#BringBackOurGirls: Battle ready Nigerian soldiers pose for Sambisa ‘photoshoot’ (LOOK)

by Adeola Balogun In a bid to assure the populace that the Nigerian Army is doing its best to counter the attacks of terrorist sect, Boko Haram, the Special Adviser to the President on New Media, Reno Omokri has shared photos of the soldiers in action. Mr. Omokri shared photos of the soldiers in Sambisa... Read More

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June 16, 2014

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – The Chibok girls should not be victims forever

by Joan Osa Oviawe The prospect of a normal life is improbable. Beyond the physical and psychological trauma, which would not be easy to recover from, there is also the substantial weight of negative perception that will follow them back to the communities they live in. The kidnap and enslavement of over 234 school... Read More

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June 7, 2014

Opinion: For those who take delight in criticizing our leaders

by Chinedu George Nnawetanma Nevertheless, the insinuation that all the activities of the Federal Government of Nigeria should be ground to a halt until the Chibok girls are rescued is rather uncalled for and misguided. A few days ago, I was going through a news article on a popular website about President Jonathan performing the... Read More

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June 5, 2014

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – Lessons we must learn

by ALIWA We should not let this happen again to any Nigerian in any part of Nigeria. We are our brother’s keepers. There is nothing so terrifying to any parent as the horror of not being able to keep his or her child safe. It was therefore with shock and consternation that, on April... Read More

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June 2, 2014

Waziri Adio: Chibok and the tragedy of errors

by Waziri Adio And when the protesters were told to direct their protests at the terrorists and not at this administration, the take-away message is: If you want the girls back, ask their abductors to release them! In the past weeks, the federal government has struggled to refocus the plaintive request embedded in the #BringBackOurGirls... Read More

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May 31, 2014

Perry Brimah: Is changing #BringBackOurGirls to #ReleaseOurGirls part of the transformation agenda?

by Berry Brimah Why is the President of Nigeria being advised and investing so much in fighting to transform #BringBackOurGirls to #ReleaseOurGirls. Is there so much in a ‘mere’ name and a hashtag? It means a lot to Nigeria’s president that the world stops protesting and requiring it of him and the nation’s security service... Read More

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May 29, 2014

Opinion: Pres. Jonathan, Nigerian military and the missing girls

by Kayode Badmus Children’s day has come and gone and these kids missed out, so today we would be celebrating another democracy day but are we even in a democratic society? Does democracy mean insecurity? Today Nigeria celebrates 15 years of uninterrupted power in the hands of democratic leaders but truth be told, the mass... Read More

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May 29, 2014

How the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents – Borno govt.

by Akan Ido The Borno State government has given its account of what transpired on the night of April 14, 2014 when members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect attacked the school abducting over 230 girls from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok. While speaking on the breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily on Channels Television, the... Read More

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May 29, 2014

‘I married 2 abducted Chibok girls,’ Boko Haram leader claims

by ‘Jola Sotubo According to reports, a leader of the Boko Haram sect, who was allegedly arrested by the local vigilante, has confessed to marrying 2 of the over 200 girls abducted from Chibok in Borno. The suspect, identified as Hassan Ali, is said to have caught in Maiduguri, the Borno capital, while on a... Read More

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May 28, 2014

We can’t confirm knowledge of where the abducted girls are – US official

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following a claim by the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, that the whereabouts of the abducted Chibok girls had been discovered, the United States has said that it can’t confirm the statement. Spokeswoman for the US State Department, Jen Psaki stated this while also questioning the wisdom of making such... Read More

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May 28, 2014

Tragic: Boko Haram hoists flags after killing 49 people in Yobe & Borno

by ‘Jola Sotubo The casualties of terrorism in the Northeastern region of Nigeria have increased once again as Boko Haram insurgents went on rampage in Borno and Yobe states. The latest attacks, which left at least 49 persons dead, were carried out in a police station and in an army base. 20 soldiers and 20... Read More

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May 27, 2014

Opinion: No PR firm can save Jonathan’s battered image

by Jibrin Ibrahim By answering these questions and achieving results, the President can rebuild his credibility. Mr President, please forget the public relations firm and concentrate on the task the whole world is chanting. #BringBackOurGirls. On Thursday, the #BringBackOurGirls Movement marched on President Goodluck Jonathan to ask him certain questions and to give him our... Read More

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May 27, 2014

Opinion: Children’s Day – Remember the kids on the streets

by Nduka Udo As we celebrate children, let us think about the kind of Nigeria we want to hand over to our children. As Nigeria celebrates children’s day on May 27th, 2014, as is done every year, I have been privileged to move around to points where groups of children or individual children can easily... Read More

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May 27, 2014

Ayobami Oyalowo: Mr. President, leave if you can’t cope

by Ayobami Oyalowo If the kitchen is too hot for you and you can no longer cope, then GET OUT!!! “One commonly hears that carping critics complain about what is wrong, but do not present solutions. There is an accurate translation for that charge: ‘They present solutions, but I don’t like them.” ― Noam Chomsky,... Read More

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May 27, 2014

Theophilus Ilevbare: #BringBackOurGirls campaign and the evolution of hashtag activism

by Theophilus Ilevbare Granted that hashtag activism oversimplifies the complexities of events abroad, and even if well-intentioned, rarely affect things on the ground but same cannot be said of the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Hashtag online activism has continued to prove critics wrong in the amazingly unique way it amplifies disconsolate unheard minority voices, suppressed or subdued... Read More

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May 27, 2014

Tunde Leye: Mr. President, lead and inspire us! (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye Mr. President sir, lead and inspire us. This cannot be too much to ask, considering the financial burden our nation carries for your office. Our President and his aides just don’t get it. When a person goes around before an election campaigning for votes to be elected as the President of this... Read More

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May 25, 2014

Opinion: Will our real leaders please stand up?

by Hussaina Ishaya Audu It is no longer just about Jonathan anymore; I believe we are now on trial. Every adult Nigerian has a responsibility to decide whether we are going to allow the Chibok Calamity to go the way of June 12, or if after this, it is going to be business unusual. About... Read More

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May 24, 2014

Jaye Gaskia: Nigeria’s ruling class at its wits’ end

by Jaye Gaskia This ruling class is incapable of tackling the existential crisis facing us, it is time for us to sack this ruling class, It is time for us to take our destiny into our own hands and Take Back Nigeria. A few days ago, at the peak of the abduction saga of... Read More

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May 24, 2014

Nigeria’s army is the biggest obstacle to Chibok schoolgirls rescue – Foreign experts tell The New York Times

by ‘Jola Sotubo For the eager Nigerians who are hoping for good news concerning the 200 plus girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno last month, the wait might be a long one. This is the bleak picture painted by foreign security experts who have come into the country to help find the missing girls. The New... Read More

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May 23, 2014

Sad news: Boko Haram kills 34 people in fresh attacks in Borno (Reports)

by Akan Ido About 34 people have been reported killed in separate attacks which took place in Borno on Thursday. According to reports, men suspected to be members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram attacked three villages Kerenuwa in Marte, Kimba in Biu and Kukumba in Chibok. The said attacks are yet to be... Read More

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May 23, 2014

YNaija Editorial: Welcome to the season of our discontent

The government’s response to the protests have been of suspicion… Promises have been made, but these are things we have heard on numerous other occasions. Much talk, some movement, but little action. It is currently a sad time to be a Nigerian citizen. There have never been times more bloody, or distressing or uncertain than... Read More

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May 23, 2014

Opinion: When will Pres. Jonathan visit Chibok?

by Charles Ofoji As I write, the Commander-in-Chief has not found it necessary to go to Chibok, at least to pat the parents of those missing girls on the back and tell them directly what the government is doing to bring back their children. In serious countries, once a national disaster happens, the President or... Read More

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May 22, 2014

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Chibok – Nigerian women, from fault lines to front lines (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir In the end, thousands of these women all over Nigeria by their actions have re-awakened a need to halt our slide into dehumanising vortex. Beneath the rallying cry of asking us to bring back our girls, Nigerian women are asking us all to bring back our country. Nigeria’s history is replete with... Read More

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May 21, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: NUT orders closure of schools nationwide to protest Chibok abduction

by Akan Ido Following the abduction of over 230 students in Chibok, Borno state, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has ordered the closure of primary and secondary schools nationwide to protest their kidnap. This was made public today in Abuja by the President of the Union, Michael Olukoya who explained that rallies will be... Read More

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May 21, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Dear Mr. Abati, Nigeria is on robot pilot

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Mr. Jonathan’s aloofness and sluggishness to swiftly react to Chibok is a thoughtless hubris and open road to miscalculation and geopolitical disaster. Add this to Reuben Abati’s file: The man cries. There are some things Abati can’t fix – lies and betrayal. By now, Abati must have settled the fact within... Read More

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May 20, 2014

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – The caged bird sings too

by Joy Inyamu A second of fear grips me as girls run helter-skelter, covering up in fear, until we hear the comforting voice of the principal outside… it’s the army she says. They’ve come to take us to a safe location. It’s the end of another day, and we’re stuck in the gloominess of... Read More

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May 19, 2014

Opinion: It’s time to revisit our national response to tragedy

by Wilfried Okichie Abandoning victims to their fate after the first photo op is callous and does not portray us as a people with regard for citizens. The high density El Rufai park in Nyanya, a suburb of the nation’s capital Abuja was recently hit by a deadly bomb explosion. Terror insurgents Boko Haram have... Read More

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May 19, 2014

Opinion: Chibok visit – In defence of Pres. Jonathan

by Adekoya Boladale Though it is not clear who within the president’s security detail betrayed the sworn oath of secrecy, but events in the past few days has pointed out clearly that no individual in any of the security forces can be trusted, not even the Strike Force. On Wednesday 6th of April 1994, around... Read More

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May 18, 2014

#BringBackOurGirls: Boko Haram set ‘to begin gradual release of kidnapped schoolgirls’

by Zara Mustapha According to UK Telegraph, the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram has dropped demands for the release of their top commanders and is prepared to start releasing up to half of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno state in April. Reports say the Islamic sect is willing to conduct a “gradual” release of the hostages... Read More

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May 18, 2014

Why Pres. Jonathan refused to visit Chibok – Femi Falana has an interesting theory (READ)

by Isi Esene Human rights activist, Femi Falana seems to think differently about President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision not to visit Chibok, Borno state. The dusty town of Chibok suddenly drew media attention when about 276 schoolgirls were on April 14 abducted from their dormitories by members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. Many have called on... Read More

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#BringBackOurGirls: Battle ready Nigerian soldiers pose for Sambisa ‘photoshoot’ (LOOK)

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – The Chibok girls should not be victims forever

Opinion: For those who take delight in criticizing our leaders

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – Lessons we must learn

Waziri Adio: Chibok and the tragedy of errors

Perry Brimah: Is changing #BringBackOurGirls to #ReleaseOurGirls part of the transformation agenda?

Opinion: Pres. Jonathan, Nigerian military and the missing girls

How the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents – Borno govt.

‘I married 2 abducted Chibok girls,’ Boko Haram leader claims

We can’t confirm knowledge of where the abducted girls are – US official

Tragic: Boko Haram hoists flags after killing 49 people in Yobe & Borno

Opinion: No PR firm can save Jonathan’s battered image

Opinion: Children’s Day – Remember the kids on the streets

Ayobami Oyalowo: Mr. President, leave if you can’t cope

Theophilus Ilevbare: #BringBackOurGirls campaign and the evolution of hashtag activism

Tunde Leye: Mr. President, lead and inspire us! (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: Will our real leaders please stand up?

Jaye Gaskia: Nigeria’s ruling class at its wits’ end

Nigeria’s army is the biggest obstacle to Chibok schoolgirls rescue – Foreign experts tell The New York Times

Sad news: Boko Haram kills 34 people in fresh attacks in Borno (Reports)

YNaija Editorial: Welcome to the season of our discontent

Opinion: When will Pres. Jonathan visit Chibok?

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Chibok – Nigerian women, from fault lines to front lines (Y! FrontPage)

#BringBackOurGirls: NUT orders closure of schools nationwide to protest Chibok abduction

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Dear Mr. Abati, Nigeria is on robot pilot

Opinion: #BringBackOurGirls – The caged bird sings too

Opinion: It’s time to revisit our national response to tragedy

Opinion: Chibok visit – In defence of Pres. Jonathan

#BringBackOurGirls: Boko Haram set ‘to begin gradual release of kidnapped schoolgirls’

Why Pres. Jonathan refused to visit Chibok – Femi Falana has an interesting theory (READ)

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