as the world’s second-largest economy, has the capacity to undertake.” The Nigerian leader would be the first African head of state to visit China after the Forum on China- Africa Cooperation Johannesburg Summit, which is of great importance to both China-Nigeria and China-Africa relations, and draws great attention from both countries and Africa. source:naij news}

A lady mom charged for killing her new baby

<sub>29 year old mother, Ginaite
Suminaitehas been arrested and
charged with killing her newborn
baby in their West Sussex home
shortly after the baby was born.
She was arrested after an
ambulance was called to her house
on Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis, at
8.37am on Wednesday. They rushed
her to the St Richard's Hospital in
Chichester for urgent medical help
but her baby girl didn't make it. The

baby was pronounced dead at the
scene, Sussex Police said.
However, as soon as Suminaitehas
was released from the hospital on
Friday, the police promptly arrested
her for her child's murder and
charged her on Saturday.
Suminaite will appear at Crawley
Magistrates' Court today April 11,
charged with killing her baby. source: uk mirror/lindaikeji</sub>

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mother and son wish' s to have kids together

_{51 year old English woman, Kim West gave up her son, Ben Ford for adoption 30 years ago. Ben who was living in the US was able to track her down in 2013 and sent her a letter to let her know he was her son. Ben who had been married 2 years prior to contacting his mum began exchanging phone calls with his mum before they agreed to meet up. Kim said when they met, it seemed like they had known each other for years. Kim who is an interior designer said after she met her son, Ben Ford, 32, she started having sexy dreams about him and then realized she was sexually attracted to him so decided to look it up on the Internet. She said while surfing the net, she came across an article on Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA), and felt like a weight had lifted. She said the first time they met was in a hotel, she shared they kissed and it progressed from there. But the couple, who say their sex life is ‘incredible’ and are planning to get married, insist their relationship is not incest, the New Day reports Kim has now been in a relationship with her biological son Ben Ford, 32, for two years and believe they are ‘meant to be’. She said they are now in love with each other and are trying for a baby together. Ben who was married for 2 years to his wife Victoria has since divorced her to be in a relationship with his mum. He said his wife was disgusted when he told her but he insisted that the relationship wasn't incestuous. They claim it is ‘Genetic Sexual Attraction’, a term used for relatives who feel sexual attraction for each other after meeting as adults. Source: New Day}

Osinbajo, Ambode offers solution to the country's economic problem

_{The vice president Yemi
Osinbajo and Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos
state have identified measures to
solve the economic challenges
in the country.
Rendering the first keynote at the
maiden edition of National Forum
on Economy organised by
Vintage Press Limited,
publishers of The Nation
Newspapers, Osinbajo blamed
the nation’s economic
challenges on oil dependence
and corruption, adding that the
time has come for Nigeria to
look beyond oil and celebrate
integrity over corruption.
Speaking at the event held at
Lagos Airport Hotel on Thursday,
April 7, Osinbajo said: “It is
pathetic that a nation with over
170 million people benchmarked
its budget on the price of oil. We
must look beyond oil because it
disturbs us from looking to other
sector. In order to move the
country forward, we must reduce
the FG and state dependence on
sharing revenue made from oil
sales.
“The foundation for a strong
economy demands that we have
appropriate fiscal policies that
will help the country that is
arising from a very low rate of
VAT and a low taxpayer’s base.
We are focusing on increasing
the country’s tax-payers base.
We are committed to expanding
the tax net.
“At the federal level, the
implementation of the country’s
2016 budget will stimulate the
economy rather than impose
undue austerity on the citizens.
For instance, 30% of the
country’s budget has been
earmarked for capital
expenditure.
“Non-oil sources comprising
company income tax, VAT and
others are expected to contribute
N1.5 trillion which is more than
the estimated revenue from oil.
This is unprecedented in the
history of the country.
“Rather than extract and
exporting, the country must take
full advantage of the oil sector
and entire value chain.”
He said the governments this
year will focus on key areas
such as oil and gas Agriculture,
social investment among others
to tackle the situation.
Osinbajo added that government
would soon commence work on
the Lagos-Kano and Lagos-
Calabar rail routes, as well as 31
major road projects across the
country, just as he stressed the
commitment of the current
administration to give a quantum
leap to infrastructural
development.
Governor Ambode in his remark
said the nation’s economy was
at a critical threshold and thus
urged leaders to think outside the
box to come up with creative
innovations that will trigger
economic growth nationwide.
According to him, the previous
governments at the federal level
failed to take advantage of the oil
boom to grow other sectors of
the economy, adding that the fall
in price in the international oil
market coupled with many years
of corruption has made the
economy vulnerable.
He said: “It is very unfortunate
that we wasted the golden
opportunity to deploy the trillions
of dollars earned from our oil
exports to develop the critical
sectors of the economy including
power, agriculture, industries,
solid minerals, transportation
infrastructure among others. No
doubt, if we had done the right
thing as some other oil
producing countries did, keeping
in mind that crude oil is a finite
resource, we would not be
experiencing the devastating
effect of oil price crash on the
scale we are experiencing it
now.
“We are now being forced to do,
with pains, what we should have
done with ease years ago. The
task of charting a new direction
for the economy is not going to
be a tea party. Various policy
options must be identified and
assessed on the basis of our
current situation and needs.
Moving our economy forward
requires thinking outside the box
and doing things differently. We
need creativity, innovation and
the courage to take difficult and
tough decisions.
“The leadership of the country at
national and state levels must
have the courage to take tough
decisions and make sacrifices in
the near term which will, in the
long run, make our economy
stronger and sustainable and,
consequently result in prosperity
across all regions of Nigeria.”
Vice President Osinbajo and
other dignitaries at the opening
of The Nation’s Economic Forum
held in Lagos on Thursday.
Solomon Adeola
Recommending strategies to
improve the economy, Governor
Ambode said: “Prior to the oil
boom era, Agriculture was the
mainstay of Nigeria’s economy
and contributed about 65% to the
country’s GDP and represented
close to 70% of total exports.
Through farming, Nigeria was
able to feed its population while
major cash crops were exported
to earn foreign exchange.
“From the cocoa and rubber
plantations in the West, the
groundnut pyramids and cotton in
the north, to palm oil in the east;
each region was identified by its
economic areas of comparative
advantage which were
collectively harnessed towards
ensuring food security and
inclusive growth across the
country.
“Given our current economic
challenge, I believe it is time we
take a cue from our old
‘playbook’ for a viable ‘game
plan’ to revive our national
economy. States and regions
must once again begin to
leverage on their respective
areas of comparative advantage
by establishing partnerships
towards establishing inter-State
or inter-regional commodity
value chain. We must re-start
inter-state/regional
cooperation.”
Meanwhile, Vice president
Osinbajo has suggested that
political stability in the West
Africa sub-reg
source:naij.com}

president Buhari is to visit China next week

_{President Buhari will pay a state
visit to China between Monday to
Friday next week at the invitation of
Chinese President, Xi Jinping.
China's Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Lu Kang, announced
this at a press conference yesterday
April 6th
“China and Nigeria enjoy a
traditional friendship. This
year marks the 45th
anniversary of China-Nigeria
diplomatic ties. During the
visit, President Xi Jinping
will hold talks with Buhari,
and Premier Li Keqiang and
top legislator Zhang Dejiang
will have separate meetings
with him, exchanging views
on bilateral relations and
issues of common concern.
The two sides will sign
cooperation agreements and
jointly hold a forum on
production capacity
cooperation as well as a
reception marking the 45th
anniversary of diplomatic
ties. We believe President
Buhari’s visit will give new
impetus to the all-round
development of the China-
Nigeria strategic partnership
of cooperation,” Lu said}

A man and daughter burnt to death after stored petrol exploded in Lagos

_{A man simply identified as Shabi and his two daughters, 18 year old Mistura and 16 year old Adura, were burnt to death after some Jerry cans of petroleum products stored at their home in 5 Adebiyi Street, Somolu Oja in Lagos exploded yesterday night.The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe who spoke with PM news, said the petrol was stored close to the kitchen where the family cooked their meal. In a related development, a grandfather was burnt to death after his grandchild lit a candle and went out to play at their home 48 Oyedele Street, off Liasu Road, Egbe , in Ikotun area of Lagos. The candle fell and ignited a fire which consumed the apartment and the old man} [/imgl]

Nasarawa house of assembly suspend six lawmakers indefinitely

_{download and view pixThe Nasarawa State House of Assembly yesterday put six of its legislators(lawmakers) on an indefinite suspension for their alleged role in the free for all fight on the floor of the House on Monday. Yesterday, the 6 legislators(lawmakers) mainly involved in the disorderliness were summoned by DSS to give account of what happened while the other legislators(lawmakers) voted for them to be suspended indefinitely. The six legislators (lawmakers )who were suspended were all APC members namely: Abubakar Kana, Kokona West; Kassim Kassim, Akwanga South; Mohammed Okpoku, - Udega/ Loko; Makpa Malla, Wamba; Musa Ali, -Keffi East; and Murtala Sodangi, -Nasarawa Central. The six men were suspended at the session presided over by the deputy speaker, Godiya Akwashiki for “misconduct and for bringing the House to disrepute” followed by a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Tanko Tunga, who accused them of bringing dishonour to the House. He was supported by the Minority Leader, Muhammed Alkali and fourteen others legislators(lawmakers) present.Source: Vanguard}

bad news:chibok girls almost turning suicide bombers

One of the young women who
was arrested in Cameroon who
claims to be a Chibok girl had 12
kilogram of bombs with her.
The regional governor Midjiyawa
Bakari said that the second
would be suicide bomber also
wear a belt load of 12 kilos of explosives.
He said: “Two suicide bombers
were arrested by members of
Limani’s vigilance committee.
“Each of them was carrying 12
kilos of explosives and was
looking for a place to blow
themselves up during the Easter
weekend. at the time of questioning, one of them
said she was “one of the girls
kidnapped from Chibok girls in
Nigeria, but we are treating this
statement with caution,” the
governor stated adding that the
matter would be investigated.
“Such terrorists are
often drugged and can say
anything,” he added.
The two girls were taken for
investigation by the Cameroonian
force of the five-nation force set
up to fight Boko Haram that also
comprises Nigeria, Benin, Chad
and Niger.
The BringBackOurGirls (BBOG)
group has said that the supposed
suicide bomber is a victim
despite the situation.
The BBOG added that the claim
by the young girl should re-
awaken the Nigerian authorities
on the need to quickly rescue the
Chibok girls who will soon be
celebrating two years in
captivity.
“This development suggests that
we now have a possible source
of credible intelligence as to
what transpired, where the
others are, and other leads
required to facilitate their
rescue.
“Regardless of whether she is
one of our Chibok girls or not,
our thoughts and sentiments
remain the same.
“Using children, girls who should
be in school (or any humans at
all) as suicide bombers is not
only tragic and cruel, it is
completely reprehensible and we
denounce it;
“These children suicide bomber
are themselves victims, and
must be seen and treated as
such,” the group said in a
statement.
Presidential media aide Garba
Shehu has said that two parents
from Chibok selected to embark
on the trip to Cameroon to verify
the identity of thee girl are
Yakubu Nkeki, chairman of the
Chibok Abducted Girls
Movement, and Yana Galang, the
group’s women leader, whose
16-year-old daughter Rifkatu is
among the missing.
He said: “We hope that the
Chibok parents will be able to
identify the girl and determine
whether she is indeed one of
their missing students.”
276 schoolgirls were abducted
by the Boko Haram on April 14,
2014 as they were preparing for
end-of-year exams in the Chibok
town. This development caused
an international outrage.
Later 57 of girls managed to
escape within hours of the
attack, but there has been no
news about the remaining 219
still held in captivity.