Boko Haram Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Dapchi kidnapping==== Boko Haram [[Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping|kidnapped 110 schoolgirls]] from the Government Technical Girls College in [[Dapchi]], Yobe State, on 19 February 2018, killing five of them on the same day. They released all but one of the surviving girls on 21 March, having been paid a large [[ransom]] by the Nigerian government to do so.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bukola Adebayo|title=Nigeria's President vows schoolgirl with Boko Haram 'will not be abandoned'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/africa/nigeria-missing-girls-father/index.html|access-date=23 March 2018|work=[[CNN]]|date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Buhari speaks on abducted Dapchi schoolgirls β Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/259693-buhari-speaks-abducted-dapchi-schoolgirls.html|access-date=24 February 2018|work=Premium Times Nigeria|date=23 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria-paid-large-ransom-to-free-dapchi-girls-un-says/|title=Nigeria paid ' large ransom' to free Dapchi girls, UN says|date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page