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, conveners of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu on Monday joined the Air Force sorties in search of the... Read More

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#BBOG, chibok, FG, kemi Adeosun, sambisa, The Big 5, Udoma Udo Udoma

January 17, 2017

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 sorties in search of the missing Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest. Some selected reporters from local and international media houses also participated in the exercise.... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Air Force, Chibok girls, FG, sambisa forest, search, Sorties

January 17, 2017

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 inviting them to join the Chief of Air Staff and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Ministers of Defence and Information, Mansur Dan Ali... Read More

Thinking Through

#BBOG, boko haram, Camp Zero, Chibok girls, lai mohammed, Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole, sambisa, sortie

January 16, 2017

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, etc. They range from the awesome and brilliant to the OMG, he didn’t. We have made it our job to take down the names of... Read More

Opinion

#BBOG, boko haram, Isime Esene, president buhari, Today's Noisemakers: Martin Luther King

January 16, 2017

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 there would be repercussions if their solidarity rally in honour of Donald Trump is interrupted by soldiers. 2. Dog kills Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow’s son Habibou Barrow,... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Adama Barrow, FG delegation, IPOB, The Late 5, UNIMAID

January 16, 2017

#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 some members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Group are currently in the North East for a guided tour. On arrival, they were briefed... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Chibok girls, Federal Government, NAF, Nigerian Air Force

January 16, 2017

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 breifed the team on their operations so far on arrival to Yola. The Commanding Officer, Air Vice Marshal Nurudeen Balogun explained that over two billion... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Air Force, FG, Guided Tour, north-east

January 16, 2017

#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 parties have been having a running effort on the modalities of the trip. The FG had invited the group to the trip, but it gave... Read More

Cover Stories, The News Blog

#BBOG, Aisha Yesufu, Dr Manasseh Allen, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Guided Tour, Ibrahim Usman

January 15, 2017

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 on a guided tour to see first-hand efforts on the rescue of the Chibok girls. Responding to the government in a letter signed by co-convener... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Guided Tour, lai mohammed, north-east, Obiageli Ezekwesili

January 15, 2017

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 her Twitter account said she was willing to touch down at Camp Zero as long as Buhari was onboard. “Dear President Muhammadu Buhari. I dare you.... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Aisha Yesufu, Camp Zero, President Muhammadu Buhari, sambisa forest

January 14, 2017

#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. In a letter by the Ministry of Information and Culture dated January 11 to the co-convener of the group, Oby Ezekwesili, the Federal Government invited... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, boko haram, Chibok girls, FG, trip

January 14, 2017

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 during its procession in Abuja to protest against killings in Southern Kaduna. The protest was part of activities to commemorate 1,006 days since the abduction... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, killings, President Muhammadu Buhari, protest, Soutjern Kaduna

January 13, 2017

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 pressure on the Federal Government to not relent in efforts to rescue the girls. The constant embarrassment they caused the administration of former President Goodluck... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

#BBOG, APC, Borno, Chibok girls, FG, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, YNaija Says

January 10, 2017

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 a Lagos State High Court that he helped Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia wire $120,000 to a company named Silver Steps Incorporated in the United Kingdom. 2. Nothing... Read More

Featured

#BBOG, boko haram, Goodluck Jonathan, IDPs, The Big 5

January 10, 2017

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. The group said this during a street procession in Abuja to mark the 1,000th day of the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls. In a statement... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Chibok girls, female IDPs, Second class, sexual abuse

January 8, 2017

#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 days in captivity, Obiageli Ezekwesili said it was unacceptable for the girls to still be with their captors in a country that has a known... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, #ChibokGirls, Buhari

January 8, 2017

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 from their secondary school in April 2014 would remain in captivity of terrorists 1000 days after the tragedy. One recalls pictures of distressed parents supported... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Opinion

#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili, sambisa forest, sticky, UNESCO

January 8, 2017

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 from the boarding school and next time anyone heard of the teenage girls, they were paraded by the terrorists in an unknown location. This was... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

#BBOG, boko haram, bring back our girls, Bukky Shonibare, campaign, chibok girl, Chibok parents, oby ezekwezili, photo story, president buhari, Protests, sambisa forest, sticky, Yemi Osinbajo

December 23, 2016

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 the kidnapping at a boarding school in Chibok, Borno State, ever happened. Even as then-president Goodluck Jonathan was pictured dancing at a political rally just... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, #POTY2016, boko haram, Borno, Chibok girls, cnn, Goodluck Jonathan, kidnap, Malala Yousafzai, michelle obama, nigeria, Person of the Year, POTY 2016, Stephanie Busari, sticky, US first lady

December 22, 2016

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 extra moment. Let it sink in. Now, grab your marker. Change the date on the cardboard; the one you’ve used as a counter for how... Read More

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#BBOG, boko haram, bring back our girls, Bukky Shonibare, Chibok girls, Fuad Lawal, IDP, nigeria, POTY 2016, sticky, YNaija Person of the Year

December 5, 2016

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. According to a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the BBOG spokesman, Sesugh Akume, the group said the award ceremony would take place on Tuesday... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Aisha Yesufu, Argentine government, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Dr. Chinwe Madubuike, International Human Rights Prize ‘Emilio F. Mignone’, Sesugh Akume

November 4, 2016

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 funds not mismanaged – Presidency – YNaija NJC suspends 7 senior judges over corruption charges – YNaija BBOG laments reported rape in IDPs – Leadership Lagos-Badagry... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

#BBOG, ambode, Harvard soccer team, The YNaija Tracklist, UBA

October 23, 2016

“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. All in all, it has not been the most dramatic week, not in Nigeria, at least. Sure, Donald Trump spoke gain; Nigerian ministers and Judges... Read More

Featured

#BBOG, adichie, Akwa Ibom, Buhari, Ekiti, Ezekwesili, Fayose, nigeria, Obanikoro, Top 10 quotes

October 22, 2016

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. The BBOG group had accused the Africa Support and Empowerment Initiative (AFRISEI) led by Hadiza Buhari-Bello of franchise infringement after using its name for fund... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Africa Support and Empowerment Initiative, bring back our girls, Hadiza Buhari-Bello, Oby Ezekwesili

October 20, 2016

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 off. Yes, that’s where we are going now with online race-to-the-bottom innovation. Anyway, Fuad Lawal, a fine young man with plenty greatness in his future... Read More

The Media Blog

#BBOG, Bukky Shonibare, Chibok girls, Forex, Fuad Lawal, nigeria, PartyJollof, PulseNG

October 18, 2016

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 Bring Back Our Girls movement began receiving enquiries, and they issued a blistering disclaimer, saying in part: “After 902 days of painstaking advocacy, it is... Read More

#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, bring back our girls, dear molara wood, dear xxx, gbenga season, molara wood, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Oby Ezekwesili

October 17, 2016

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 account in reaction to a photograph on the Internet advertising the establishment of a “Chibok Girls Endowment Fund”. She wrote, “This just came to the attention... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Aisha Yesufu, Chibok Girl Endowment Fund, Chibok girls, funded

October 14, 2016

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 happened when she was in far away California. It was 4am there when news of the release of 21 out of 218 girls got to... Read More

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#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, Ezekwesili, falana, femi falana, odumakin

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

BBOG, FG delegation search for Chibok girls in Sambisa Forest

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

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

The Ynaija Cover this evening – the 16th of January

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

#ChibokGirls: BBOG briefed on rescue efforts (PHOTOS)

BBOG, FG delegation arrive North-East for guided tour

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 9th of January

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

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

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

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

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

Argentine govt honours BBOG with Human Rights award

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

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

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

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

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

BBOG not funded by anyone – Aisha Yesufu

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

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