Tag: schoolgirls
And Now, The Ecumenical City Of Jos!
By Wole Soyinka This was how I knew Jos from childhood – the ecumenical heart of Nigerian humanity. It was…
Chibok Girls: Public Schools Shut Nationwide
Kazeem Ugbodaga All public primary and secondary schools in Nigeria were Thursday shut down in protest over the 234 secondary…
Nigerian Army: Why We Can’t Fight Boko Haram
The reason terror group Boko Haram has been having a field day across Nigeria is because the country’s military lacks…
Two Boko Haram attacks near Chibok kill 30
Two attacks by Boko Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more…
Anti-Boko Haram Protest In Ekiti
Simon Ateba, Nkrumah Bankong-Obi & Gbenro Adesina/Ado-Ekiti BringBackOurGirls protests spread to Nigeria’s southwestern State of Ekiti on Tuesday with hundreds…
New Video Gives Me Joy, Says Man With 3 Kidnapped Cousins
A man whose three cousins are among more than 200 schoolgirls being held by Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria tells…
Chibok Girls: First Lady’s Intervention Distracting, Says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the melodramatic intervention of First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan in the abduction of…
Boko Haram Kidnaps 8 More Girls
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped eight more girls from Borno State, residents said on Tuesday, after the extremist group’s…
Egypt’s Top Sunni Muslim Group Demands Release Of Schoolgirls
Egypt’s prestigious Islamic institute Al-Azhar has joined millions worldwide seeking the release of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. Al-Azhar urged…
Bomb Blast, Abducted Girls And Insecurity In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare The spate of insecurity in the country is becoming very alarming. While we are yet to come…
200 Abducted Schoolgirls Sighted
There are reports that 200 of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents have been sighted in southern Borno in…
Bi-Partisan Meeting On Security, Good Step But…
For about the first time, President Goodluck Jonathan, governors of the 36 states of the federation and all members of…
The Boko Haram Beasts
The bomb blasts in Nyanya, on the outskirts of Abuja, that killed more than 75 people on 14 April, and…
15 Out Of 100 Kidnapped Girls Escape
Reports say 15 out the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped Monday evening by heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists from a school in…