Nigerians, today Good Friday marked three years since the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists amid anger that government efforts to negotiate their freedom appear to have stalled. Activists were expected to rally in the capital, Abuja, and commercial hub Lagos to urge President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to do more to […]
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Security agents on Monday blocked the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement from gaining access to the presidential villa, as part of their advocacy for the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls. Oby Ezekwesili, leader of the group, engaged a police officer who said he had orders not to allow the group gain access to […]
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Three mothers of schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State two years ago shed tears as they identified their daughters in a video released by Boko Haram. About 15 girls featured in the video on Tuesday in Maiduguri, the state capital. The girls were filmed saying they were being treated well but wanted to go home […]
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told BringBackOurGirls campaigners and parents of the over 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok in 2014 that he expected them to be appreciative of the efforts his government had been making to rescue the girls. He said he wakes up thinking about the girls who are in captivity, […]
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PRESIDENCY has said the past administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan negotiated with fake leaders of the Boko Haram sect in its bid to secure the release of over 200 girls abducted in their school in Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014. The was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
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