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‎Release of Chibok Girls: Group Wants Sunday, Friday observed as National Thanksgiving Day

The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisation of Nigeria for Peace has called on Christian and Muslim faithful in the country to use this Sunday and Friday and offer thanksgiving for the release of the 21 Chibok girls. The National Coordinator of the group, Bishop Musa Fomson while addressing journalists in Abuja,  urged Nigerians to also […]

Nigerian troops 'rescue dozens' from Boko Haram

Twenty-five girls and women freed from Boko Haram camp in Sambisa forest as army continues offensive against the group. Nigerian military says it has rescued 25 more children and women from Boko Haram as part of its ongoing campaign to attack and destroy the armed group’s camps in the northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman […]

Rescued Girls, Women Not from Chibok

    The recently rescued girls and women by the Nigerian military from Boko Haram captivity in Sambisa are not from Chibok but from Gumsuri, a village in Borno State, BBC reports. Quoting the Associated Press, BBC said this was the conclusion of the officials after series of interviews with the victims. In December, it […]

Chibok Girls Were Kidnapped To Present Jonathan’s Administration As Incompetent- Okupe

The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Saturday said that the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state on April 14, 2014, was to present the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan as incompetent. In a message posted on his personal […]

Civil Society Group Task Jonathan on Chibok Girls

A Civil Society Coalition in Lagos on Friday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to make good his administration’s promise of returning the abducted Chibok girls before May 29. President Goodluck Jonathan had promise to ensure that the girls were released before his handover date of May 28. Similarly, Nigeria’s President- Elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari had promised […]

Military Operations Focused on Location of Chibok Girls – FG

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, disclosed that intelligence gathered indicated that the present military operation was focused on the area where the abducted Chibok school-girls were believed to be held by the Boko Haram terrorists.   National Co-ordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, who made the revelation, while updating journalists on the […]

Women in UK Remember Chibok Schoolgirls

Nigerians in the United Kingdom, on Wednesday, marked the first year of the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls with a rally opposite the Nigerian High Commission, in London. With chants of: All we are saying, bring back our girls, all we are saying, bring back our girls, the rally, organised by the Nigerian Women in […]

LP to Buhari: Don't Take Nigerians for Granted over Chibok Girls

The Labour Party has advised the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), not to take Nigerians for granted by backing down on their campaign promises, as the people are expectant of real change. The advice was contained in a statement issued in Lagos, on Wednesday, by the National […]

Chairman Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment Urged Nigerian on Returns of Chibok Girls

    The chairman, Senate committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki has urged Nigerians to be hopeful on the return of the abducted Chibok school girls. Saraki in a statement signed by his media aide, Bamikole Omisore said that “we must remain hopeful of their return, and steadfast in our determination to find them”. The former governor […]

Reps Urge Jonathan to Rescue Chibok Girls before Handover

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, tasked the Federal Government to ensure that the Chibok Secondary School girls, abducted by Boko Haram since April 14, 2015, are rescued before the May 29, handover date. Members of the House passed the resolution after unanimously adopted a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, […]

Chibok Girls Remembered One Year On

It has been a whole year of pain for the relatives of the missing 219 Chibok girls. Ceremonies are ongoing around the world to mark one year since more than 200 girls were abducted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram. A procession is ongoing in Abuja, with 219 girls from various secondary schools who were […]

Breaking News: Chibok Girls Seen "Live" in Gwoza

The Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly seen alive, according to a report by BBC. More than 50 of the girls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria last year were seen alive three weeks ago, a woman has told the BBC. She saw the girls in the north-eastern Gwoza town before the […]

Chibok Girls Are Alive – FG

  Claims that the kidnapped Chibok girls have been massacred are untrue and should be discard­ed, the Federal Government de­clared on Wednesday. The declaration is in direct con­trast with a claim last week by an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee, Raad Zeid al Hussein, that the school­girls might have been slaughtered. […]

A Nation in Dead Heat

It is election season in Nigeria. Testosterone- charged and power-hungry politicians are on the rampage seeking political offices to implement their vile agendas. The scramble is on. Political horns are clashing; hooves are kicking, as they seek every avenue to get to power. Proponents of evolutionary democracy, Nigerian style, might argue that in accordance with […]

New Year, New Birth

It is nine months since the Chibok Girls were abducted and the question is: Will some Chibok couples be grandparents without knowing it? It is a harsh, even cruel question to confront a grieving and traumatised parent with, but we are past such considerations. After nine torturous months our eyes should be wide open, no […]

Where Are the President's Men?

As APC continues its relentless onslaught on Goodluck Jonathan and his administration, there is this telling near-silence from the ranks of PDP and others that bear the most duty and possess the best information and wherewithal to defend him. It is profound enough for one to wager that if they are too cowed to defend […]

Chibok Girls: Jonathan's Explanation Not Credible – APC

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to offer more credible explanations about the fate of the Chibok girls being held hostage for almost a year by the Boko Haram terrorists. The campaign organisation also said the recent “assurance” by the President that the girls “are safe” amounts to cold […]

I Have Clues to Chibok Girls’ Location – 67-Yr-Old Escapee

A woman abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along with her grand daughter has returned with tales of horror— and a possible clue to the location of the kidnapped Chibok girls. According to the 67-year-old woman, Maryamu Bala of Madagali, Adamawa State (now in one of the Internally displaced persons camps in the state), she could […]