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President Goodluck Jonathan has said on Thursday that the more than 200 female pupils kidnapped by Boko Haram from their hostel at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, are still alive. Jonathan revealed this in an interview with the African Independent Television during a current affairs programme, Kaakaki. The schoolgirls have spent […]

There is a strong indication that the United Kingdom is withholding intelligence information as regard the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram since April 14, 2014. The girls, until their abduction, were pupils of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The British government claimed that revealing details of what it found […]

Two-hundred and sixty-two days after their daughters were kidnapped from school, some of the distraught parents of the students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on Thursday criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for not fulfilling his promise to rescue the girls from the custody of Boko Haram. The abduction of the 219 girls from their […]

The Nigerian presidency has dismissed concerns over the prolonged abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State, saying the government has no time limit to return the long-suffering teenagers alive to their families. The message, delivered Monday by a presidential spokesperson, appeared to imply that the government is taking its time to rescue […]

The #BringBackOurGirls group yesterday, lamented the neglect of the Chibok girls by the federal government, even as the whole attention has been moved to the issue of 2015 elections. Speaking at the daily sit-out of the group yesterday, one of its leaders and the former minister of education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili said it has become […]

Policemen on Tuesday frustrated moves by the BringBackOurGirls group to march to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to engage with President Goodluck Jonathan, on efforts of the security agencies to rescue the 219 Chibok schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity. The protesters were stopped from accessing the villa gate and their protest was restricted to the Yakubu […]

Some powerful Nigerians are sabotaging the efforts of the Federal Government and other concerned citizens to ensure that the over 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are set free. This was disclosed by the President, Civil Rights Congress, Mr. Shehu Sani, in an exclusive interview with Punch last week. Sani, who has been involved in efforts […]

The need to avoid a repeat of the 2004 experience when three hundred children were killed in an attempt by Russians  to free hostages held by Chechens in the North Caucasus region of Russia was responsible for the seemingly slow process of freeing over two hundred school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno […]

The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for the about 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, but added that the overall effort was unchanged due to more flights by other countries. It stated that it had no idea of the location of the girls, noting however that […]