As Nigeria votes, family and churches urge candidates to remember Christian teen Leah Sharibu
World Watch Monitor One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have called on presidential candidates to tell Nigerians how they plan to secure her release. “We are urging the political parties and their candidates that now that the campaigns […]
Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his “kith and kin” – Christian Association of Nigeria
World Watch Monitor Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership is more divided than at any time in the country’s history, the Christian Association of Nigeria’s Adamawa State chapter has declared in a letter sent to him on 1st August. Condemning the “mindless massacre” of the predominantly Christian farming communities by Fulani herdsmen, CAN claims that no […]
Chibok abductions: “We are bitter, 122 girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram”
World Watch Monitor Saturday, 14th April marks the fourth anniversary of the abduction of 276 girls from a secondary boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok. At least 165 of them were believed to be Christian, according to a list of names and a statement released by the Christian Association of Nigeria weeks after their kidnapping. The statement, issued […]
Fears of ‘another Chibok’ after Boko Haram school attack
World Watch Monitor Fears are growing that the girls still missing after Boko Haram attacked a boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Yobe on Monday night have been taken by the militant group. The attack comes almost four years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a boarding school in Chibok, in neighbouring Borno State, a case […]
Another Chibok schoolgirl released, more than 100 still missing
World Watch Monitor Salomi Pogu was found along with another girl, aged 14, who was carrying a baby with her. PICTURE: Government of Nigeria The Nigerian Army says it has rescued one of the schoolgirls abducted by the radical Islamic group Boko Haram from the north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014. The girl, identified as […]
Nigerian woman wins UN award for work re-integrating Boko Haram victims
World Watch Monitor Dr Rebecca Dali had set up CCEPI in 2009, the year Boko Haram’s insurgency in Borno State began. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. A Nigerian aid worker who works with victims of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the north-east has won the 2017 UN Sérgio Vieira de Mello Prize. Dr Rebecca Dali, executive director […]
POSTCARDS: FOUR CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRLS TO START UNIVERSITY IN AUGUST
ILLIA DJADI, of World Watch Monitor reports on how a chairt aimed at helping children pursue their studies in areas affected by Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria, have helped 10 of the girls kidnapped from their school Chibok to pursue their education…