Haruna Umar, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Aishat Alhaji, second, right, one of the kidnapped girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi who was freed, is photographed after her release in Dapchi, Nigeria, on Wednesday. Witnesses say Boko Haram militants have returned an unknown number of the 110 girls who were abducted from their Nigeria school a month ago.

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Boko Haram returns more than 100 Nigerian girls abducted from boarding school

by Haruna Umar Associated Press, and Krista Larson Associated PressMarch 21, 2018

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Boko Haram Islamic extremists brought back nearly all of the 110 girls they had kidnapped from a boarding school last month, dropping them off in the middle of the night Wednesday with a warning: “Don’t ever put your daughters in…

In this image from August 2016, an alleged Boko Haram soldier standing in front of a group of girls alleged to be some of the 276 abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

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Nigeria says 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls freed

by Ismail Alfa Abdulrahim Associated Press, and Haruna Umar Associated PressOctober 13, 2016

FILE - This Monday May 12, 2014 file image taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network, shows the alleged missing girls abducted from the northeastern town of Chibok. A video that appears to be from Boko Haram says some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have been killed in Nigerian air strikes and shows one of the alleged victims pleading for authorities to release detained militants so the girls can be freed. The video posted Sunday Aug.14, 2016 on Twitter shows a veiled girl identified as one of the 276 students abducted from a remote school in northeast Nigeria in April 2014, saying some classmates died in aerial bombardments and 40 have been "married" to Islamic extremist fighters . (AP Photo/File)

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Boko Haram: Some abducted Chibok girls killed in air strikes

by Michelle Faul Associated Press, and Haruna Umar Associated PressAugust 14, 2016