Tag: Chibok girls
Amina, Sambisa, and the Parable of a Wobbly Nigeria
By Okey Ndibe A peculiarly Nigerian type of frenzy happened last week. The event was triggered by a report that…
Plan International seeks positive closure to Chibok School girls
A child focus organization, Plan International has expressed delight over the rescue of one of the 219 school girls, Amina…
One of kidnapped Chibok girls found
One of the kidnapped Chibok Girls has been found by members of a vigilante group seven hundred and sixty-four days…
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Bono, Nyong’o remember Chibok Girls with Broadway show
He’s never far away from the latest charitable cause. So it’s perhaps unsurprising that Bono found himself the VIP guest…
US expresses hope in freed Chibok girls
The visiting U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Samantha Power, has expressed hope in the future of the…
The Small Things That Spell Big Failures by Okey Ndibe
By Okey Ndibe Last Wednesday, I got a phone call from a reporter at one of Italy’s major newspapers, la…
Buhari inherited Jonathan’s failure to rescue Chibok girls – Obasa
Eromosele Ebhomele Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has blamed former president, Goodluck Jonathan, for…
Nigerian Government denies Chibok Girls ransom report
Nigeria’s information minister has denied media reports the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is demanding $50 million from the government…
Detained Chibok schoolgirl had 12kg of bombs
A would-be suicide bomber who told Cameroon officials she was one of 219 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in…
REVEALED: UK, US knew whereabout of 80 Chibok girls but did nothing
The United States and British governments have sympathized with Nigeria on many fronts and have assisted Nigeria not only to…
Boko Haram defeated, Chibok girls rescue underway, says Buratai
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai says military has entered mop up phase in fight against Boko Haram that…
NAF: We don’t know whereabouts of Chibok girls yet
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Saturday that though it is working hard on it, it is yet to locate…
Air Force intensifies search for Chibok girls, others in Sambisa forest
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is intensifying surveillance to locate the abducted Chibok girls and other captives held…
Air Force intensifies search for Chibok girls in Sambisa forest
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is intensifying surveillance to locate the abducted Chibok girls and other captives held…
Nigeria Diaspora security experts applaud improved security infrastructure
Nigeria Diaspora security experts have applauded the improved security infrastructure in Nigeria. This was made known by the Chairman of…
Finally, Buhari meets parents of abducted Chibok girls
Six hundred (600) days after their children went missing, parents of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in Borno, northeast of…
Parents of Chibok girls lead peaceful march to Aso Villa
Hundreds of parents of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls have embarked on a peaceful march through Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. There are high…
Melaye dines with 1,000 IDPs in Abuja, pleads for release of Chibok girls
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Thursday spent his entire day with…
You must find Chibok girls, Bakare tells Buhari
The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has told President Muhammadu Buhari to order security agencies…
Chibok Girls: BringBackOurGirls asks FG to establish special search and rescue team
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja BringBackOurGirls, the group at the vanguard of campaign for rescue of over 200 students of the Government Girls…
Return of Chibok girls, ‘most worrying issue to my govt’ – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the return of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist sect, Boko Haram, 626…
I’m ready to negotiate with Boko Haram, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria’s government is prepared to negotiate with Islamist sect, Boko Haram to secure the release…
Hijab will have to be banned— Buhari
President Muhaamadu Buhari has said that Hijab will have to be banned if this (the use of girls clad in…
Buhari not sure if Chibok Girls still alive
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that there is no credible evidence if the Chibok Girls are still alive. He stated…
Probe Labaran Maku for failure to rescue Chibok Girls – Gov Al-makura
Governor Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State has called for the probe of Labaran Maku for failure to rescue the Chibok…
Chibok girls not among 900 rescued from Boko Haram – Cameroon
Cameroon said on Monday that schoolgirls Nigerian town of Chibok, kidnapped by Boko Haram last year were not among a…
It’s a shame FG can’t account for Chibok Girls – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the inability of the federal government to give account of the over 200…
“My major aim is to rescue Chibok girls alive and unharmed”, Buhari tells UNGA
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria promised at the United Nations on Monday to rescue the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram…