Tag: #BBOG

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. BBOG, FG delegation search for Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, Defence, Mansur Dan Ali,…

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BBOG, FG delegation search for Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, conveners of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu on Monday joined the Air Force…

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Sambisa is 18 times the size of Lagos | A Roundup of everything we learnt from the BBOG’s day tour of Sambisa

On the 11th of January, 2017, the Federal Government did something it had never done before. A letter was written to the conveners of the Bring Back Our Girls group…

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Today’s Noisemakers: Martin Luther King, Boko Haram, President Buhari, and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…

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The Ynaija Cover this evening – the 16th of January

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The Late 5: These are the five stories that drove conversations today

These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Heaven will fall if soldiers stop our rally for Trump – IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have said…

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#ChibokGirls: BBOG briefed on rescue efforts (PHOTOS)

A delegation of the Federal Government including the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed , Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali and Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai alongside…

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BBOG, FG delegation arrive North-East for guided tour

The Federal Government delegation and the Bring Back Our Girls campaign group (BBOG) have arrived the North East for a guided tour. Channels TV reports that the Nigerian Air Force…

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#ChibokGirls: BBOG group joins FG on guided tour to North East

The Bring Back Our Girls group has joined the Federal Government on its "guided tour" to the North East to see first-hand efforts to rescue the abducted Chibok girls. Both…

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FG rejects BBOG’s conditions, to go-ahead with North East trip

The Federal Government says it will not shift the date of its planned visit to Sambisa forest scheduled for Monday. The FG had invited the Bring Back Our Girl group…

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Personally lead us to Sambisa, Aisha Yesufu dares Pres. Buhari

Co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group Aisha Yesufu has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to personally lead the group to Sambisa forest. Yesufu, who challenged Buhari on Saturday via…

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#ChibokGirls: FG invites BBOG group to witness first-hand rescue efforts

The Federal Government has invited the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Group (BBOG) to witness efforts being made to release the remaining Chibok girls abducted by terrorist group, Boko Haram.…

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Southern Kaduna killings: BBOG criticises Buhari for failing to take action

THe Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group has said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to stop the killings in Southern Kaduna. The BBOG said this in a statement on Friday…

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YNaija Says: On BBOG, this government still refuses to get it

Ever since the abduction of 287 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok in April 2014, the group Bring Back Our Girls has emerged as a pressure group to sustain…

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. I wired $120,000 to the UK for Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia -Witness Ademola Oshodi, a staff of Diamond Bank Plc on Monday told…

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Nothing has been done about sexual abuse of female IDPs – BBOG

The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group on Monday said sexual abuse of female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by security operatives and camp officials have been swept under the carpet.…

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 9th of January

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#ChibokGirls: Just like Jonathan, Buhari has failed – BBOG

The Bring Back Our Girls Group on Sunday rated President Muhammadu Buhari low on the issue of the rescue of the Chibok girls. Speaking during a protest to mark 1000…

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Oby Ezekwesili: Chibok Girls – Painful memories of a thousand days

by Oby Ezekwesili On that 30th April 2014 when diverse citizens gathered to march in solidarity, no one could have imagined that any out of our 219 Chibok Girls abducted…

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Tears, joy, anger, anxiety… | We bring you 1,000 days of the Chibok girls abduction in 15 pictures

It's day 1,000. On 14 April, 2014, heavily-armed Boko Haram terrorists attacked Government Girls' Secondary School in a Borno town called Chibok. The insurgents made away with 276 female students…

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Stephanie Busari profiles the Chibok girls: The girls who refused to be forgotten (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2016 Nominee)

Even in captivity, they refused to be forgotten. Their spirits refused to die and they cried out, willing the world to come to their aid, even as some Nigerians denied…

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Fu’ad Lawal profiles Bukky Shonibare: The placard woman who makes sure we never forget (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2016 Nominee)

It's a new day. Take a deep breath. Think about the Chibok girls that have gone. Think about all those who have returned. Think about their trauma. Give it an…

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Argentine govt honours BBOG with Human Rights award

The #BringBackOurGirls movement has been honoured by the Argentine government with the International Human Rights Prize ‘Emilio F. Mignone’ for work in advocacy towards respect for human rights worldwide, The Punch reports.…

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The YNaija Tracklist: BBOG laments reported rape in IDP camps | Lagos-Badagry Expressway ready in 2019 – Ambode

From the papers this morning - a Tracklist. Ex-minister Obanikoro ‘promises to return N480m to EFCC’- YNaija APC accuses Wike, Akpabio, others of plotting against Amaechi - YNaija N500bn social welfare…

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“We are not only good in the kitchen…” | See the top 10 quotes from the past week

From the Chibok girls to the MTV Africa Music Awards, we've been your eyes and ears all week; listening closely to every word uttered or posted by any and everybody.…

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BBOG should not be mired in donations, Ezekwesili replies Buhari’s daughter

Former Education Minister and Bring Back Our Girls co-convener, Oby Ezekwesili has replied daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hadiza Buhari-Bello over the use of the BBOG name for soliciting funds.…

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The Media Blog: Our good man, Fuad, brings some soul to Pulse

The last time we head about a big pulse innovation - it was porn. Hot Pulse is a vertical on the 'everything' portal that helps you get hard and get…

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Dear Molara Wood, your disdain for #BringBackOurGirls is a failure of judgement

by Sola Fasasi On Monday, photos began to circulate about an event for the inauguration and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Chibok Girls Endowment Project. Expectedly, the…

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BBOG not funded by anyone – Aisha Yesufu

A co-convener of the Bring Back our Girls (BBOG) campaign group, Aisha Yesufu on Monday said the body is not funded by anyone. Yesufu made the disclaimer via her Twitter…

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YNaija Says: Shame on you, Obasanjo, for saying Chibok girls were gone forever

For a woman who has been front and center of the agitation to bring back the Chibok girls, it is ironic that the biggest breakthrough in that agitation so far…

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