Nigeria’s government is in talks to release the remaining captive Chibok girls, the president said on Thursday, a day before the third anniversary of the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Islamist insurgency Boko Haram. The government “is in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence to secure the release of the remaining girls and other […]
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Nigeria must do more to rescue the 195 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago in the jihadist group Boko Haram’s most infamous attack, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Around 220 girls were taken from their school in Chibok in the remote northeastern Borno state, where Boko Haram has waged an insurgency aimed at creating […]
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In commemoration of the 1,000th day of the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to securing the release of the student kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stated this in a press […]
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The Nigerian Army, deployed at Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno, for Operation Lafiya Dole, on Saturday rescued one of the kidnapped Chibok girls. A statement issued by the army Spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, in Abuja, said the girl was discovered while the troops were screening some escapees from Boko Haram terrorists’ hideout in Sambisa […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting the 21 Chibok girls recently released from captivity. The meeting is holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The girls were accompanied to the meeting by their parents. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and other top government officials are in attendance. Today I received 21 dear daughters. They have seen the worst […]
Read More Nigeria Senate on yesterday, urged all the parties involved in the negotiation that led to the release of 21 of the Chibok girls to ensure that other hostages in Boko Haram’s captivity were rescued. The upper chamber of the National Assembly, while thanking those who negotiated the release of the 21 schoolgirls, noted that a large […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration was open to continue talks with Boko Haram, provided the sect agreed to involve international agencies. He said this while granting audience to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Peter Maurer, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President commended the role played by […]
Read More The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, has welcomed the Thursday release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls after more than two years in captivity. According to a statement made available by the Presidency on Saturday, the UN Secretary-General said he remained concerned about the safety and well-being of the remaining schoolgirls and other victims of abduction […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the release of more of the kidnapped Chibok girls, after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram, following more than two years of captivity. Speaking at a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday in Berlin, President Buhari said negotiations will continue until […]
Read More The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja released the names of freed Chibok school girls. The names of the girls are: Mary Usman Bulama, Jummai John, Blessing Abana, Luggwa Sanda, Comfort Habiba, Maryam Basheer, Comfort Amos, Glory Mainta, Saratu Emmanuel, Deborah Ja’afaru, Rahab Ibrahim, Helin Musa, Maryamu Lawan, Asabe Goni, Deborah Andrawus, Agnes Gapani, Saratu […]
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Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Thursday hailed the release of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Insurgents. Shettima said in a statement in Maiduguri that the release had proved President Muhammadu Buhari’s sincerity in ending the Boko Haram insurgency. The statement was signed by the governor’s Special Adviser on Communication, Malam […]
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South African and #BringBackOurGirls groups have described as positive development, the release of 21 of the more than 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls still being held by Boko Haram insurgents. No fewer than 276 of them were abducted on 14th April, 2014 at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno state. About 57 of them escaped […]
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