Tag: #BBOG

‘I’m not scared of Boko Haram… They are not my God’ – Escaped Chibok girl, Amina Ali

Amina Ali Nkeki, the 21-year-old Chibok girl that recently escaped from Boko Haram captivity, has one message for her 'sisters' still in Boko Haram capitivity- "Be patient and prayerful. The…

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Opinion: Okonjo-Iweala: How to Be a Friend of the Poor

By Bade ADEBOLU The things that really matter in life are surprisingly the seemingly simple things. Small things like patting someone on the back in the event of some achievement or…

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The Thread: ‘Disrespectful, insensitive, selfish’ | @obyezeks wallops U.S. governor @ChrisChristie

Former Minister of Education and prominent member of the BringBackOurGirls campaign, Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to the speech made by the Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, that presumptive Democratic presidential…

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Buhari appoints top BBOG activist as NPA boss

Hadiza Bala Usman, a top activist for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) by President Muhammadu Buhari.…

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‘Chibok girls’ plight worsens with every passing hour’ – BBOG

The Bring Back Our Girls campaigners, on Friday, disclosed that after more than a year of their first meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the president hasn't fulfilled any of their…

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‘We want to surrender because things are getting worse’ | The Times says Boko Haram is ready

Terror group, Boko Harm, is reportedly ready to strike a deal with the federal government in other to avoid execution. According to Times of London, Boko Haram intends on releasing…

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Chibok girls, Amina Alli and Serah Luka offered full scholarship

Kunike International School, Osogbo, a private school in Osun state has offered a full scholarship to the first 2 Chibok girls rescued from the custody of terrorist group, Boko Haram.…

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Army tells YNaija: ‘We have no reason to lie on Chibok girl’, attacks NGOs

The Nigerian Army has declared that it cannot drag issues with any person or non-governmental organisation over the identity of the girl alleged to be the second Chibok girl rescued…

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Ezekwesili asks important questions about the identity of Serah Luka

Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and a leading voice in the BringBacKOurGirls campaign, has questioned the identity of Sarah Luka, the reported second Chibok school girl to be found.…

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Why Chibok community, BBOG are upset with government and the media

Members of the Chibok community have lambasted the government and media over the inhumane treatment given to Amina Nkeki, who was kidnapped in 2014 and found on Tuesday, May 17.…

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Mazi Emeka: Something doesn’t smell right about this Chibok girl story

After more than two years in captivity, one Chibok girl, out of the 273 kidnapped girls, was found today. Reportedly. Like it was in 2014, the world has come together…

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Where’s the ‘Chibok girl’ captured in Cameroon?

"On the two female would-be suicide bombers in Cameroon, one of which self-professed to be a Chibok girl; there has been no update from the federal government. This is unacceptable.…

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Chibok girls: ‘2 years is too long for our daughters to be in the hands of savages’ – Bukky Shonibare

A somberness pervades through the atmosphere as Nigeria observes the second year since 276 girls were mysteriously kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Borno state by Boko Haram insurgents. While…

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‘Buhari has done more to rescue Chibok girls, than Jonathan ever did’ – BBOG

If former President Goodluck Jonathan had acted faster, the Chibok girls would have been found and rescued. President Jonathan failed to believe that the girls were kidnapped - a month…

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BBOG to Buhari: ‘We expected more from you’

The Bring-Back-Our-Girls advocacy group, on Friday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify his efforts to rescue the missing 219 Chibok school girls. On April 14, 2016, it will be…

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Are the missing Chibok girls still alive?

Yesterday marked the 500 long sorrowful days of the abduction of over two hundred school girls. They were kidnapped from their hostels in Chibok, a small town in Borno—one of…

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What do you think PMB was thinking about in this photo?

Bring Back Our Girls troop led by the co-founder, Oby Ezekwesili, recently matched in protest to Aso Rock and later met with the president, Buhari. In the meeting which was…

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Buhari meets with BBOG group (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with members of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group at the Presidential villa, Abuja today. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, security chiefs and other top government officials are…

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450 days: BBOG resumes walk, marches to see PMB (PHOTOS)

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group marched to the presidential villa today to see President Muhammadu Buhari about the kidnapped Chibok girls.

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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Amaechi and Wike still at war, Buhari gets advises, Ortom goes spiritual, More stories

BBOG group wants Buhari to assess IDPs camps. Leadership Atiku pledges loyalty to Buhari. YNaija Dogara tells how Sultan, God helped him win. Leadership Amaechi pissed, says Wike is an…

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Fisayomi Eko-Davies: Chibok girls – Walking in the land of unguaranteed tomorrows (Y! Superblogger)

by Fisayomi Eko-Davies The northern part of the country had become quite unsafe and there was so much distrust among neighbours. I had been staying with my aunt in Abuja…

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‘I’m just one out of the many untiring voices for #BringBackOurGirls,’ Oby Ezekwesili responds to TIME100 honour

by Isi Esene Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, former World Bank Vice President, current Senior Economic Adviser with the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) and leading voice on the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign, has…

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#BBOG: We remember Patience Jonathan’s “there is God o…” lamentation after hearing about the missing girls

by Chinwe Okafor We remember the unfortunate event that took place on the 14th of April 2014, when over 200 girls where taken away in their innocence in the dead…

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Today’s Daily Brief: Mark, Gemade receive certificate of return, Rep’s house razed in Ondo over election result, #BBOG accuses FG of making empty promises on Chibok girls’ rescue, and more

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria has congratulated Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory at the just-concluded governorship elections in Lagos. ERA/FoEN urged him…

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Opinion: It’s a year already, who will #BringBackOurGirls?

by Ogundana Michael ...as Nigeria swears in a new President come 29th May, 2015, who will #BringBackOurGirls? President Jonathan or General Buhari? Like a thief cometh in the night to…

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People like you cannot be the face of the police || In 10 tweets, Ezekwesili gives Mbu a dressing down

by Kolapo Olapoju Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has lashed out at Assistant Inspector-General of Poilce, Joseph Mbu, over his recent comments where he urged Police officers to shoot…

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#BringBackOurGirls: Photos from Oby Ezekwesili’s visit to Wole Soyinka in Abeokuta

by Chinwe Okafor #BringBackOurGirls campaign pioneer, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and other members of the group today paid a visit to Professor Wole Soyinka and ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo at his home…

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Akin Osuntokun: Nigeria- Divided we stand

by Akin Osuntokun M y sympathy goes to the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Mr Audu Ogbeh, an otherwise sober and reflective top Nigerian politician. He is normally a…

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Olusegun Adeniyi writes | What Death said to Ebola about Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi There was roaring laughter in the Kingdom of Death. He continued: “Ebola here walks in a stealth manner. An odd kiss, a harmless handshake, an innocuous peck…

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100 days after, will the Chibok girls ever be found? Join the debate

by Emmanuel Chidiogo It is 100 days today since over 200 secondary school girls at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, were abducted. A few days after the kidnap,…

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