Chibok Girls
9 hours ago
Elder statesman, Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, yesterday, advised President Bola Tinubu to set up a special military task force to rescue the remaining Chibok schoolgirls and others still in the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents.
1 day ago
Ten years after the abduction of 276 teenagers from Chibok Girls Secondary School in Borno State, a report, at the weekend, revealed that 21 of the freed ladies returned with 34 children.
2 days ago
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Saturday demanded the release of the remaining Chibok girls from captivity 10 years after.
2 days ago
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government to mobilise all available resources, relevant security agencies, and collaborate with international partners to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls
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Today, April 14, 2024, is the 3639th day of the infamous abduction of Nigerian school girls. In one fell swoop, 276 of them, mostly Christian female, aged between 16 and 18, were kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok
11 Apr
Ten years after enduring raised hopes and dashed promises of seeing their loved ones return, parents of the 91 remaining girls of the 2014 Chibok school abduction in Borno State have written to the wife of the President, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, seeking her intervention.
18 Mar
Close to 10 years after the gruesome abductions of 276 female students at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria has become a notorious destination for crimes of mass abductions, especially of school going youngsters.
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Kaduna — Witnessing yet another ugly and ominous recrudescence of the repetitive, extremely evil chapter in the human history of the Nigerian state — Mr. Present, your turn to be served.
12 Mar
HUMAN rights activist, Funmi Falana has urged the Federal Government to immediately rescue the abducted Kaduna students and avoid a repeat of the Chibok girls’ story. She, therefore, implored the government to set machinery ..
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Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Saturday, urged media practitioners to intensify reports on the kidnapped Chibok girls abducted by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, on April 14, 2014.
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