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Chibok girls
April 14, 2023
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Boy Meets Girl, produced by Adnaan Muhammed-Ali and Conrad Johnson-Omodiagbe set to premiere on 14th April 2023

Short film inspired by the Boko Haram abduction of Chibok girls in 2014 to drop on 9 year anniversary of kidnapping Boy Meets Girl, produced by Adnaan Muhammed-Ali and Conrad Johnson-Omodiagbe is set to premiere on 14th April 2023. “The film unveils some of the insidious tactics used by extremist groups to manipulate vulnerable individuals.... Read More
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January 2, 2023
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Obasanjo endorses Peter Obi for president; Nigerians moved from frying pan to fire under APC – Obasanjo laments | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Obasanjo endorses Peter Obi for president Nigerians moved from frying pan to fire under APC – Obasanjo laments El-Rufai pardons 11 convicts Fulfill 2015 promise, rescue remaining Chibok girls – Parents write Buhari Thugs attack Tambuwal’s convoy in Sokoto Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories... Read More
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April 15, 2021
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Presidency: “We’re still working on the release of Chibok girls” | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Presidency: “We’re still working on the release of Chibok girls” The Presidency on Wednesday, 14th April, stated that the release of the remaining Chibok girls is still a work in progress – The Punch reports Garba Shehu, The... Read More
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Chibok girls
April 14, 2021
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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 dormitories and taken to the Sambisa Forest, the group’s infamous hideout. What soon followed was a spark of widespread condemnation and outrage, first in Nigeria... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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Human Rights
February 4, 2021
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Rape Culture: 7 years after Chibok abduction; we are yet to address the root cause of a menace

April 14, 2014, will remain significant in Nigeria’s shared history for a long time, perhaps forever. Two hundred and seventy six female students (mostly Christians) were kidnapped on the evening of that fateful day by Boko Haram from the Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State. It was the most high profile case of kidnap in... Read More
Non-binary Blog
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April 17, 2019
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The YNaija Cover – the 17th of April

Follow the links to read the stories on YNaija:   The Big 5: Atiku to call Microsoft, IBM experts as witnesses for INEC servers claim; Buhari rallies APC reps for Assembly leadership battle | Other top stories   Dr. Oby Ezekwesili was slut-shamed by Segalink in 2014, and now she’s given us proof showing how... Read More
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Genevieve
April 15, 2018
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Genevieve Nnaji breaks the internet; Journalist reveals only 15 Chibok girls are alive | See our top 10 viral tweets from last week

Viral tweets just make Twitter utterly delightful; so we thought to curate our top 10 (there’s a bonus and then some) from last week. Some of the tweets will have you shedding a tear; others will make you bowl over with laughter; altogether they’ll give you an idea about what Twitter talked about during the... Read More
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March 15, 2018
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Buhari wins the superior response and sensitivity competition – Really?

President Muhammadu Buhari has visited Yobe state three weeks after the abduction of 110 school girls from a government school in Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area. Speaking to parents of the girls and some staff members of the school, the president rallied his audience to believe in his government’s ability to return the girls on... Read More
Thinking Through
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Festus Keyamo
February 27, 2018
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Festus Keyamo is choking on explaining the Dapchi kidnap, and it is not even funny

When one has made much of a bad situation in the past and same events recur under a favoured reign, speaking new words becomes a meticulous conscience-throbbing art. Mr Festus Keyamo, a reputable Nigerian lawyer, is currently undergoing this and it is safe to say it is not going well. In the wake of the... Read More
Thinking Through
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January 16, 2018
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The Late 5: Boko Haram releases video of Chibok girls, Reps to investigate missing $44m NIA funds and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. The reactionary House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to probe the reported disappearance of $44 million from the coffers of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The money was said to have been moved from the coffers of the agency to an unknown destination shortly... Read More
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December 3, 2017
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Why did you conceal your findings on Chibok girls probe? | Borno govt asks Jonathan

The Borno State government has asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to release the findings of his committee set up to investigate the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls. The state Commissioner for Education, Musa Kubo said this in a statement on Saturday. Background: Borno governor, Kashim Shettima during a recent book launch had said Jonathan wanted to sack him over... Read More
The News Blog
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November 27, 2017
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President Buhari approves N164m for Chibok girls fees in AUN

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of NN164,763,759 as school fees of the freed 106 Chibok girls studying at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa. The Garba Shehu said the money is for the second-semester fees of the girls. “Having successfully achieved the desired goals of the rehabilitation and reintegration programme, with... Read More
The News Blog
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November 25, 2017
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[The Activism Blog] BBOG: No sign that government is genuinely committed to the release of remaining Chibok girls

The Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG), the movement agitating for the return of the abducted Chibok girls has replied the statement credited to the President at the launch of a book  written in his honour by its media team. The President while addressing the event was reported to have listed as his achievement the... Read More
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November 20, 2017
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[The Injustice Blog] Why the crusade for the #Unimaid4 should not be left in the hands of BBOG

As the Bring Back Our Girls movement resumed its march to the state house to demand the rescue of the 100 plus chibok girls still in captivity, the plight of the kidnapped staff of the University of Maiduguri was also on the front burner of the organisation as they raised their voices for the kidnapped... Read More
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President Buhari
November 17, 2017
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“We’re doing our best quietly and effectively to get the remaining Chibok girls” – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that the remaining Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity will be released soon. Highlights: He made the promise on Thursday at the book presentation entitled: ‘Making Steady, Sustainable Progressive for Nigeria’s Peace and Prosperity: A mid-term scorecard on the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration.’ He said, “During the year it... Read More
The News Blog
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November 10, 2017
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Chibok girls: We will resume daily protest at Aso Villa on Tuesday – BBOG

The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement has said it would resume its daily protest over 113 Chibok girls who are still missing at Aso Villa from Tuesday. BBOG spokesman, Sesugh Akume said this in a statement issued on Thursday. Background: The group has continued to demand the release of 276 girls abducted by Boko... Read More
The News Blog
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November 9, 2017
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The Thread: President Buhari just repeated the same mistake GEJ made

BBOG activist, Oby Ezekwesili has served President Buhari another dose of bitter truth: his administration is just as bad as that of Jonathan. You will recall that in the early days of the Chibok Girls kidnap, then President Goodluck Jonathan spent some time dilly-dallying, calling the kidnap something orchestrated by his detractors. Also, many felt... Read More
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October 11, 2017
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We are committed to ensuring the release of the remaining Chibok girls – Osinbajo

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday, said that the Federal Government was doing all it can to ensure that the remaining abducted Chibok girls were released and returned home safely to their parents. The Vice President stated this when he received a delegation of girl child rights advocates from various schools in Abuja, who were... Read More
The News Blog
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Ezekwesili
October 11, 2017
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The Thread: “President Buhari, remember to #BringBackOurGirls” | Oby Ezekwesili’s emotional #DayOfTheGirl appeal

Today, the world celebrates the girl child. In a country like Nigeria and a continent like Africa where the girl child is relegated to the kitchen and the other room, where her value and worth is not commensurate to that of a male child, where she can be married off before puberty because her agency... Read More
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October 2, 2017
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Fulfill your promise to Nigerians on security, Atiku urges President Buhari

A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to urgently fulfil its promise of providing adequate security for all Nigerians. Atiku was reacting to an online report, which alleged that one of the freed Chibok girls attempted suicide because she was being forced to attend ABTI Schools – owned by Atiku. This... Read More
The News Blog
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September 15, 2017
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From Chibok to Yola: Is Atiku now working with Buhari?

by Alexander O. Onukwue As announced by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, the eight months psychological rehabilitation of the 106 freed Chibok school girls under the Federal Government came to an end on the 14th of September. The 82 girls who returned to the country on the 7th of May, 2017 joined... Read More
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September 14, 2017
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106 Chibok girls to begin school after meeting parents

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan has said 106 Chibok girls will begin school in two weeks after reuniting with their parents and friends in their hometown. The minister disclosed this at a send-off party organised in honour of the girls in Abuja on Wednesday night. The girls will commence a special foundation programme... Read More
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September 11, 2017
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You promised Nigerians security, fulfill it, Atiku tells Buhari

A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration to fulfil its promise to Nigerians to improve security in Nigeria. The former Vice-President said this in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, in Abuja, on Sunday. Atiku, the founder of the American University of... Read More
The News Blog
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September 11, 2017
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Stop peddling falsehood | Alhassan blasts Fani-Kayode

Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan has attacked former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode for ‘peddling falsehood’. In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode had stated that Alhassan, who is in charge of the rehabilitation of Chibok girls had a revelation to give about the role Governor Nasir el-Rufai in the “scam.” While responding through a... Read More
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Aisha Alhassan Minsiter of women affairs
September 10, 2017
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Alhassan discredits comment saying she accused El-Rufai of being involved in Chibok girls kidnap

The minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan says the comment attributed to her on the involvement of the governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai in the kidnap of over 200 Chibok school girls in 2014, is false. Alhassan’s spokesman, Dantsoho Suleiman in a statement, said the comment is a “plot to cause bad blood between Senator... Read More
The News Blog
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August 18, 2017
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FG says released 106 Chibok girls ready to be reintegrated

Nigeria’s Federal Government Friday, announced that the 106 released girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, are set to be reintegrated into the society. The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Jummai Alhassan, said this while briefing the Press on the update of the released Chibok girls in Abuja. Alhassan said the... Read More
The News Blog
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August 18, 2017
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Our kidnap by Boko Haram was as a result of a botched robbery – Chibok girls

Some abducted Chibok girls have said the kidnapping of over 200 girls from Chibok town by Boko Haram was accidental. The girls made the revelation in diaries they kept while they were in captivity, which has obtained by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. What happened: The girls were abducted from their hostel at the Government Secondary School, Chibok,... Read More
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August 1, 2017
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More Chibok girls will return home soon – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government will do everything possible to ensure the release of the remaining 113 Chibok school girls. Osinbajo said this on Tuesday when he received members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement at the presidential villa in Abuja. Represented by the special assistant to President on political matters,... Read More
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