‘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 way God rescued me from Sambisa Forest, he will rescue you too.” Amina, who escaped from Boko Haram enclave in Sambisa alongside her baby daughter,... Read More

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#BBOG, Amina Ali, boko haram, chibok, Girl, Military, nigeria

July 20, 2016

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 simply saying “Thank you” after a meal to the person who offers one such delicacy, really go a long way. In some cases, one might... Read More

#BBOG, Ben Bruce, boko haram, chibok, Media, Minister, okonko-Iweala

July 20, 2016

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 nominee Hillary Clinton was to blame for the kidnap of 219 schoolgirls by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. Ezekwesili tweeted: .@ChrisChristie It was insensitive &... Read More

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July 13, 2016

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. The appointment was announced on Tuesday by Minster of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. In a statement signed by the ministry’s Director of Press, Yetunde Shonaiki, it... Read More

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July 9, 2016

‘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 demands. In a statement jointly signed by Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu, the BBOG group said it is very disappointing that the President hasn’t fulfilled any of... Read More

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May 22, 2016

‘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 the kidnapped Chibok secondary school girls in return for escaping prosecution or killed by government. The UK newspaper further said only a third of the... Read More

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May 22, 2016

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. Amina Alli was on Wednesday found with her four-months old baby around Sambisa Forest by men of the Civilian Joint Task Force even as Serah... Read More

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#BBOG, amina alli, army, boko haram, chibok, education, schools, sera luka, terrorism

May 20, 2016

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 by the Army. Following a clear out operation in Sambisa Forest by the army, a teenage girl identified as Serah Luka had been rescued from... Read More

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May 20, 2016

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. While celebrating the release of the girl, Ezekwesili, through a series of tweets, called on the army to verify and identify the girl correctly, noting... Read More

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May 20, 2016

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. In a chat with pressmen yesterday, representatives of the Chibok community decried the description of one of the Boko Haram susects, Mohammed Hayatu, who was... Read More

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May 18, 2016

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 to celebrate her return as they mourned her kidnap. So far more than 47 thousand tweets have used the word “Chibok” and Chibok is trending... Read More

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May 8, 2016

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. Where is she now? Has she been properly identified and profiled? Has she been reunited with her family? Is her rehabilitation going on well? We... Read More

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April 14, 2016

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 57 of the girls managed to return home, 219 are still missing and their location and condition remain largely unknown. The pain of the parents... Read More

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April 14, 2016

‘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 after their abduction by dreaded Boko Haram sect. This opinion was asserted by the spokesperson of the BringBackOurGirls coalition, Tunji Olanrewaju, as the group marked... Read More

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April 9, 2016

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 exactly two years since the abduction of the girls in Borno state, by Boko Haram insurgents. In a statement released on Friday, the group said:... Read More

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#BBOG, Buhari, Chibok girls

August 28, 2015

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 the troubled states in Northeast Nigeria. Since 2009, the northeastern states of Borno, Bauchi and Yobe Gombe have been the primary target of the virile... Read More

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July 10, 2015

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 captured in the picture below [which involves PMB himself, Aunty Oby and a little girl], we can’t help but ponder upon what could possibly be... Read More

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July 8, 2015

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 present. The BBOG is led by Oby Ezekwesili, Mariam Uwais and Hadiza Bala-Usman.

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July 8, 2015

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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June 22, 2015

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 artiste. YNaija Falana threatens to drag FRSC to court if they don’t prosecute owners of exploded tankers. ThisDay Oyegun says Dickson received N440 billion and... Read More

#BBOG, Amaechi, Buhari, Ortom, Rivers, tracklist, wike

April 19, 2015

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 for a while, she warned against patronizing the small market that was beside her house because it was dominated with people from a particular tribe.... Read More

#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, boko haram, Borno, Fisayomi Eko-Davies, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, Y! Superblogger

April 17, 2015

‘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 been named as one of the TIME100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015. She is honoured alongside Nigeria’s President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari and award-winning... Read More

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April 14, 2015

#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 of the night away to an unknown location. It was later revealed they were somewhere in a forest in the northern part of Nigeria known as... Read More

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April 14, 2015

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 to live up to his electoral promises when he assumes office, particularly the immediate reversal of the planned privatisation of water in Lagos. Mr. Ambode... Read More

#BBOG, Chibok girls, David Mark, elections, FG

April 14, 2015

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 steal and to kill, the deadly terrorist group, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, which in English means, “People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s... Read More

#BBOG, #BringBackOurGirls, Oby Ezekwesili

February 28, 2015

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 20 civilians for every one of them killed during the forthcoming general elections. The Convener of the #BringBackOurGirls group on Saturday, February 28, criticized the... Read More

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October 24, 2014

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 very careful and meticulous speaker and those who know him well will be surprised at the revelation he made concerning the association of the Chibok... Read More

#BBOG, Akin Osuntokun, APC, audu ogbey, Chibok girls, opinion, ynaija

July 31, 2014

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 and before they know it, his victims have me to contend with. Heralded in by drummers, it was clear to all those who were already... Read More

July 23, 2014

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, the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign began as an attempt to pressurise the government into swift action for the rescue of the missing girls.... Read More

#BBOG, boko haram, chibok, Goodluck Jonathan, kidnap, nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili

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

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

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

Buhari appoints top BBOG activist as NPA boss

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

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

Chibok girls, Amina Alli and Serah Luka offered full scholarship

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

Ezekwesili asks important questions about the identity of Serah Luka

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

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

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

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

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

BBOG to Buhari: ‘We expected more from you’

Are the missing Chibok girls still alive?

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

Buhari meets with BBOG group (PHOTOS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Akin Osuntokun: Nigeria- Divided we stand

Olusegun Adeniyi writes | What Death said to Ebola about Nigeria

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

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