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Nigeria:
Chibok - 'Rescue Our Girls' Protests Persist in Lagos
This Day, 13 May 2014
The protests against the abduction of 276 female students of the Government Girls' Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State Monday persisted in Lagos, with a coalition of women… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Stop Kaduna Protest Over Insecurity in the North
This Day, 11 May 2014
Security operatives comprising of the Nigerian Army, the Police and Civil Defence yesterday aborted a planned protest by hundreds of youths in Kaduna. The youths were said to have… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Stop 'Bring Back Our Girls' Rally in Kaduna
Leadership, 11 May 2014
A planned peaceful rally organised by women and youths from the 19 northern states to demand the freedom of the kidnapped Chibok secondary school girls was yesterday aborted by… Read more »
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Nigeria:
#BringBackOurGirls - Nigeria Police Not Against Protest - IGP
Premium Times, 12 May 2014
About 24 hours after trying to forcibly eject protesters from the Unity Fountain venue in Abuja, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the Nigeria… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Girls - Delegate Embarks On Solo Protest At Venue
This Day, 13 May 2014
There was a mild drama at the venue of the National Conference located at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja when a delegate, Alhaji Buba Galadima embarked on a one-man… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Charge Daily Trust Reporter to Court Over Chibok Girls Rally
Daily Trust, 13 May 2014
The police in Nasarawa State yesterday charged the Nasarawa State correspondent of Daily Trust, Hir Joseph, to court after detaining him on Friday and yesterday over a report on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Police Arraign Journalist for Chibok Protest Stories
Premium Times, 12 May 2014
The Nasarawa State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned Hir Joseph, a Daily Trust Newspapers reporter, before Chief magistrate court 2 sitting in Lafia on allegation of injurious… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Girls - Buba Galadima Embarks On Solo Protest
Vanguard, 13 May 2014
CONTROVERSIAL politician and a delegate, Alhaji Buba Galadima, surprised his fellow members of the National Conference Committee on Devolution of Powers, yesterday, when he stormed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bring Back Our Girls Protesters Strategize to Sustain Protest
Daily Trust, 12 May 2014
Protesters in Abuja over the abduction of 267 school girls in Chibok, Borno state today continued plans to sustain the protest until the children are rescued. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Finally Charge Daily Trust Reporter to Court Over #BringBackOurGirls Report
Daily Trust, 12 May 2014
The police in Nasarawa State, today, finally charged the Nasarawa State correspondent of Daily Trust Newspapers, Hir Joseph to court, after detaining him on Friday and much of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rights Group - Nigerian Authorities Were Warned of Raid On Girls' School
VOA, 9 May 2014
Meanwhile, Amnesty International says Nigerian security forces had advance warning about the raid on the girls boarding school. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Global Uproar Over Missing Chibok Girls
Independent (Lagos), 10 May 2014
The news of the abduction of over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, North-East of Nigeria, on Monday, April 14, was too much for one day. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Schoolgirls - Police Get Orders to Break Protests
Daily Trust, 12 May 2014
The police have received "orders from above" not to allow any more of the #BringBackOurGirls protests, a senior officer told activists who gathered to continue their rallies… Read more »
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Nigeria:
U.S Terror Alert, Chibok Protest Cause Chaos in Ikeja
Vanguard, 9 May 2014
Lagos State, particularly, the state capital, Ikeja, was a beehive of activities in the past five days, as a terror attack alert issued by the United States of America in the… Read more »