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7 years since the Chibok kidnap and government’s failure to protect schoolchildren
On April 14, 2014 in the remote town of Chibok, Borno, trucks belonging to the insurgent group Boko Haram invaded the Government Secondary School and abducted 276 schoolgirls from their…
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Youth Leader, Jude Feranmi to release ‘Lead the People,’ new book on advocacy
Jude Feranmi will on July 4 release his forthcoming book “Lead The People.” This was made known in a press statement to newsmen by his spokesperson, Victor Terhemba. According to…
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Nigeria’s former minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili wins Forbes Woman Africa Social Influencer Award
Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, the former Education Minister, has been announced as Forbes Woman Africa Social Influencer at the prestigious Forbes Woman Africa Awards inaugural gala dinner held this March in…
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Brave Women: “It sometimes annoys me, the level of things she takes from people” | Aisha Yesufu profiles Oby Ezekwesili
by Aisha Yesufu On the 30th of April 2014 I came face to face with an individual that made me to believe in Nigeria. That individual is Dr. Oby Ezekwesili.…
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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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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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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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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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YNaija Analysis: With 21 girls released, #BringBackOurGirls is breaking through
It has taken 913 days, countless protests and sit-outs at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, several marches to the gates of Aso Villa, a vast number of tweets, uncountable tears,…
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Buhari is finally losing it on #BringBackOurGirls – 5 takeaways on why this is… foolish
by Chi Ibe Yesterday, the #BringBackOurGirls movement was on the march again. This time, it was returning to the Aso Rock Villa to meet the president and, as usual, demand…
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The Media Blog: CNN didn’t do anything wrong
Nigerians have been all over tne matter of CNN’s coverage of Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria. The headline was innocuous enough: “Mark Zuckerberg makes first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa”. ;
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Chibok girls’ swap won’t halt military operations – Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, on Monday said the demand by Boko Haram terrorists that their members in captivity be swapped with the abducted Chibok girls was…
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7 terrible things Kayode Ogundamisi wants you to know about Buhari’s government
It certainly is safe to declare that gloomy clouds have cast over the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari despite the gargantuan goodwill it enjoyed before and after the 2015 general…
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Serah Luka was not kidnapped from Chibok – BBOG holds firm, but praises military
The BringBackOurGirls campaigners, on Friday confirmed that the recently found Serah Luka, who the Nigerian military said was among the 219 school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, is…
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Asari Dokubo insists: No girls were kidnapped
by Chi Ibe As he was in the beginning, so he is even now. Leader of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Front, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, released a statement today…
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Army confirms that Chibok girl was found
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the news tweeted by #BringBackOurGirls activists that one out of the 219 Girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, who were abducted by Boko Haram in…
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#BringBackOurGirls: 2 years on… how social media reacted
Today - April 14 - marked the 2nd year anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolgirls from their school in Chibok community, Borno state. In light of this, people -…
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Chibok girls: The sorrow, pain and grief of the parents (VIDEO)
276 girls were daringly abducted on April 14, 2014 - from their hostels in Government Girls School in Chibok, Borno state by members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram -…
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An account of the Chibok parents’ meeting with Buhari – Aisha Yesufu
The #BringBackOurGirls group accompanied by 71 parents of the abducted Chibok girls marched on Thursday, January 14 demanding to see President Buhari. The march was geared towards galvanizing the president…
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El-Rufai appoints BBOG co-founder, Hadiza Bala-Usman as Chief of Staff
Kaduna state Governor, Nasiru El-rufai, has appointed the co-founder of #BringBackOurGirls group, Hadiza Bala-Usman, as his new Chief of Staff. The development was made public on Monday, June 29, by…
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Thanks to Oby Ezekwesili, the US make Boko Haram “National Security priority”
by Kolapo Olapoju Perhaps, former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, may have struck a chord when she called on President Barrack Obama to do more in rescuing the Chibok girls…
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Opinion: Chibok girls – Buhari has a duty to reconstruct the Nigerian state
by Jibrin Ibrahim Throughout the one year since the abduction of the Chibok Girls, the message of the military high command was that they were making steady progress in the…
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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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We remember the Chibok Girls and how the #BringBackOurGirls campaign shook the world (PHOTOS)
by Anike Jacobs The last one year has been one of pain and despair for parents of the missing Chibok girls who were kidnapped exactly a year ago. The 219 girls…
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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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A Chibok mother has been fasting since her daughter was abducted
by Anike Jacobs It's been over 300 days since the Chibok girls went missing and it has just been revealed that one of the mums has been fasting since then.…
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Opinion: Chibok school – Jonathan’s action is a tad too late
by Abimbola Adelakun In a matter of weeks, it will be a whole year since Boko Haram kidnapped the Chibok schoolgirls. In that agonising period, Nigerians have witnessed the government…
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“You promised to rescue Chibok girls in 6 weeks, not us” – #BBOG campaigners reply FG
by Kolapo Olapoju The #BringBackOurGirls campaign group has reacted to the comments of Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, who criticised the group for giving the…
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#300Days: Malala calls for global action to free Chibok schoolgirls
by Kemisola Filani Nobel peace laureate, Malala Yousafzai has called for global support to help release the 276 girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram from the Government Girls’ Secondary School…
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